SENATE PASSES BILL GUARDING PRIVACY OF U.S. EMPLOYEES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200590026-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: September 15, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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-Despite warnings that United:
States espionage may be ham-!
pcred, the scnated voted Wed-
nesday, 79 to to keep the
private lives of T'ederal em-
ployes pr:vnte.
Legislation that would b -n
recluire :tents that Govermrent
job applicants submit to sues-
tioning about se>, religion
and personal relationships was
passed and sent to the House.
Democrat Of North Carolina,
went aloe with ,, :rtial exemp-
tions in the mesure for the
Central intelligence Agency, the
National Security Agency and
the Federal Bureau of investi-
';ation.
Under the cnemption, the
three agencies would' be per-
mitted to use lie detectors and
psycholog'ic'al tests during job
interviews, provided the direc-
tor or his ;ic found the tests
were recjcircd to protect na-'
tional security.
But Senators John Stennis,
Democrat of T~iississippi, Henryl
M. Jackson, Democrat of Wash-'
inr,ton, and others warned that the measure Would curtail of
forts of the C.I.A. to screen c.t
homosexuals and other appli-
cants wfo might endanger na-+
tonal security.
l":hoer tine will, employes,
could not be required to'
a!.tcnrl Gove merit-sponsored
1n^cti outside work hour';,'
1.0 por or, their outside , netivi-
ties, b,:v Government bonds,1
1-ako charitable contributions
or disclose financial assets and;
liai;iiities unless an item1
showed conflict of interest. i
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