WILLIAM SCHAAP AND JACK MAURY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00845R000100160021-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: October 26, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Today
11IRC TV
NBC Network
WE October 26, 1981 7:00 AM CITY
William Schaap and Jack Maury
Washington, DC
PHIL DONAHUE: [Network technical difficulty] ...which
talks about and tells you about the CIA, including, in recent
issues, the actual publication of names of CIA agents. Not surp-
risingly this has raised the ire of members from -- of the intel-
ligence community who feel that by so doing you are undmining not
only the effectiveness, but more importantly, the safety of CIA
agents working for this government in foreign countries. Now
steps forward Congress with an amendment to the Intelligence Pro-
tection Act of 1947, which would say, as follows: to amend the
National-Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the unauthorized dis-
closure of information identifying certain United States Intel-
ligence officers, agents, informants and sources. Is this a
violation of the First Amendment; will this cripple the press in
examining the CIA?
Let's talk about it. With us is William Schaap, who
happens to be the co-editor of the Covert Action Bulletin. And
you think that you should be able to publish these names because...
WILLIAM SCHAAP: Primarily because we get the Infor-
mation that we publish from public sources. They're not -- it's
not some secret or confidential or classified information.
Essentially we're journalists. A lot of this information Is avail-
able in the library and if anybody is at ,fault in terms of the --
the availability of the information, it's the government for not
keeping secret who they are.
DONAHUE: You don't mind the government trying to keep
the identities of their agents secre#?
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