FILM EXPOSES GOVERNMENT SPYING

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CIA-RDP88-01365R000300110003-2
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December 16, 2016
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October 22, 2004
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May 16, 1979
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Approved For Release 2004/11/01 :CIA-RDP88-01365~b; R:R~'ICL??; A:~P TH.~ GU.A~DIAIV O~Y P 'I' -~,,~~~~ lh P~F1Y 197 "TIiE 1NTELLIGEIVCE N)JTWORif" A film by the Campaign for Political Rights, 201 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, D.C., tel: 202-547-4705. I3y DIANE 51'. CLAIIt having weathered a long series of revela- tions concerning the abuses of intelligence agencies like the FBI and the CIA, many people may be ready to believe that a congressional slap on the hand has taught them a lesson that they" .won't forget. Adamant in its warning that we not be footed, "The Intelligence Network" reminds us that the structure for official spying is still intact at home and abroad. _ ;"TEN'S PI20DUCERB . The film was produced by the Campaign for Political Rights (formerly the Campaign to Stop Government Spying). This is a coali- tian of over 80 organizations, both left-liberal? and progressive, committed to ending covert . operations abroad and political spying and harassment in the United States. The film introduces people to the issue of political surveillance and harass- rnent and shows how such activity is used against political groups with many different constituencies, ranging from the woman's movement to the student movement, the peace movement and the Black movement. At times the agencies did more than just spy, as in the case of the police raid on Black Panther headquarters in Chicago, which led to the murders of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. ST'YIVG AT HO1+rilE, AI3ItOAD" .The CIA has historically engaged in many covert actions abroad, as in the 1973 over- throw.: of Chile's President Saivadore Allende. What "The Intelligence-.Network" forces the viewer to confront, in an alarming- ~ly clear and forceful- way, is the connection between illegal action abroad and at home. To make its point, the .film examines the connection between the coup in Chile and the 1976 assassination of t~rlando Letelier, who was Allende's minister of .defense before the coup. Letelier was murdered in Washington, D.C. by Cuban nationalists, working with the t~hilean sec7et police (DIVA). A colleague, Ronni Karpen Mott was killed in the same bomb blast which kilted Letelier. The film contains interviews with Letelier's widow, Isabel, and with Robert Borasage, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies, where both Letelier and Mott worked. Isabel Letelier recounts the election of Allende, the mood of the country, the coup which overthrew the government, and finally, her husband's assassination. Bora< sage analyzes the structure of CIA opera- tions and uses the Chilean example to show how that structure worked. He also explains how CIA activity led to the murder. . OI2GA1+lTZE125 ~IAIZASSED Important too is the film's coverage of domestic spying. Political organizers from across the country-minis#ers, lawyers, or- ganizers, professors--often with their police files in hand, describe how they were harassed by intelligence units. The film's final message is that politic:,: spying is still going on, with the intelligence agencies' new targets including the anti- nuclear power movement and the American Indian Movement (AIM). . Approved For Release 2004/11/01 :CIA-RDP88-013658000300110003-2