OUR SECURITY SYSTEM IS IN CHAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600040019-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: November 26, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

THE CLEVE LAND TIMES '
Sanitized - Approved Fo%e2~CDP
ur Security System Is
CPYRGHT
By Edward Hunter
This '-took a long time to
r Monthsl Some time ago, I began
to- feel that the security situ.
ation in the United States, that
is, our capacity to maintain
secrecy on matters about which
our government has to keep
One; of a :series
other countries, meaning' parts-1
cularly our. communist enemies,'
uninformed, that this 'situatonf
was now at least as bad and,
possibly 'worse than during the'
time of Alger Hiss, , , '
The long-winded, circuitous'
manner in which that '.first'
paragraph is written, reflects'
my hesitancy in putting it,
down;
on paper. In plain English, .what;
I am saying 'is that the red net-
work', has a pipeline into our
government, and rather, snore'
than less.-knows what we 'arel
planning and' doing, as was the
case when Hiss was Viii the
State Department.:
My hesitancy is ;because, one
t lightly. In my 'case, "I had to
{
"
think of my own;background,
what `I 'knew from having seen
and experienced it.: Against this-
background, I . had to. appraise
hat I was now hearing and,
bservingr. Then I had to double-
I~ check with' those 1, knew to be
k ost : knowledgeable.` acid .' reli- i
ble. So finally,, oli this basis,
sat down-to write" this' article. l
The'simple'fact is that,Amerr
ca's ` security ' has been deliber.
tely and tecklessly.rdowngrada'
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'e d, and, chaos made of the fL%Cries n , 'jiecosttl"tie13~~
curny system. ? `papers' are drawn up usually to.
A PATTERN OF INSECURITY 'justify what. already,' has beep
Plenty of people know of spe-, -decided upon, 'fabulously ,aict>,
cific examples, but so long as I foundations, and the casual in -g
st
a,,,a es national security Goes ,antd dlt
,,s aneegaes with "such
not seem trul
th
te
B
y
rea
ned
ut, questionabltri a
.e eneprse8s thi
when the. pieces, are brought to- - Pugwash. and Bilderberg 'Co'n
gether, and fit together, they' ferences: A colossal seeurit
corm a mosaic, and we can see' sieve .is thus created.
ds
n
te
e
emy access 6V our
Rai secrets, on policy matters
ertainly, and in our , ' defense
tructure. '
The.' main pieces .are in the
tote Department' part of the
wale. 'rnen we, proc
,
not t
keep
prowling. agencies-ii. controls,
ou those whom an average
rid thence to public and private I normal Ameri
n
j
ca
i-
wpuld unhes nstitutions with 'which 'it has tatin
ly
e
g
regard as undibl
esra orking or contractual 'agree- for Fahi~an socialist, pro-red, or?
ents. oth
li
er
tical motivations . op
"CHAOS lao
The present . chaos in ? State posed to what, the Congress and
tt-
puiilic re
a
d
li
e
g
r
as po
cy, or,A
epartmVnt 'security spreads
for character d
f
t
c
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ec
s su
h ass
ver an immensely larger area
homosex
alit
th
t
ke
N
y
a
ma
the
,an could have been the case people; vulnerable to the ?blan-4
me, years back, because never; djshments and bl
k
ac
mail of the
. .
efore' has the' State pepartr enem 's
Y psycholo
ical
f
g
war
ar
ent extended- its influence, col-
boration or machine,
:control' into so TILE' OTTO OTE
PKA CASE sy
any phases of. American gov ( 'SHOWS THIS IS A a
nment and society, domestic b 3
ly and abroad. Its' vast infor- ?. PLANNED DEAL'
ational' mechanism is only,one a Conditions are as l?erildus as"
rtrhent liaison officers are. at ; pnaced; State Deprat'tment lires-
ched , to , ,the Pentagon . and Sure ,has Nen '. exerted to pu
her goyernmettt departments, His back on, the, government)
,11
tingling top secret data, and' payroll Otto , Otepka's refusal.
cisfoals back. 'and forth:" ',The'; fb be a part'of' such, a; consl)i+~
twork embraces ''enormous f'act' is tine e$son he ..was de=z
e~rph ou ~.',`t ~ 4iriv d': o ;, ftiaL security,"fpt t
although,` not eliminated if a
sincere . effort were made' tou+
preserve,seeurity. The contrary
~is the .case. 'The security, section,
of 'the`, State' Department has:
been made into a' formality "for!
L1i,e i the record
" and
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