LESLIE ARENDS AND THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100150012-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 2, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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Date: APR 2 1964
le Arends an
ry - 1-1 -- " gress - and by ordinary common
f the Central Intelligence Agency. __ uo -a +1- fr..,,- Arri,,,A
loor with a thorough-going defense 1955, by numerous members of Con
,' ~`?a "` -se---sated by the Hoover Commission of
rends of Tllmois took' to"the `Mouse y
astweek Congressman es ie tee to-ove tl , a step advn-
aid he 'did this-because" the CIA, Services Committee has a subcommit-
ut Mr. Arends went on to argue
ljows gives him full confidence
the agency.
e- has been privy to much of the
ittee, and in this capacity, he said, , Carthy, a Minnesota Democrat, who
n . the House Armed Services Com- her of Congress, Senator Eugene Mc-
Doses. I e is' the top 'Republican stated by another responsible mem-
6forting, because"Jhe is the No. 2 to hold its tongues than a half dozen
ie asturalee from Mr. Arends is mittee certainly would be more likely
ave no way of knowing. Well, one carefully chosen joint com-
elligence agency in the world to- watchdogs, Mr. Arends suggests,. too
e also said the CIA 'is the "finest. imposed" on all these fragmentary
igi 1 ii of tf e-"'fac1s"r were cortect. If a. joint committee were "super-
o far as we know, Mr. Arends' ate and House subcommittees.
arc " eer "Tg-seely accused - and adequately polices the CIA. CIA also
cited -some ex MJ les. theoretically is watched by other Sen-
says that only with a specialized joint
committee can Congress live up to its
own obligations in this field. The
more secret an agency's operations,
the more need for competent, outside
checks.
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