THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND - U.S. INTELLIGENCE UNDERGOES UPHEAVAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100110006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 21, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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By Jack Anderson
liki-Sud to 15e Ine 1111, 11 Congress. McCone saw the But after Dodd got his Iast?
hrough which all int Alin
xrom e apogees o its Si) hence DIA, under McNamara, poach- minute CIA letter fro hould pass before reaching ing m Hdlms,
en his territory, and was
satellites to the perigees ohe President. It is upon this skeptical of its effectiveness in the Senator
its from Connecticut
bombproof basement cod nformation that he keeps the more shadowy areas of in. changed boats p?" ?j
rooms, the vast U.S. intelI' again and ski
breast of III
f
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n one an. ant,-CIA boat, McCarthy (D- tion. But the CIA Is y bett ua
er:
other's war he former director, John Minn.) also happens, to'.be, a staffed and organized to u;I
ETA vs. IDIA Cone, ,a man . of strong member of the Senate thies derstand the ~, ,
i ws; clashed with McNamara Committee, which Is sittng'in ties1Around th~olitical sub lC
In theory, the CIA,fs sups had
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Agency asa' ndency to produce intelli- er cNamara s p
been rocked ante that supports his views. command. While less abrasive The Bay of Pigs, the blunder
ri
in dealing with McNamara, that came near endin
more bran 200,.s' s reports generally have re- the Admiral was also less will- blunders brought a all CIA
mrciorms. luli acted his optimistic oat look i'
k i the Vietnam war, rather ng to stand up to him. change. The late President Ken?
tary i n t e 1 l r- Raborn was succeeded with nedy fired off a series of secret-4
gence has been Anderson tan the pessimistic possibili? unbecoming haste by Richard directives to correct the CIA's
consolidated, with a great bat es. Helens, a career man, who is faults. The DIA was established
f tering together of brass hats Those in the Pentagon who a sophisticated spymaster but to end interservice rivalry. in.
.into a single unit: The De disagree with an intelligence naive political operator. He the military field. Thus began
'fense Intelligence Agency. alysis, of course, are free to got off to an inauspicious start the great spy shake-up, which,'
Still, many Senators are not s ate their views as a footnote. by attacking Sen. J.' William was supposed to end the free- ..
convinced that the reforms ut it takes a bold man to chal. Fulbright (D-Ark.) in a "letter wheeling operations and co-".,
have gone :'ar? enough, and 1 nge McNamara's attitudes to the editor:"
are demanding greater con. t o frequently. Even as this letter bubble- ordinate all intelligence.
DIA,
.troi over. the whole James His Interest in ' economy nogummed the
in Helms's face, he are now o the
rivals, cDr-
om? i
'Bond industry. s cret,to his intelligence offi- wrote another, supporting Sen. peting to scoop one another,',
~ The purpose of the reforms, c rs, has led to more comfort- Thorras J. Dodd (D-Conn.) in with Intelligence beats. On.
of course, is to improve the a le appraisasl than C013501va- his troubles with the Senate paper, the DIA is supposed to.''
,quality of intelligence, elim- t a military men would make. Ethics Committee. With pain- turn all its intelligence over."
,mate rivalries, and prevent an- ley prefer to judge the Conr- iul obviousness, the letter was to the CIA. In practice, it,'
,other Bay of Pigs-the CIA- unist threat by its capability written the same day that the often by-passes the CIA and
sponsored invasion of Cuba f (r aggression rather than Senate was supposed to vote furnishes intelligence directly.';-
which became a bloody fiasco. s meone's estimate of Its in- on whether to supervise the to the President.
'While some minor rivalries t tions. CIA's activities more closely. may have been scotched, how- he Secretary of Defense Dodd, a. staunch CIA step- overlapping,
, Intelligence
~fset-?,
has ' a porter in? the past, had ex- ups is most effective? The:,,
ever, a major rivalry emerged. Our intelligence ap ey-making figure inside the ecuted an indelicate switch In DIA has received less unfa