CONGRESS MUST USE AUTHORITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400500005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 3, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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CHARLESTON, W. VA.
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Franc Edit Otha
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Date: `
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o ep. o in V.
Lindsay, 11-N.Y., to the growing
numbers of congressmen who believe
much stiffer controls are required to
supervise the activities of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Inthe March Esquire Lindsay
presents his case, and briefly, its es-
sence is this:
,,,,4j3IAo.ften acts as both player and.
umpire, witness and judge, in the field
of intelligence, and "being not mere-
Iy central but DOMINANT (Lindsay's
emphasis) in the intelligence com-;;I
Lion, so long as it. is left unchecked
to carry its special institutional ten.
dencies into the'shaping of American
foreign policy."
Formulation of American foreign
p iqy under the Constitution iS?`the
irasponsibility of the executive, sub-
ject to the acquiescence of the Con
gross. Both executive -- in the per-sons of the president and vice presi
dent -and Congress are ultimately
answerable to the electorate. The CIA
never is.
The CIA is merely, an appointed
agency of the executive, established
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to serve the national interest in cer- ! Lindsay, taking his cue from
fain areas. That perforce it functions long standing proposal, points out how
iii secret doesn't entitle the agency adequate controls can be the
to make policy. , creation of a joint committee on for.
? Neither does the necessity for the eign intelligence, whose assignment
CIA to operate in secret mean that-; would be to monitor all intelli>ence
pervise the agency. The State Depart-
ment,, for example, frequently must
mask its intentions from the public,
yet no government agency receives"
more congressional attention into its
affairs.
The CIA has become' a virtual
law unto itself. This is largely the
,
fault of Congress, in that the sur- f fine of the federal agencies involve
,veillance now exercised is spotty and 1 fhas.suffered as a consequence.
seldom.
HOUSTON, TEXAS
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ire c o unnecessary secrecy
By Rep. John V. Lindsay (R., N.Y.)
From. an article in the current issue of Esquire.
J'EW CAN DENY the actual and potential power of the CIA, however
1 carefully it may be held in check by the skillful men?,yV1o run it.
Ours is supposed to be a government of laws, not of men. At stake are
questions of war and peace, as the two Cuban crises so clearly demon-
strated. All of us at that time took a look into the atomic pit. Decisions
can be made at such times and actions taken about which the public is
totally in the dark. So be it. As much as we may abhor government by
secrecy, as much as it threatens fundamental liberties, we must under-
stand its limited and necessary application in particular circumstances
of hot or cold war. Nevertheless, crucial decisions are made for us and
in our name of vo.'eh we know nothing. And all too often secrecy which
is necessary breeds secrecy which is unnccesary, r,; which point the
danger becomes nothing less than a threat to de:r.,,cratic institutions,
a- marginal one at.the outset, but potentionally a most serious one.
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And for those worried that sucl
ac ommittee would impair the secret
of the nation's intelligence system
Lindsay has the correct answer
"... in the fields of atomic energy
weapons development, and, in sour
respects, foreign. policy," the Con
ress exercises its authority
an
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