CIA END FEARED BY COLBY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100090060-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: January 24, 1976
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

.~ Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/24: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100090060-6
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tit George Bush, the presidenti commt
Congress can't al nominee to head the CIA. is elude information about a 1971
confirmed by the Senate. Mr. burglary at a Fairfax (Va.)
keep a secret, Bush's confirmation is still photographic laboratory run by
pending. a former intelligence employ-
spy ebie says The much publicized Capitol ee. as well as possible perjury
Hill investigation of al eged by Mr. }(elms in sworn testimo-
_ FiJ.31UR ELD( 33TV -abuse of ?power.among ia;e;tig- w,' about CIA operations in
yrashington Bureau of The Sun
Washington--William E The hearings coincided with once agencies is now moving to- Chile and an alleged plot to asEl Colby, director of the Central a spate of congressional intel- ward a close, with : findings sas.~irtte columnist Jack An?
`? -ace :sews leaks-including about to be issued by both the Berson.
LteiEgence Agency, il~sue a .i ``epos that CIA operatives Senate and House intellgence
strongly worded warning yes- .i ab o The Senate committee split
terday that American espio- abroad posed as journalists. committees.
leaks prompted 1White The House Select Committee on the decision to turn over
t
T;a _
Wage will not survive the , : ou~e complaints about irre- . on Intelligence, which h -,s been files on the alle t ge CIA break-
"trumpeting" of its op_rations 1 wrsibitity on Capitol Hill. notable for leaking secret ma- in and on the Anderson plot to
by congressional corn:-::does ?11- :;,. Cobb suggested that the tersest, is currently embroiled in the Justice Department. with
*..? Y -Senators John
Tower (R members - -Sen5ena Barry hn
entreated with secret in:orrna- 'I conduct of congressional 1oak-1 a dispute with the-White House four
ti ors had done little to encourage over what the President con- ater (RT , Charles
Testifying before the Senate further honest self-examination tends is the panel's failure to G1 Ct;oldwate CR , Ariz.). Charles
Government Operations Cosa- and i-ttprc,vement on the part of abide by terms of an agreement Dior (D., N.C.) and
rnittee, the outgoing CIA Trent the intelligence community. governing the release of classi- iioi}e.on. gan
tor was bitter about current He said it had become clear fled documents. in ort ppttB
leakage of classified material that intelligence oversight had Such material is included in The House committee also
flowing from Capitol Hill. to be concentrated in a rrini- the House committees filial re- was divided on how much
Noting that details of covert mum :,,umber of congressional port, much of which already ; should be deleted from the final
intelligerce activities were now in v estigaticn. Rep-
o rovided to eia,'_t con- committees so that. the Ameri- I has teen leaked out. That re- report of its
bein~ p can intelligence efforts will not port allegedly found the CIA.-
gressional committees, M. Col- resentative O`es G. Pike (D.,
to r. x.ed to its enemies. had 11 fulltime secret a;,ents?! \ N- 1, contended that there was
y The CIA director's com- working abroad under journal- i';,
by stressed that `'every rew I no way" the summary could
project" disclosed to these ccm- Wans were l s most angry and istic cover in 1975. in a way which
rnittees under the new over- outspoken ' reaction in . more The Senate celect Commit-,` "' presented
sight plan had been leaked to satisfy the Write House,
(.t?~ari a year of testimony>~efore tee on Intelligence Activities, i,ouid seven though there had been
the public. i cc ngressional committees prob-: I which is due to make public the
"Tile fact is that a secret op- i. deletion of phrases which might
It endanger a~
eration conducted precisely ac- 1 i the alleged misdeeds of the re of its inquiry, voted yes- ,
cordin ens or embarrass
espionage community. ' terday rday to turn over to the De- tl a nation in its foreign rela-
g to the current proce- ,r liens.
dare as set up by the Congre~.a =~-r Colby was fired by Pres-i partment of Justice material
idea Ford last October. in the relevant to the investigation in-
cannot be kept secret," the CIA a. to r,otertial criminal charges president Ford will send to
chief declared. "I believe it es- mciry of the congressional in-
gars-
a
sential o;inst Richard Helms, fot;, er Capitol Hill within the next few
to repeal that procedure quirt' into the intelligence a
cy. A few days later he was I CIA director and now ambassa- weec-s a legislation outlining a
and replace it by another which I asked to remain at his post un- dog to Iran. reorganization plan for the in
'tail} include provisions for ado- telligence community.
. .
quote secrecy.'
The Government Operations
?
Committee is seeking to level-
op a mechanism insuring closer
? congressional oversight of in-
telligeace activities, especially
those of a covert nature that led
in recent months to sensational; -
allegations of assassination
plots.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/24: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100090060-6