LESLIE ARENDS AND THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100150015-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: April 1, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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Leslie Arends ,And The CIA
LAST week Rep. Leslie Arends, of Ills- the CIA, a step advocated by the Hoover
nois, took to the House floor with a thorough- Commission of 1955, by numerous members
going defense of the Central Intelligence of Congress-and by ordinary common sense.
Agency. He said he .did this because the CIA, He said the House Armed Services Commit-
our super hush-hush undercover outfit, had tee has a subccmmittee, of which he is a
been falsely accused-and he cited some member, which adequately polices the CIA.
examples. CIA also theoretically is watched by other
$o far.. as we. know Mr. Arends' version. Senate and House subcommittees.
of the,."f4cts".,w?e correct. He also said the
CIA Is, the "finest intelligence agency In the If a joint committee were "superim-
Woxid today," which also may be correct; posed" on all these fragmentary watch-
We have no way of knowing, dogs, Mr. Arends.suggests, too many would
know all the secrets. Well, one carefully
The assurance from Mr. Arends Is com- chosen joint committee certainly would be
#ortin, because he is the No. 2 Repubii- more likely to hold its tongues than a half
a joint congressional committee to oversee petent, outside checks. MF.,..
IQ, onlidence in the a enc an ma so ve up o is own
- - - -Obligations in this field. The more secret an
,an when he chooses. He is the top Indeed, it boils down to the issue stated
(~epupitte on, the House Armed Services by another responsible member of Congress,
entxuittee, and, in this capacity, hesaid, Sen. Eugene McCarthy, Minnesota Democrat,
he his. beep privy to much of the "Inside"
of 4IIA operations, and what he knows who says that only with a specialized joint
committee c C 1i t i
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