LETTER TO HONORABLE HOWARD H. BAKER, JR. FROM BARRY GOLDWATER

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January 20, 1982
:~?he Honorable Howard H. Baker, Jr-
Zlnited States Senate
~Tashington, D.C. 20510
Dear Howard: -'
Thank you .for .your letter of - iiecember ~ 15 ,
-All of our authorizations are ssinnal. and must --not expire before
September 1, 1982, and so there is no urgeacy.;;iu this..regard.
1981,-regarding a
floor program for 1982. ~ ,:
goward, I understand that S.391 wee brought to the Floor of _ _.~.
the Senate the last day of the first session of the 97th ?Congress, '
but was the subject _ of a f ilibuster by Senator Bradley .whc pre_ _-
viously expressed no interest in it at all. Zt seema_ to etas we ~ -
have a responsibility~-to the men and women of the intelligence
commLmity who serve this nation oa difficult and dangerous missions
abroad to protect t ~~oa res ons~ibility to the pe ple oa?~this
names." As well, we p
country. to debate this issue and vote on it.
I expect that the Intelligence ~~ ExecutivelOrderion Clasts~ibfica-
of issues this year to include the
tioas , the role of the Freedom of Information Act on iatelligeace
operations, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, technology
transfer. and the quality of analysis to mention a fes.T_ ~iowever;
none of these issues require planning .for floor action at this.'
time. ~_ ; .
Carter .and Reagan Administrations. - .
to 56 last year and has had the strong supp :_
47 cosponsors in 1981. It passed the Houseort of both`the
gc.~~r1~:-e~~latt?z~=~?ps~o= ~`~ .-=~`aee~rt~th~rsn.time_~the~ _
Q?h~c37:~bat3~
eZate7~ligen ce~-Zd eu t~:tie s=~Z?r-o t ec t on~Aca19 8.1,-,~,.,.
y~o~}~are~cospornsors~. This bill was reported out of .the
Committee by a vote of 13 to i in 1980. It picked up another ~ -
b a vote of 354
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The Honorable Howard H. Baker, Jr.
January 20, 1982
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Therefore, my one biggest request is for a speedy and responsible
consideration of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act --
before sameoae else is killed or injured by traitors like Philig--
~gee and Louis Rolf. - _ - -
Sincerely,~-
Barry Goldwater
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