[THE CIA BROKE THE LAW WITH A GUERRILLA WAR MANUAL FOR NICARAGUAN REBELS]

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00269R001500070006-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2005
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 5, 1984
• Content Type: PREL

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tSGRAFIHSERT XXX HISTORY?-PIGS;~P~STHGRAF. COi~NiTTEE -- BOLt~HD~
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BY ELiOT gREt~t~ER
HRSHIHGTGN tUPi) -- THE GIA BROkE THE LAH b~ITH A GUERRILLA t~AR
MANUAL FOR NICARAGUAN REBELS THE HOUyE It~TELLIGENGE GO~tl~ITTEE SKID
~iEI~HESGAY~ CHASTISING THE SPY AGENCY FOR CONFUSION AHD NEGLIGENCE IN
tT5 PRODUCTIOII OF THE BOOKLET. .
ONE PANEL MEMBER SAID CIA DIRECTOR i~ILLIAN CASEY CONFESSED TO
'NEGLIGENCE IN MAt~AGEMEF~T" DURING A TAO-HOUR APPEARANCE BEFORE THE
COMi~ITTEE TO REYIEid THE MANUALS ISHICH CRI3ICS CHARGE ADVOCATES
POLITiCAt ASSASSINATION.
A MAJORITY OF THE DEMOGRATIC-COHTROLLED CON~iITTEE COP~CLiiDED THAT
RLTHOUGH THE SPY AGENCY i~ITH THE ~At~UAL VIOLATED A i983 BAH ON
SPEHGING IiOFJEY OtI OPERATIO~~S AGAItiST ~IIC~iRAGUA~ IT DIG ~iOT
INTENTIONALLY VIOLATE A PRESIDENTIAL EAIi ON U.S. PRRTICIPATION IN OR
PLANNING FOR ASSASSINATIONS.
HOidEVER: R COMMITTEE STATE~#EHT PkOt~ISED FURTHER It~VESTIGATIOH AHG
xUGGESTED THERE MAY BE EVIDENCE THE GIA TRIED TO FUNNEL AID TO THE
P,EBELS flFTER IT HIT A ~f~ MILLIO~~ SPE~iGil;c; CEILIP.G COP~GRESS i~#POSED
~IH IT FOR FISCAL ~SB~.
THE MANUAL, IN A SECTIO#3 O}f THE "SELECTIVE USE OF i~IOLEf~CE~ $ TOLD
HOi# IT b~AS POSSIBLE TO "~#EUTRRLIc'E" LOCHL OFr ICIflLS. IT RLSO
RECOM~iEHDED USIEiG CRIMINALS TO HELP CREATE ~~f~RTYRS TO THE CAUSE OF
THE U.S.-BAC~;EG "CO~iTRAS~" HHO ARE FIGHTi~#G HiCARAGUA'S SA'~GiF:ISTA
GOYERH~SENT.
?THE ENTIRE PUBLICATION At,D DISTRIBUTION OF THE I~AHUAL iiAS MARKED
i~ITHIH THE AGE~iCY BY COHFUSiCiH ABOUT idHO HAD AUTHORITY A~iG
P,ESPOHSIBILITY FOR THE Mht=JAL~ ? THE COQ#NITTEE SThTENEPiT SAID.
`THE IHCIGEi;T OF THE MA~~~.#AL ILLUSTRRTES ONCE AGAIf; TO A MAJORITY
~JF THE COQ#HITTEE THAT THE CIA DID t~OT HhYE ADEQUATE COM~~AI~D A~~D
t;OHTROL OF THE ENTIRE ~iICAF:AC;~JA~ COVERT OPERATiOH."
THE STATEME~,T SAIL; A MAJORITY OF THE CO~~#ITTEE BELIEVES THE Ni~~~~~AL
?REPRESEHTS A VIOLATiO~~ OF THE EOLfi~~#ts Fs~tEI:DNEP;T iAGAIE~fiT SPE~su=IP~G TAX
H4~iE4' TO OYERTHROH THE t~ICARiiA~it~P! CiOYEP;HHEt;T)." IT ADi~EDi HOHEYER~
?HEGLIGEHCE~ NOT INTENT TO VIOLATE THE LANs ~IARKEG THE MANUAL'S
HiSTORY.?
COM~~iTTEE CHRIRMAPi Ef~HARtt EOLA~;i~f~ G-MFiSS. ~ TOLD REPORTERS THE
BOOKLET HAS A'~ OUTGROH T H OF A iSS CASEY GECI S IOI# THi~ T THERE SHuULts
flE A PROGRAM OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ~driRFARE TC~ HELR THE REBELS HiH O`ER
HICttRA~JA~i CITItEH~.
THE GECISIO~~ i;A~Et fsFTER ft Tf IP I~,~'i`STIGATIkt~ RErGRtJ OF
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~iENTLEs SAYIP#G CflSEY '~O~~LD PRO#A#LY SAY AE Rn5 RESFuPSI#LE FOR; IT
... B~aT HE COULDN=T POSSI#LY COQ#TR:OL ALL T~#AT GOES OP# ~iITI~IIi T~iE
tIfiENCY.'
BOLANDs SAiDs HO4#EYERs 'I FiP#D iT INCREDIBLEs AS DID ALL MEM#ERS
OF TAE INTELLiGEP#CE COMMITTEES THAT P#G 4P#E I!# TiiE FIELD At~D NO O~#E AT
HEADQUARTERS EVER READ THE MAN~~AL.'
REP. NORMAN HI!#ETAs D-CtsLIF.s SAID CASEY ULTIMATELY IS RESFOitiSIBLE
'BUT bdHEN YOU HAS?E AP# AGED#CY AS LARGE AS THFST IT'S HARD TO PI!# IT
D~}#dN TO ONE SINGEE INDI~IIDUAL,'
MiNETAs 6IHO LO!#G HRS COI#TENGED CASEY SkO?#LD DUITs ALSO SAID l#E l~Ri~
ASK THE COMMITTEE TO SEEK PROSECUTIOP#S AT THE CIA BtCAUSE OF ITS
CONCLUSION THAT THE SPE!#DII#G LAR ~#AS Y IDEATED.
COMMITTEE MEM#ER REP. NYCHE FONLERs D-GA.S TOLD REPORTERS CASEY
'ADMITTED TO NEGLIGENCE IN MANAGEMENT AND .CONTROL OF THIS DOCUMENT'~=
AND OFFERED RECOMMENDATIONS TO AYOiD REPEATI~#G THE EMBARRASSING
[NCIDENTs biHICH BROKE IP#TO THE HEADLIP#ES 3UST BEFORE THE NOYEM#ER
ELECTION. .
FOt~LER SAID THE COMMITTEE i#ILL RECOMMEND CHAP#GES TO AS~'OID 6#HAT HE
TERMED THE 'POLITICI~ATIOP# OF TiIE CIAS' AP#D ADDEDs gTHERE HILL BE
uPECIFIC CHRP#GES IP# TF~E MAP#AGEMEP;T c~F THE AGED#CY' IN #OTf# HASHINGTOP#
RP#4 LRT I N PP#ER I CA. NE OFFERED Pigs DETAILS.
PI~ESIDEP#T REAGRPi PROMIyEC DtsRIP#G HIy RE-ELECTION CAMr"?RIGP# TO FIRE
ANYONE FOUP~D RESPO"#Si#LE FOR Tkt #C~OKLET BUT THE OPsLY PEOPLE PU~~IS~#ED
MERE SEVERAL MID-LEVEL CIA OFFICiALSS NHO ~#ERE REFRIMt~P#DEI~ OR
SUSPENDED FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT iP# E'viTIP#G IT.
THE COMMITTEE SAID ITS PROBE 'IDEP#TIFIED SEVERAL POSSI#LE
DEPARTURES FRCsM THE CIR'S ONN Gl?IDELi~dES FOR COMi~LYIP#G KITH THE
s:FiSCAL YEAR 1980 CAP OP# AID TO Ti~E COP#TRi~S' AiiD F`ROMISED FURTi~ER
CNVESTIGATION. THE 6#~it~DIP#G S~#GGESTED THE PAP#EL MAY HAVE FOUP#D THE
~:IA HELPING THE C13NTRA5 BY ARRAiP#GIP#G FOR ASSISTAP#CE O~~TSIDE OF P#ORMnL
FiGEP#C4` ACCOUNTS.
THE COMMITTEE STATEMEP#T SAID THE #OOK NAS 'I#RiTTEP#s EDITEDs
DISTRIBUTED A"#D USED 6#ITHOL~T AIEQ~~ATE S~~rERVISIOP#s' THAT #~OST CiA
OFFICIALS 'LEARP#EI~ A#OUT IT FROM P#EPIS ACCO~SP#TSs' AP#D OFFICIALS b#iiO
jHOULD HAVE REYiEP#ED IT DiD P#OT.
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