SCRUTINY OF C.I.A. URGED IN SENATE

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 1999
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• Publication Date: January 25, 1966
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NEW YORK TIMES
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SCRUTINY OF C.I.A.
URGED IN SENATE
McCarthy and Young Seek
l Greater Control of Agency
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI)
-Two proposals designed to
subject the Central Intelligence
Agency to closer Congressional
scrutiny were offered today In
the Senate.
Senator Eugene .1. McCarthy,
Democrat of Minnesota, called
for the creation of a special
Senate foreign relations sub-
committee to make a "full and
complete study" of the effects
of C.I.A. operaf.lons an United
States foreign relations.
Senator Stephen M. Young.
Democrat of Ohio, Introduced a
prnpnsal that. would establish a
point Senate-House committee,
on a permanent basis, to over-
see C.I.A. operations.
Both Senators, in floor state-
ments accompanying their pro
posals, maintained that the
C.I.A. had been making policy
as well as carrying I out. Both
criticized the current situation
In which a special subcommit-
tee drawn from Appropriations
and Armed Services Commit-
tees, Informally keeps a watch
on C.I.A. operations.
"Wrapped In its cloak of se
Crecy, the C.I.A. has, in effect,
been making foreign policy,"
Senator Young said, adding,,"Inj
so doing, It has assumed respon-1
sibllitlrs which were he.retoforei
solely those of the President and
Congress.
"The C.I.A. has graduallyi
taken on the character of an
.invisible go,:ernment, answer-;
able only to itself," he contlnued,j
Senator McCarthy commented;
that all Federal agencies---ex-
cept the C.I.A.--were subject
to periodic Congressional review
of their functions and effective-
'ness, usually on an annual basis.
"However, in the nearly 20
!years the Central Intelligence
Agency has been functioning,
there has been no formal re-
.view of its activities by 'mem-
hers of Congress," Mr. McCnrj
thy said.
"Since there has been no for-
mel review, It has not, been pos-
sible to determine whether a
STATINTL
FpbInn Bnch,, I,
IV ANTS N.A. PROBE:
Senator Eugene J. McCar-
thy, Minnesota Democrat,
prop6seri committee to study
etfeotg of C.I.A. operations.
valid basis exists for critirtsmj
of the agency,' or to prevent;
what appear to be distortions of;
policy or to dispel rumors sur-'.
rounding the activities of the.
C.I.A:," Senator McCarthy said.
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