McCarthy Call for Investigation

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500020040-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: May 1, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

'Approved For Release 2004/01/ l - l '!'F0149R0095000 20
MAY 1966
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy, Minne-
sota Democrat, has revived demands for
a Congressional investigation of the
Central Intelligence Agency, and in
the House some members are calling
for creation of 'a joint committee to
keep a public eye on the CIA. Because
of its immunity from accountability,
these legislators say, the CIA has blun-
dered into reckless and perilous adven-
tures. They argue that Congress, at
least, should be kept informed.
The charge of excessive secrecy seems
Unjustified. In thumbing through the
1;308-page appendix to the Federal
budget issued in January, we had no
difficulty finding the CIA appropria-
tion request. It was right there, at the
bottom of page 907-a relatively trifl-
ing $1,290,000.
The purposes for which the money
would be spent were also specified-
two purposes, to be precise. One is com-
pletion of "a sidewalk, exterior lighting
and air-conditioning modifications" at
CIA' headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
The other is construction of "a facility
especially designed for classified print-
ing requirements."
The special design, we assume, will
encompass equipment for printing the
test of the CIA budget. In invisible.ink.