LAWMAKERS VOICE DISMAY OVER INMAN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 29, 2010
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• Publication Date: April 22, 1982
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NEW YORK TDIES
22 APRIL 1982
LA'i'ThIAKERS VOICE
DISMAY OVER INAN
Admiral Described as-'Our link
to Reality and Credibility'
By ANN CRYCTENDEN
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WASHINGTON, April 21-- Congress
men on both sides of the aisle and at,
each end of the political spectrum re-
acted with dismay today to Lhe sudden
resignation of Adm. Bobby Inman as
Deputy Director of . Central Irtelli-
gence.
. "I don't know of any other person In'
the business who commands the same
credibility and:rspect on both sides?of
the aisle," said Representative C. W.
Bill Yom. Republican of Florida, a
mirority member of the House Perma
neat Select Committee on Intelligence. .
Norman Y. Mir:eta, . Democrat p!'
California, another member of the com-
mittee, said, "I'm thoroughly disap-
pointed. He was our link to reality and
credibility."
Remarking that Admiral Inman was
consistently responsive to Congres-
sional requests for Information, Repro #
sentative Mineta recalled a hearing In
which Representative Romano L. Maz-
zoli, Democrat of Kansas, had asked
Mr. Inman, "Do we have to ask you the i
right question in order to get what we
need?" The response, Mr. Mireta said
was. "Absolutely not."
'He SYas Very Open'
"When he came before the committee
he Was very open," Mr. Young said. "It
he felt he wasn't being asked the right
questions, he would volunteer Informa-
tion. That's very unusual in his bust
ness."
"I can understand why he might want
to get out of this business," Mr. Young
went on.- "It's a very depressing busi-
ness. I know he was really frustrated at
not being able to make public a lot of in-
formation about Nicaragua and El Sal-
vador, because of the danger of compro-
mising intelligence sources. I had the
same frustration."
Soon after Admiral Inman came on
the job, there were rumors that a new
executive order was being prepared to.
permit the Central Intelligence Agency
to engage In domestic spying. Admiral
Inman appeared on a popular television
show and stoutly denied that such a
broadening of the' agency's authority
would occur.
"instead of battling It out within the
circles there, he took it public," Mr.
Mineta said.
On the-Senate side, Senator Daniel K.
Inouye, Democrat of Hawaii, issued the
following - st.atement: "I regret very
much the Admiral's resignation. The in-
telligencecommunity, and more impor-
tantly, the nation, will lose the services
of a most dedicated and talented intelli-
gence officer. I will miss him and I wish
him the very best in his future endeav-
ors."
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