THE CIA AND CONGRESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000300100003-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 28, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Approved For Release 2007/03/01: CIA-RDP99-00498R000300100003-8
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Six years ago Congress added the now famous and orders in, many cases; responsibility for "special" intel
controversial Hughes-Ryan amendment tothe Foreign ligence activities was made explicitly that of very high
Assistance Act: This required the president so report to level'. officials, including the attorney general "and they-
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fashion ~about.covertCentral Intelligence Agency~ac Then early this month the corrmittee,"streamlined'"
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pleased when the Carter, administration and the Senate'' Reformers say: they.are getting something from the. ;
Intelligence _Committee: worked:-,, out=,a good, if by. no streamlined bill: Where- HughesRyan just called for
means perfect; Intelligence Act=172 pages spelling the president to report to the eight committees "in a
out~,what the CIA,-(and other >intelligence agencies) timely. fashion,", the proposed change Would require
could`and couldn't do and making clear the lines of ex- that the two c' mmittees be kept -"full
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waprohibited; private ,institutions such: as the press:.. -formers=but not enough, when you consider that once
and-. rehgiousand_educational= groups -were x protected Hughes-Ryan is overturnedthe CIA . `would. not go
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cover"(though the. along with getting a charter; passed, and thus.: there
ed .the .right of`:private citizens-to be secure against -prefer to see Congress do nothinc this year, and try ?.
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prat euuraL prOLecl.wwn Luan,,DOw eaustis, inciuaing:courc, off' Hughes-Ryan. for a charter..,,.:.,
BALTIMORE SUN
28 May 1980