CAREFUL REVIEW OF NEW CIA CHIEF PROMISED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000301260015-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: February 12, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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2-12.0394 ^Careful review of new CIA chief promised@<
WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen. David Boren, D-Okla., chairman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee, said Thursday there will be no quick vote on the
~ominat ions o-f-Robert-Gatesto.. be CIA director. <
Boren suedTLLa,:statement saying the committee intends to fully,
Carefully and thoroughly consider the nomination'' of Gates, a career
intelligence officer who is President Reagan's choice as successor to William
asey as the nation's top spy.<
Casey, a pivotal figure in the Iran arms-Contra aid scandal, resigned
reb. 2. He,underwent brain surgery for a cancerous tumor Dec. 18.<
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To the greatest extent possible, these hearings will be public so
that the American people will have the opportunity to fully consider Mr. Gates'
ualifications,'' Boren said.<
The panel's hearing is expected to last only a day next Tuesday but
members of the Intelligence Committee are likely to focus on Gates' role in the
Iran-Contra affair, what he knew and when he knew it.<
Two special congressional committees are investigating the secret sale
f U.S. arms to Iran and the possible diversion of money from the deals to the
icaraguan rebels.<
Boren said-the committee would not move quickly on the Gates nomination
nd expected to wait the mull 14-day period under the rules before voting on
he confirmation and nding it to the Senate.<
-~In December, Gates,
he No. 2 official at the CIA since last April,
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old the committee that he became aware in early October last year that funds
from the sale of arms may have been diverted to the Nicaraguan rebels.<
It was more than a month before that information was publicly revealed
by Attorney General Edwin Meese.<
The intelligence panel, which has issued the most comprehensive report
Ito date on the scandal, said Gates objected in late January 1986 to providing
intelligence data about Iraq to the Iranians. The panel's report said he was
pverruled by the National Security Council.<
It is unclear from the report exactly when Gates became aware of the
Iranian arms deal, but his knowledge is expected to be the focus of the panel's
inquiry when it opens his confirmation hearing.<
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