CAPITOL HILL INVESTIGATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000100280008-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 27, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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RADIO N REPORTS, INC.
4701 WILLARD AVENUE, CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND 20815 656-4068
PROGRAM ABC World News Tonight
STATION WJLA-TV
ABC Network
DATE July 27, 1982 7:00 P.M. CITY Washington, D.C.
SUBJECT Capitol Hill Investigation
TED KOPPEL: The House Ethics Committee today named
former HEW Secretary Joseph Califano to head the congressional
investigation into charges of homosexuality and drug use by both
the Congress and teen-age pages.
We have a report from Capitol Hill correspondent Charles
CHARLES GIBSON: The committee wanted a well-known
special counsel, someone above any allegation that the House
investigation might be less than complete. Joseph Califano has
never been bashful about taking the spotlight. And once he was
assured of both Democratic and Republican support, he took the
job.
JOSEPH CALIFANO: I have accepted this assignment with
the greatest reluctance. No one can look forward to the prospect
of investigating the kinds of allegations involved here.
GIBSON: Califano will investigate two kinds of
allegations: alleged improper or illegal sexual conduct by
congressmen, and alleged illicit use or distribution of drugs by
members.
The sex charges originate with a former page, Leroy
Williams, that he had homosexual relations with congressmen. And
FBI investigation is said to be close to complete on that.
Prosecutions are said to be unlikely.
The drug investigation is expected to take longer, and
could revolve around whether Congress should punish members who
just used drugs.
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MAN: Have you ever tried cocaine?
CALIFANO: No, I've never tried cocaine. Have you ever
tried cocaine?
GIBSON: In light of the recent charges, a special
commission has been looking into the page system. Most witnesses
opposing its elimination.
WOMAN: Someone said to me it would be like doing away
with the changing on the guard, on a lesser scale.
GIBSON: Commission members today toured old, well-worn
buildings on Capitol Hill with an eye toward converting one to a
page dormitory, supplying some supervision, and heading off
future problems with pages.
CAROLE SIMPSON: It now appears there may be more to the
Washington sex scandal than that now being investigated on
Capitol Hill. ABC News has learned that the FBI is investigating
male prostitution rings in Washington, in part to determine
whether high-ranking government officials who use male
prostitutes may have leaked national security information.
Fred is a former male prostitute who has been
cooperating with the FBI for some time on investigations of child
pornography and homosexuality on Capitol Hill. He told ABC News
that it's common practice for foreign agents to hire male
hustlers to obtain U.S. government secrets.
FRED: Not just the Russians. The British also do this.
The Israelis also do this. I have firsthand knowledge of both
of those. Some secondhand knowledge of the West German Embassy
also being involved with it. Both our friends and our enemies
are very interested in it because -- any information concerning
U.S. military bases, U.S. military contracts.
SIMPSON: Have you ever extracted information?
FRED: I did on one occasion about -- and this is for
the British Embassy. They wanted information on some U.S.
military plans to build Air Force bases overseas, and they wanted
to find out what kind of money was going to go into it and if the
money was going to go through.
SIMPSON: Fred claims the British paid him $5000 to
obtain that information from a member of the staff of the Senate
Armed Services Committee.
The foreign embassies Fred mentioned all strongly denied
any involvement.
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The FBI's national security investigation was sparked by
recent raids on two lucrative male prostitution services. Police
and FBI agents confiscated records, among them a list of a
thousand names of regular customers, names reported to include
members of Congress, top congressional aides, and Pentagon
officials.
The FBI is now studying the list of names to determine
if any government employees with access to classified information
used male prostitutes. If the FBI discovers such employees
leaked information, not only could they be fired, they could be
prosecuted for espionage.
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