ADM STANSFIELD TURNER, DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, 5 AUGUST 1977

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ADM Stansfield Turner, Director of Central Intelligence
Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, 5 August 1977
Excerpt from question-and-answer session:
Q. How long do you think it will take to regain the effectiveness
overseas in carrying out legitimate intelligence functions that
have been lost over recent years of adverse publicity?
who were, 2in my view, heroes, people who were not US citizens but
who were working for us overseas at the risk of their lives because
they believed in us, come to us and say, "Can I risk working for
you any longer? Will my name appear in the Washington Post to-
morrow?" That's a difficult answer for me 1:o give. And Ihave
had to personally intervene in some of these to try to hang on
to the splendid cooperation we're getting. I can only say that
there is a delicate balance in this country between what we all
believe in, the freedom of information, the freedom of inquiry,
and the unnecessary exposure of delicate, sensitive, critical
national security information.
to recoup toy regain confidence. We've had a number of people
Traitors like Mr. Agee-` .nd others who have published, from their
knowledge.of..the_Cen_tral Intelligence Agency, the names of agents,,.
A: There is no way you can answer that with a number. But I will
certainly agree that we have been, grievously injured in our govern-
ment capabilities by some of the unfortunate revelations. Not just
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