TAKE THIS JOB

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000301270062-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 62
• Publication Date: February 19, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

STAT
t Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/10: CIA-RDP99-01448R000301270062-8
Take this job
President Reagan once joked
that the United States had out-
lawed the Soviet Union and that
"we begin bombing in five min-
utes." On another occasion, he off-
handedly referred to aggressive
White House reporters as "sons
of bitches." In both cases he was
picked up electronically. .
CIA Director-designate Robert
Gates was caught in a similar
trap yesterday - an open mike --
just before Senate Intelligence
Committee hearings began. Amid
a swarm of photographers
flashing pictures of him, Mr.
Gates said:
"You can take this job and
shove it."
Mr. Gates said later the remark
was "an offhanded attempt to
make a joke with the photogra-
phers-or with somebody standing
next to me,"
WASHINGTON TIMES
19 February 1987
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/10: CIA-RDP99-01448R000301270062-8