AIDE TELLS OF POLICY BIAS IN CIA ANALYSES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000301310007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 30, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Aide tells of policy bias in CIA analyses
WASHINGTON (AP) - Deputy mrather than to assess the is-
CIA Director Robert M. Gates ac- sue fully.
knowledged yesterday that agency In a rare and revealing speech
analysts Initially set out to prove about the disputes and tensions be-
Secretary of State Alexmider M.qHaig) tween intelligence analysts and gov-
Jr. wrong about Soviet links tom ernment policy-maker. the CIA's
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No. 2 official conceded that more
than a few timesp~ y-makers have
1or the QA. ~vorld_ events
bettthan
"And. truth be known. analysts
have sometimes goes overboard to
Gates prove a said hcy- " Mr..
He noted that fie CIA has been
accused by more than one adminis-
tration of "cooklnr or slanting its
tntelltgence repo; ,
In 21 years to inn st,
'i:' : e
never heard a poltcniatk+er (air any-
one elue. far. that nmttp) cbariattesize
as biased or. cooked a CIA
assess-
ment with which he agreed."
Mr. Gates argued that the exist-
ence of diverse viewpoints within an
administration and the reporting of
intelligence information to Congress
help ensure that analysts will not by
to slant their work. saying, The
sharing of intelligence with Congress
Is one of the surest guarantees of
CIA's independence and objectivity"
He also conceded that there are
some Insertional biases at the CIA.
Mr. Gates is a career intelligence
officer whose nomination to head
the agency was withdrawn March 2
amid questions about his role in the
lran- ontra affair.
He spoke a&!Prtticetoii Universi-
ty's Wbodt+cw Wilson School of Pub.
lie and International Affairs. The
prepared text of his remarks was re-
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