DOUGLAS JOINS THOSE KICKING CIA IN THE TEETH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200390005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 17, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

DEC 1 7 1J62
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lUff.shIngton- Parade
Dotiorlas Joins
iThoe Kicking
CIA in the Teeth
By DAV
2=4"AWT MA 'IRA,
Hearst Headline Service
TiV '~. qtr Tntk :4, %Otack this week
ski ti,e i.il t trig of secrecy s u r-
) c- Ming the CIA as well as the
Penta ;on.
ItEGAttllttiG THE Pentagon,
go along with Justice Douglas.
belive that the ' current policyi
of "inanngeinent" of the news ini
she Defense Department u n d e r
the directive of defense press
agent Sylvester has stimulated the
search by alert Washington cnr-
rc%sTondents for news leakage
coverage.
An example of how such news
tuanipulation can backfire is
sharply illustrated in the case of
the magazine article describing
Mini Stevenson as having sup-
lAlrted 11 : aippcaseriient p o l i c y
-ring the Cuban vii.-tie.
The piece was written by, two
j.,iirnalistic friends of the Presi-
dent. It was based on a n o w s
leak, from some undetermined
bourse.
Obviously, If there had been a
policy of, open news in the De-
Prise Department there would
lave been Satlnitti@tditufpI
3 [L9 I~tA 4j>c r t s
that the CIA uses its morc, ytt";
In foreign?FdLffc ons and a con-
dueting unreported intrigues In
foreign policy, thereby violating
the public right to know.
runninqua ww
of the ~Kenny..~i}tp a tstatr
JFF r5 on the record in oppo::-
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justlryiii{(' the
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n'e~t '"t4 141fi1If1i ed during t h e
Cuban crisis on the grounds it
protected national security.
O[ the side t?f;th~ ~irt~gt~ u'd
b.~irub.t ~fi; xr` niifittes $only
and that "ft's 3dtk;;t
supporting tie fro forms in
the mountains or going Into an
amphibious landing on the Cuban
coast without air support, a r e
CXA--I~tt hy.
made-i4 ,.4X,,
Ai111O, IN DEFENSE of t h e
CIA, and associated military in-
telligence units, there has been
the distorted charge that e u r,
agents in Red Cuba,should h:we
been able to report the pi s+ n''e
of Soviet missiles which c ?) ii i d
carne nuclear warheads deep ii-lo
A
sesi on is due to seek ItM
answer
or the 12 ar."In wA official
1l.,nQfli 1'titt' 4 ~ ~, ?_ ,.1.
This commitee will also con-
Rider the wisdom of establishing
a joint congressional committee,
similar to the Joint Atonic En-
ergy Committee, to serve as a
th
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e CI
ar.
Vie presence of such and
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;mtrttrd to what IV- n- ~yersI
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sidered the proper upper r han-
nels; weeks be the prrFiid+`n-
tint de sin s; llsh a n:r:?ai
l in the secret, spending. of millions
land millions of dollars appropri
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