HOUSE PANEL TO SEEK STRINGENT CONTROLS ON C.I.A.

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• Publication Date: June 13, 1984
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NEW YORK TIMES
13 June 1984
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WASHINGTON''?June 12' Leaders
.,of the House, Select Committee on Intel-*
Rligence said today that,th ey planned to'
ppress for. stringent;, legislation that
%would require the Central?Intelligence
vAgency to inform ' Congress of a broad:
'range of covert activities.
The House : Intelligence, Committee
'staff ; has recommended ' a - .nine-point
. uplan that far ;exceeds;;the agreement
signed -last week between : William , J
Casey, Director of ,Central Intelh
ence, and members `of,the Senate In
KelligencegConimitt guse,~omtmU,
tee leaders said they:; might also seek Representative Norman Y.".Mineta,
such h memorandum of understanding, 'Democrat of California, who is also a {
,but one that exceeded the Senate-C.I.A. senior member of the committee, said,
agreement.,;
Under the current law,'the agency is
4required to keep Congress "fully' and
currently informed" of"significant an-
ticipated intelligence activities."
'?` According to the staff report, "Clear-'
'ly, the committee's concept of what is
significant' has not.beenshared by key
intelligence officials "
The ;Senate Intelligence Committee
"You have ascertain set of mind in
the CIA. unlike7any other I've encoun-
tered in the bureaucracy," Mr. Hamil-
ton said.
:.'?
.: He said that although the legislation
was needed, "the problem is attitudi-
nal, not 1ega1'
"If you have a spirit of consultation
and- they. look-.upon the Congress as
partners- and'`not an adversary," he'
said, "these problems won't-arise."
The legislation was initially proposed
by Representative Wyche, Fowler Jr.,
Democrat of Georgia; who said it en-
joyed some bipartisan support because
experience had shown "that the legal
app rates is inadequate.".;.,, ..,:z
."It': would be very helpful if there were
some standardized, stricter reporting
requirements-placed on the C.I.A."
.The committee staff report,, . which.
was classified until Monday, ; recom-
mended that the agency be required to:
notify the committee of any. activity ap-
proved by -the President. This recom-
mendation was the crux of the-agree-
ment between Mr. Casey and the Sen-
ate Intelligence Committee,:
In addition, the' House, committee
staff recommended that the committee.
be notified on these matters
gAny transfer of United States mili-
tary equipment that could alter the na-`
tore of American relations with the re-
cioient country..---
'rrne use-of any means, specintcauy
including but not limited to the employ-
ment. of force, that departs from the
scope of the program putting into effect
a covert action finding. -
9Material changes in the 'objectives
of acovert action program.,
9The use of United States military
personnel or equipment or other. non-
C.I.A. personnel, or equipment in coy-..
ert action programs..
The staff also urged that the commit-
tee be notified o the use of C.I.A. staff ,
Or contract employees 'or "unilaterally ,
controlled U.S. persons or foreign na-
tionals in the support or. conduct of ,
paran it Ut iY_oPerations
'A Certain Set of Mind'
session,.- -
member, has been .designated by Rep-
, agency...k
1 formed of the agency's role in the min-,
_ing of th
e Nicaraguan harbors, and the
House Intelligence 'Committee said
that the -agency had,.failed.to provide
notification of its role in the Salvadoran
elections.
a., Representative Lee Ii Hamilton
.Democrat of Indiana, said in an inter-
' view that he - and Edward PBoland,
;,'Democrat of Massachusetts, planned
'to offer a package of legislation in-
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