WATCHDOG COMMITTEE

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CIA-RDP69B00369R000100200143-5
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2
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December 15, 2016
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February 6, 2004
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143
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January 5, 1967
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u ~ -~-~~ ~. . #, AplS~;ove For Release 2004/03/15 : ~fA=RpP6JB00~~~~~b~)OTU020 1~~~ 5' >_ R.~~.DIC7 TV ~F~cL:PGRTS, f NG. ~`"' PROGRAM IyeWS ~ STATION WMAL-~Tu DAVE January 5, 7967 6:00 P,M. crrY .Washington, DG WATCHDOG COMMITTEE HARRY K. S,MITHx "An ol.d feud might crop up again when Congress gets roll ing. "Joseph McCaffrey explains." MGGAFFREY: "Over the years the thoughtful, professorial.., senior Senator from Minnesota, Eugene McCarthy, has sought to. have th.e watchdog committee, which keeps an eye or, the G.entral intelligence Agency, expanded, so i.t will include other than .only those members of Congress c]osely tied to the military through their other coma. mi ttee assignments. "This is the present make up of the committee. .3ut McCarthy,. thinks the tale of the GIA affects mare than. the .mll.itary, and, therefore, it would only be reasonable to add. same members o.f the Foreign Relations Committee to the watchdog group, "McCa.rthy probably wi77.try again this year. "~.ut in the meantime, the GIA may become the focal point of anot~~"er Gangressi onal battle. The word on the Hill.. now i s that theta is a serious behind the scene fight going on-over the role of the Gx.A. "There are those in the Administration wh.o~feel. the CiA'should, i.n its reports, prove Administration policy correct. "The CIA .still clings to the old fashioned belief it was founded to collect in-formation, and pass. it qn, and, that generally from, this .information, policy should be worked o.ut. Approved For Release 2004/03/15 :CIA-RDP69B00369R000100200143-5 Ap~fPove For-Release 2004/03/15 : 'C1'A- DP69800369R000100200143=5 '~ ~~ "But there are those in high places who want it .just the other way around, "Specifically, the word on the Hill, is that the GIA is not being .faulted by certain tap advisers, because it doesn.'t devote itself to proving that the bombing of North Vietnam has been highly suc.. cessfu] . 11The CIA for its part {s bri.n.ging in reports on conditions as they are. But these reports don't bear out what some in the gove.. rnment want. borne out, specifically, that .the bombing of North Vietnam is hig.h]y successfu] -~ that it.as setting the Communists back at ].east weeks, if not months. "There:~s an indication that a survey of GIA reports might find this reasoning hogwash. "who settles- such an argument? "If its left to the present military oriented GIA watchdog.' committee, then the CIA may be directed to go out and find enough. facts to justify the preconceived idea. ",If it.=s left to some other committee to study, it could be that the CIA would be reinforced in its belief that it is an information gathering agency, a.n.d not an agency to be manipulated to prove out policy decisions." Approved For Release 2004/03/15: CIA-RDP69B00369R000100200143-5