INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY CONTROL

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1977
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'farck 1, 1977 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD --Extensions . o f Remarks , . E 4079i
Germany; Elizabeth l rc ~a Rgd?l ea? Rp?~ ~> ~ 4i 7 00gp 4Mye'1 41q?Vpgaxy other cis
and at the Chrysler. Building. One person Arthur Kinoy, NLG and MPOC; Yuri also district director of the Lake States .:.
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pinvestigation of the FALN and its sup- Alfredo . Lopez; Antonio Rodriguez, Jundi, Attica Now; Frances Beal, Third:
work for the subpenaed witnesses is be- . Fuller) ; Irwin Silber, editor of The Coronado, CASA/General Brotherhood
Ing:x-coordinated by the Puerto Rican Guardian; Annie Stein, a leader of PFOC of Workers; Rene Cruz, Union of Demo-
Solidarity Committee (PRSC), a support and its front, People. Against Racism arctic Filipinos; James Early, Washing-
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4 tion'o:f the committee for Puerto Rican Weather Underground fugitive Eleanor Peace "and Freedom-?-WILPF; Bonnie
a,4 uuc lrarl;i,n t.clrurlsu group 1xf f~cw sure became an issue at the unicago national World Coalition; Pierre Meisner, Work-
and who pleaded guilty. to reduced PRSC conference when members of the crc, World Pa.rty? Clay Newlin nlviladel-
t:hre ucueuse of ror, members. cnargea The cutting edge of Puerto Rican solidarity .,,1st Party; Michelle Russell', Detroit;
with a variety of offenses. Its first major within the U.S. Is the development of sunnnrt Trwin Silber: Arnhia Singha,,, a Howard
as an
served as bias platform for the XJJJLLLe s - --_"_? h__ "?s" -_- concept, out Jack Spiegel; Annie Stein; and Jose,
debut, ,in the forms in which it is actually occurring, V
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= The PRSC's principal role is to sup- small and episodic actions rather.than. mass
assaults
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was a member of a pro-terrorism faction work with the Castroltes, tried to stoic
of the Trotskyite Communist Socialist discussion of "armed struggle" on the HON. RONALD V.. DELLUMS
tary of the PRSC` is Rosa Borenstein, ous to be discussed In -a public meeting. IN THE HOUSE OP R.EPRESENTAT1VE$
whose sister, Susan, is a leader of the Lora conceeded, however, that "armed
ues+ion of Tuesday- March. March. 1, 1977
Communist. Party TT R A _rlnminated Na- struggle is the fundamental
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tional Coordinating Center in Solidarity the Puerto Rican national liberation Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, after.
with Chile. movement."-. several years, during which the press and
The' members of the PRSC national A "compromise" resolution was offered several congressional committees have
-board reflect the organization's mem- by the Frente Revolutionaria Anti-Im- investigated the intelligence comrriunity
bership which is drawn in large part from perialista_-FRAI-upholding "the , in- documented many of its significant fail
the PSP, the Weather Underground's alienable right of the people of Puerto ures and abuses and suggested reforms.
BFOC, the Venceremos Brigade-VB, the lence as the means to achieve its defini sibilities and enact legislation to correct
Nana the National Lawyers Guild-NLG. genee system. Congressional action is
observers indicated they would have ve sup
the exception of the zar.,,.ke
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Trotskyites are excluded from the PRSC. ternal debate within & revolutionary 'Intelligence Community Reorganization
Since the Communist Chinese have de- Marxist-Leninist party: but that they and Reform Act of 1977. The bill Is a
nounced the Soviet use of Cuban mer- voted against the armed struggle resolu- result of my personal participation in the
cenaries in Angola, most U.S. Maoists ti
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[:1121 bel0 u1 1111uie1-J b, wopringneia ana Civil Liberties Union. The bill is neces-
Boston, Mass.; Hartford and New Haven, which included: sarily extensive. Many of the proposals
coo, ., - Philadelrhia ? Tx T....,.;......4,-._ r. r. _ 1_ the focusing of
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Atlantic, ing errorts toward the U.S. working class:
St::, Ga Chicago; , Los Angeles, Madison, e.; 2: linking the struggle for Puerto Rican nation, except in time of war, of espio-
Loui Louis, Mo o.; San Diego, Lngeelles, inde
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-.San Jose, and San Francisco, Calif.; ally oppressed peoples and women in the U.S.; nation of the Defense Intelligence
Buffalo; N.Y., and three areas of New a
Agency; new extensive ma
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. York Ci
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It is my hope thal~~11d1f~LCtr~ieleiie~/xe~br~~Q.~1s~CSr~ is prohibited and
eussion, debate and consensus about ent production, analysis, and d ssemina- Drug experim4ntation without . price
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First. Is secrecy compatible with those direct the agencies responsibl for Intel- Violations of s acute prohibitions are
Fourth. What safeguards against A cause of action in court against Fed-
cluded from engaging in domestic collet-
aril officials and he United States Is ,
abuse are necessary? tion activities and fyom monitoring
Fifth. What, if any, are our legitimate: American established when a official acting under
To, prevent unnerleessary duplication
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Constitution? ....."... w"w ,...
Seven. As our:world continues its rapid Americans overs as are precluded.
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as necessary to meet. our intelligent munity is limited to civilian control. Be-
Reorganization and Reform Act of 1977 our nationat/interest and because covert, was `i
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on a at Berkeley.. Joeis highlights of the Omnibus Intelli-. weakens of democratic institutions, co- who forma had at thrilled ey. thousands oe R Routh, the tlgence : Community Reorganization 'and. vert action and agent espionage are pre-.. fans across the country had of lost football
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Reform Act of 1977 include: eluded, a cept during wartime. y had
THE NATIONAL 9EpIIRITY COIINCIL InteU.t nce relationships with the to: cancer. Joe was a legacy' toall the
clergy a$$e prohibited and those relation- students at Berkeley who admired his
A committee structure under the NSC courage and willingness to struggle, even.-'
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"" OFFIC$ OF THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL my colleagues, an article by Skip Bayless
INTELLIGENCE monitored transfers of funds are also that appeared in the Los Angeles Times
pr.4cluded.
Co insure strong management there is paying tribute to this outstanding human
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telitgence community of the United BERKELEY.-They came in blue leans and'
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three-piece suits, sandals and, high heels,
States, including reviewing intelligences
activities and resource allocation; di ? the-agencies and their activities. Disclos- There were small children, senior citizens,
ratting preparation of the. national in- ure of information upon request to ap- parents and teammates. There were many
investigating intelli- propriate congressional committees by. who had seen him only from a distance.
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University of California apartment, an hour
there will be in the Office of the Di-, To- maintain the- rights of individual and a half before his funeral Mass of the
rector, Central Intelligence an Inspec citizens the bill seeks to accomplish sev- . Resurrection was celebrated Tuesday even.
for General who -will have complete au- .eral things: ing. Blacks, whites, yellows. Catholics,.Prot-
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gence agency and to investigate possible from' engaging in political:-surveillance, ..axdn
or potential misconduct. The IG must preventive action and selective investiga- some cried, some prayed. Not until it was
?- - - -- Roth, who excelled as few have at laving and
intelllgence, and the Congress. It precludes electronic surveillance.
playing football, had. been struck down by
THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY . ?' It repeals-various "speech" crimes now ' cancer at age at. '. - -
The CIA.is limited except in wartime, ':.onthebooks. "This has been tough to deal with'' Cal .
, solely to the functions of :the conduct of It limits the jurisdiction of the FBI to coach Mike white said,. "tough to figure out.
foreign . counterintelligence activities. - Investigation of Federal criminal offenses. There-Just ha aren't impact he's had
functions except for very limited secu- to follow in making investigations, sets
rity functions for CIA Installations. -- forth the supervisory functions of the Seemingly, the only- way to describe Joe
The General Counsel of the CIA is em- Attorney General, and creates the office Roth's life is with cliches. The phrases most
powered to review all CIA activities In,. ,of Inspector General of the FBI. often repeated over the, last two years are:
quiet confidence ... quiet courage ... deep
order to discover illegal activities. .'It severely limits the Internal Revenue faith never complained ... unbelievably
The Director of the CIA Is barred from Service in giving out tax Information modest did unto others .... something
using reserve or contingency funds with- or participating in political ,investiga- special,
out prior approval of. the Director of Cen- tions. At a small gathering following the service,
tral intelligence and the appropriate CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS friends and relatives said things like: "We '
Committees. of Congress. Searches and Intrusive techniques were lucky we had him as long as we did .
THE INTELLIGENCE. RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS without warrant are prohibited and are are. no matter how much he suffered, he was
more concerned with not upsetting us . .
AGENCY established as crimes punishable by fines he fought tilt the very end
In order to preclude analysis from not more than $10,000 or imprisonment The fact that Joe Roth may have been the
being weighed to support intelligence ac-' not more than 1 year or both. first player-ahead of - Tony Dorsett and
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Remarks :
Fritz:
In addition to the attached note,
I forgot to mention but you will recall
that the Church Committee had a number
of recommendations concerning organization
and control, and you may wish to have that
material reviewed.
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Remarks :
Fritz:
Regarding your request on your package
relating to PRM-11, I did want you to have the
attached excerpt from yesterday's Congressional
Record covering Rep. Dellums' bill providing
for intelligence community control. Earlier
in the day I. provided a copy of the bill to
F- I In addition, it would seem to
be helpful that either Tony Lapham or someone
from his shop work on the Attorney General' s
task force and that someone like George Cary
or from his office also be included.
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