EX-CIA OFFICIALS PAINT BLEAK PICTURE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100360001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 3, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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SYRACUSE POST STANDARD (NY)
3 October 1985
Ex-CIA Officials Paint BIeakPkjjj7re
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Two former top officials in the Central Intelli-
gence Agency left few public figures or myths of
national security unscathed Wednesday night at Cor-
nell University while painting a terrifying picture of
U.S. foreign covert operations.
John Stoekwell, former station chief for CIA oper-
ations in Angola, and David MacMichael, a former
senior staff analyst for the CIA, are to testify today
in Syracuse on behalf of a group arrested for refus-
ing to leave Sen. Alfonse DAmato's office where they
were protesting U.S. intervention in Nicaraga.
Wednesday, a captivated audience of about 300
people heard their talks in Ithaca.
MacMichael spoke at Cornell shortly after return-
ing from The Hague, The Netherlands; where he
testified before the World Court on U.S. intervention
in Nicaragua. He labeled a State Department report
released to the World Court this week on Nicaragua
"the single most dishonest document produced by
the United States government that I know of."
Stockwell and MacMichael, who both spoke out
after breaking ties with the CIA, narrated vivid
horror stories Wednesday night of U.S. agents cas-
trating, maiming, and torturing citizens from
around the globe, all in the name of democracy and
national security.
While the two spoke briefly of worldwide covert
operations over the past 20 years in places such as
Angola, Iran, Chad, Cuba, and China, they empha-
sized the emergency of the current situation in Nica-
ragua, where they. said the United States govern-
ment is funding, training,.and supplying arms for
Contra rebels in their fight against the Sandinistas.
"It's illegal, it's war 'what they're doing against
the Nicaraguans," Stockwell said.
MacMichael stressed that the "wicked and uncon-
scionable" U.S. foreign policy strategies go far be-
yond the visible arm of the CIA.
"It is a much larger problem. The CIA does not run
the foreign policy of the United States. It does the
dirty jobs, yes," but only at the president's directive,.
he said.
Both Stockwell and MacMichael implicated the
media and Congress in the national conspiracy to
conceal foreign policy, charging that some journal
ists are more than willing to disseminate false infor-
mation on covert activities while some public offi-
cials accept bribes in passing favorable legislation
and testifying before Congressional hearings.
"We're talking about a world of lies," Stockwell
said.
In leveling his charges, Stockwell attacked the.
honesty and competency of such public figures as -
Henry Kissinger and Jeanne Kirkpatrick, but was.
particularly critical of President Reagan.
The president has "a defective mind and quite
possibly a defective soul," Stockwell said, describing
Reagan as "like an 8-year-old playing cowboys and.
Indians, playing nuclear war."
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