INVESTIGATION/)JENNINGS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000301460005-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 21, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
21 November 1984
>INVESTIGATION/>JENNINGS: We have an update and a clarification of an ABC
>CIA>News report. Two months ago, we broadcast two reports
about the CIA's connection with an accused swindler named
Ronald Rewald and the affairs of his'bankrupt Honolulu
investment company. The CIA has admitted involvement with
Rewald, but it strongly denies one aspect of our report.
We interviewed a former prison guard named Scott Barnes,
.who charged, in a sworn statement, that the CIA has
employed him and planned to kill Rewald while he was in
prison. The CIA says Barnes' charge was totally false and
denied any relationship with him. ABC News continued to
investigate. We asked Barnes for further evidence to
support his charge. He was unable to provide it. We made
other efforts to corroborate his charge and they also
failed. Finally, we asked Barnes to take a lie-detector
test, but he refused. So ABC News has now concluded that
Barnes' charges cannot be substantiaed and we have no
reason to doubt the CIA's denial. After notifying the CIA
that we were going to make thisclarification, the agency,
late this afternoon, filed a complaint with the Federal
Communications Commission that our report was distorted
and violated the Fairness Doctrine.
Approved For Release 2010/01/14: CIA-RDP88-01070R000301460005-1