JURY ACQUITS 2 IN B26 CASE, IGNORE CHARGE AGAINST CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100500006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 14, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

OCT '141966
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By ORR KELLY
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MMMO, .-two men
seven B26 bombers to Portugal
were found not guilty. on all
here last night.
ducted for the Central Intelli-
gence Agency didn't enter seri-
ously into their deliberations,
which went on for a little more
than five hours.
Squeals of delight came from
mitted pilot of the seven planes,
marin, the alleged go-between
Legion of Honor for his services
Paris, to tell them that he had
been freed, --
presented distinctively different
defenses.
client had no reason to be con-i
other hand, to show that Vaw"ZI
pilot,, thought he was working?
-z witness was I
awrence R. Houston, general
ounsel of the CIA, who, in
?n unprecedented court ap-
pearance, testified that his
~gency's sole, role in the opera-
ion was to learn about it from
[tndisclosed sources and to pass
he information on to other gov-
Wallace Fox, foreman of the
ury, said after. the verdict that
he jury had been disappointed
hat Houston's testimony had
een'sharply limited by Federal
istrict Judge John 0. Hender-
~bund the two defendants not
P-year-old : former, Australian and mioz~mhl lt~a_ :
fighter pilot who allegedly ar-
ranged for the planes to be
smuggled out of the country--.'
has not as yet. been appre
Board left the United States'
two days before Hawke and 'de
Montmarin were arrested and.':
the government contends it has. .
not, despite continuing efforts,
been able to lay its hands on1
U.S. Atty. 'John T. Curtin, the
prosecutor, and the two defense'
in their summation to the iurvIi prohibition . against providing;
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