LAWSUITS AGAINST THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2004
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• Publication Date: April 1, 1976
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NATIONAL SECURITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
APRIL 1976 VOL. 1, NO. 8:
In This
Issue :
LAWSUITS AGAINST THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Using Civil Litigation to Protect Constitutional Coming: May: Espionage Laws
Rights: ACLU Class Action Suits
By Christine M. Marwick
March 8, 1976 Henry Kissinger
and administration spokesmen
denied charges of having author-
ized "self-serving" leaks which
appeared in an article containing
highly-classified diplomatic infor-
mation and praising Kissinger's
skill as a diplomat. State Depart-
ment officials indicated that the
leak was "being looked into."
(Washington Post, 3/9/76, p. A])
March 11, 1976 The Senate In-
telligence Committee released
Richard Nixon's answers under
oath to 77 questions put to him
by the committee. The former
President asserted that "there
have been - and will be in the
future - circumstances in which
presidents may lawfully authorize
actions in the interests of the
security of this country, which if
undertaken by other persons, or
by the President under different
circumstances, would be illegal."
In commenting on the answers
March 3, 1976 Over the objec-
tions of liberals, the House voted
to broaden the subpoena powers
of the Ethics Committee in its
investigation into the leaking of,
the Pike Committee's intelligence
report. The Ethics Committee
Senator Church noted that they
reveal "attitudes which represent
a dangerous departure from this
country's first principles."
March 12, 1976 An RCA Cor-
poration executive told a House
subcommittee on government and
civil rights that he gave the Army
permission to monitor all inter-
national cable traffic on his com-
pany's lines in 1947, .because "the
Cold War was getting very hot."
(Chicago Tribune, 3/12/76, p.
10)
March 18, 1976 The Justice De-
partment, at the request of
columnist Joseph Kraft and under
the directions of Attorney Gen-
eral Levi, destroyed the files of
the contents of an electronic sur-
veillance conducted in 1969. Levi
acted after concluding that the
Privacy Act requires the destruc-
tion of these records since they
were gathered in violation of the
First Amendment.
now has authorization to sub-
poena and question individuals
not directly connected with the
government, as well as members,
officers, and employees of the
House. (New York Times,
3/4/76, p. 1)
March 19, 1976 President Ford
directed the Domestic Council'
Committee on the Right of Pri-
vacy to conduct a comprehensive
study of the issues of information
policy, including the conse-
quences of the economy's
growing information sector, the
impact of computer technology,
and the relationship between
privacy and freedom of infor-
mation.
March 28, 1976 F131 records made
public through a Socialist
Workers Party lawsuit revealed
that, contrary to the Justice
Department's earlier assertions,
federal agents burglarized the
party's New York offices at least
92 times from 1960 to 1966, to
copy documents and letters
covering all aspects of the party's
business. (3/29/76, New York
Times, p. 1)
March 23, 1976 A bill requiring
warrants for some national security
wiretaps was introduced with sup-
port of Attorney General Levi in
the House (H. R. 12750) and the
Senate (S. 3197).
It is at all times necessary, and more particularly so during the progress
of a revolution and until right ideas confirm themselves by habit, that
we frequently refresh our patriotism by reference to first principles.
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