A WATCH ON THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500020067-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: February 4, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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A Watch On the CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency, alone of all federal agencies,
has, not once been subjected to formal. review by members of
Congress, The closest thing to such a review-and it is not very
.close-is the informal watch .kept on CIA operations by a special
rsubcommittee composed of Appropriations and Armed Services
committee members,,
The Central ntel]igenceAgency has, in short, been in large
4r a
ing its almost 20 years of existence
In ,,recent . years there haee been rising fears that the CIA, >?.
ar, beyond its intelligence-gathering function. The arguments
for supervision considerably outweigh the counter-argument
that anything more than casual scrutiny would undermine the
A Pause of the secretiyenatur f. its-operations,
~'Two-? proposals just ade. iu_the_., ate have refocused attention
ctrr. this matter Sen Eugene. 3, McCarthy seeks creation of a
~- ecial _.. ..q .ign Relations-subcommittee to study the
impact of Cif; activjt e _ _9g;_United. States relations with other
ouo rie Sens Stephen M. Young proposes establishment of a
per ianent Joint committee of Senate and House to oversee
operations of the CIA.
Senator Young saiLthis! "Wrapped in its cloak of secrecy, the
has in ,,ILpg _ foreign policy. In so doing, it
asurraed responsibilities which were heretofore solely
4f the president and Congress," Senator McCarthy said
? thaii because there has,en_no formal review of the CIA "it
has n%-, been possible to termine whether a valid basis exists
fir criticism 4f_ _ agency, ,or to
prevent what appear to be
ri s of the CI These. a_ re cogent points. A thoroughgoing,
udy and establishment.?of..A.. supervisory setup, both handled
' ,discretion, would b in the public interest
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