U.S./ANTI-TERRORISM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000201160003-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 16, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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CBS EVENING NEWS
16 April 1984
U.S./ KURTIS: Good evening. This is the CBS Evening News. I'm
A17I-TERRORISM Bill Kurtis, sitting in tonight for Dan Rather.
KURTIS: For the past several days, the Reagan
administration has been laying the groundwork for a
declaration of war against an unconventional form of
warfare, but Secretary of State Shultz called it
state-sponsored terrorism. To combat this, President
Reagan has approved a series of measures to fight the
terrorists on their own battlefield. Bill Plante has the
details.
PLANTE: President Reagan has authorized the first strike
policy against terrorism, inside or outside the United
States. Administration sources said National Security
Council decision directive 138, signed by Mr. Reagan two
weeks ago, permits preemptive strikes and reprisal raids
against terrorists. It authorizes special anti-terrorist
teams within the CIA and FBI, and it permits the
elimination of known terrorists once a plot is uncovered.
The new initiative grew out of U.S. frustration in the
wake of bombing of the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Marine
compound in Beirut as well as a number of smaller
terrorist incidents. The administration also wants
congressional approval for-huge amounts of reward money,
as much as $500,000 million, to encourage better
intelligence on terrorist activity, but congressional
approval for funding may not be easy, given the current
mood on Capitol Hill. ROBERT KUPPERMAN (Terrorism
Expert): Do you think that the Congressional Oversight
Committee on intelligence matters is going to allow the
administration grand unprecedented powers to act with
impunity in any country they wish, because some terrorist
or terrorists may exist?
PLANTE: Intelligence sources say this new directive
raises the ante across the board. They want it, not only
so they can retaliate in situations such as the bombings
in Lebanon but also as a tool to further U.S. interests in
Central America. All of this was supposed to be secret.
The fact that it leaked probably indicates that some
people wanted Congress to know and that Congress will have
a lot of questions. Bill Plante, CBS News, the White
House.
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