SENATE OKAYS END OF SNOOPS ON GOVT. AIDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200590029-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: September 14, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Washin;;ton, Sept. 13 (Naw,
Bareau)-The Senate decided to-1
day, in efi',et, that the govern-'
meat doesn't have the right to
pry into the private lives of its
employes.
By a vote of 79 to 4, the senate
Passed a bill that would. forbid
lie detector tests, psychological
examinations and personal ques-
tions in federal job interviews.
Ti,e legislation was initiated by
Sen. Sam Ervin (D-N. C.), who
had 56 co-sponsors.
CIA Given Latitude
Ervin's biggest-and only major
-compromise on the original bill
was a hotly 'debated clause added
in committee which would allow
the CIA and the National Security
"Agency to use psychological tests
and lie detectors where the
direr- of the security organizations
feel it is necessary.
I confess that were I legis-
lating alone," Ervin said, "I would
rattler see fewer compromises and
exceptions than are now contained
in the bill. I want to make clear
lily own convictions that for all
of the policies and techniques re-
stricted by this bill, there are
valid alternatives."
On the Senate-floor, there ~:?:a
strops opposition to the CIA
clause from Sen. Ernest GruenitIg
(D-Alaska) who thought it would
give the CIA and the NSA to,
much power, and from Sens.
Birch Bayh (D-Ind..)% and Joha
Stennis (D-Miss,) who thought
it didn't give the two agencies
enough, power.
"Put too many restriction's on
the CIA and you impair our na-
tional security," Stennis said.
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