CORSO 'DOSSIER' AN UNSIGNED MEMO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100960001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 11, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

P111LADF1,rHIA, PA.
BULLETIN
E 718,167
S. 702,577
APR 11 1965
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'Between the Lines Corso N
`Dossier' an Unsigned Memo
U. S. Deprived of
wasningttri-Ine
aw, "unevaluated" files from
he FBI has been initiated by
he Justice Department. In an
nprecedented violation of
i vil liber-
ties, Philip
orso, who
retired as an
Army 1 i cu-
enant colu-
el after a
1 i s t i n-
guished ca-
r e e r in
o vernment
Another Experienced Investigator
ern
erson.
In January of this year, the
web weavers" decided on
older methods when Rep.
ichael Feighan (D-Ohio),
hairman of the Immigration
ubcommittee of the House
udiciary Committee, sought
o place Corso on the commit-
ee's 'staff. The proposed . ap-.
ointment aroused the con-
ern of Rep. Celler, chairman
f the Judiciary Committee,
lements close to Celler are
earful that Corso might un-
over further details concern-
ng the malodorous 'immigra-
ion rackets involving
ominunis'ts. The New York
ongressman , produced what
e thought was a trump card:
l.e rln.: ier from the Justice
'cpariment, furnished him
ast November.
0-,dy a lvferno'
This supposed "dossier"
vas only an unsigned mem-
randum not even written on
fficial stationary. It accused
orso, among other things;
if being the source of a vi-
dossier of gossip and innuen-,,
do furnished by Attorney Gen.
eral Nicholas Katzenbach.
The.' dossier was handed Rep.
Emmanuel Celler D.N. Y.) who
wanted it for political pur-
The effort to discredit Cor-
so is part of a campaign
.launched by his powerful ene-
mies in the Executive Branch
of government. They knew he
had compiled from first-hand
knowledge, detailed records
of events as they transpired
,within the supersecret Nation.
al Security Council over a ten-
year period. He knows how
and why the White House, the
,State Department and our in-
Itelligence agencies have ben
penetrated by dan;erous?se-
curity risks. He has' never
made this information public
but testifieu in executive ses-?
sion three years ago before
the Senate Internal Security
subcom uirtt"ee: A5""a""result,
through secret channels to bar
him from future government
posts where his. proven talents
in g u i d ing ' investigations
might expose subversion.
`Harassmcrtt' Tactics
For the three years since
his retirement from 'the mil-
itary, these elements have
sought to harass Corso by a
word of mouth campaign and
the. instigation of repeated in-
I vestigations ordered by the
Central Intelligence, Agency
and by so
md'civiliannofficials
o
t } ~p ~v ~, +
f ~ so w`ho ia~srnriotl5ing ieS >Se`,f: ohdp"e kC rbAd'
hide. He would jokingly tele-. til last week. Then the con
I phone the agents ? to invite tents of : the memorandun
he FBI. The truth was that
orso had learned that a com-
wnist in Texas was circu
acing such a rumor and re-
orted'this 'to the proper au?
horities. Nevertheless, with-
ut giving Corso a chance to
l liit gee members the memo-
:4la,trlnj and ' said that he
ouid 1,ot approve Cors o's ap-
ointment because it disclosed
that he was "unreliable."
Rep. Feighan hit the ceiling
nd by his rebuttal showed.
the committee that the mem-
randum's contents Were so
patently false that a quorum
of his subcommittee unani-
mously endorsed Corso's ap-
pointment to a committee
staff job. Celler refused to
sign Corso's- payroll' voucher.
As a result, Feighan placed
Corso on his personal staff.
'Leaked' to Press
umnists'. In addition, Corso',
was accused of being a "pri- t
vate investigator" paid "out'.
of private funds" despite the)
fact that he is being paidl
monthly from government!
funds by U. S. Treasury l
checks through the House Dis-
bursing Office.
This. is not the first time
that ' supposedly derogatory
portions of selected and twist-
ed information have been 1
"leaked" to the press for ' po
litical purposes. Carefully se
lected information was re
leased to ceri.ain "coopera-
tive" newsmen from State
Department and Air Force
files on Don B. Reynolds to l,
.discredit his testimony in the ,t
Bobby Baker case. This in-
formation. in the form of a
Justice Department report
was extracted from his per-
so anel enlistrnent files which
legally are inviolable.
What is shocking .in these
cases is the, silence of these
supposedly, "liberal" persons
who were so concerned about
protecting the rights of Com-
during the McCarthy
munists
era. Surely those who expose
wrong doing and treason in
government also have civil
rights.