C.I.A. DENIES OFFICIAL LINK TO EX-AGENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404160004-4
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 3, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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IR l i i1'. x?PEARED
ON PAC-3- -3 FEBRUARY 1932
c!.APen O d d Link to Ext.
ByJ#FFGEl2TH ? c?I?he agency had no official involve-
...a .S a~co s r-~?Y r, ,. meet is Libyan terrorist training.
R??ASHLNGTON. Feb. 2 - William J. clThere was no official agency in-
Casey, the Director, of Central Intelii- volvement intherec*uiting of members
g_nce, told the House Select Committee of the Army Special Forces to help train
on I iligeac today thtatIthe C.I.A. had Lib
teriia ely concluded that the age . While Mr. Casey's testimony in some
had "r 'official???involvement ' in the respects echoed earlier agency denials
Libpaaactivities of two former agents, of official complicity, it also reflected a
Er - Wilson and Frank E- Terpil, new willingness to address questions
accotdingtoCongreseionalsourves. ., surrounding the agency's ability to po-
2. Sassy also told. the dosed hear; lice its employees and their outside ao-
ingrte sources said, that the agency tivities :
sham thecomasittet's concerns at pie Mr. Casey told the committee
pt eyed g intsae misuse oiintelligmhe that the agency was revising its internal
expo a a. nd?iniormation aswell as in-. code of conduct as asesult of the W ilson-
surin g,,the adegnasY-01 internal agencY- Terpil affair, he seemed to favor legisla-
to I
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Among the legislative solutions being
discussed were these:
RAmerding the laws governing regis-
tration of foreign agents to cover people-,
wor3dng for foreign governments on. in-
telligencernatters:
cAmending export control laws to
minimize the export of intelligence ex
m F for example, changes in the C.I.A.'s em-
- dicted is 1980 on charges of exporting ploymentcontract, sources say. . gRequiring Intelligence employees to
explosives to Libya and, with other for- _ Queriesonlles toAldes register after leaving the United States
rter. intelligence and rtiilitary, person Govarnm?nt if they go to work fora for
gel, have been linked to the training of Committee members, most of whom eign country_
terrorists and the ftansferabrosdofad- attended the three-hour hearing, ad-
vanced military ent and r- dressed a wide range of questions to Mr. 9Prohibiting certain kinds of private
tile. Both mare f ; Mr. Wilson Casey covering most aspects of the Wil- employment for Government intelli-
lives in Libya and Mr. Terpil is believed son-Terpil affair. Representative Ed- gents agents; especially when retained
tobesomewhereintheMiddleEast ward P. Boland, Democrat of Massa- by foreign governments that support
Much of today's hearing focussed on chusetts, who is chairman of thecom- terrorism.
: possible legislative and administrative mittee, said afterward that Mr. Casey ' Working with Mr. Casty on the es=
remedies that, if enacted, could signifi- and the agency now seemed to have a tion of possible legislCas remedieques-' will
tautly curtail the export of intelligence good P on the facts in the case, al- beStanley Sporian, the acencygeneral
expertise and tighten disclosure- and thoughMr_ Wilson's activities were first counsel; who accompanied yin. Casey to
registration requirements- for Ameri- brought to the agency's attention in iheheariag?
ns working for foreign governments; 1918. :- `;;"
ta
accordingtothesesaur es. Some committee members were' in- -Twomembers ofthemtelltgencecom-
In his. testimony before the commit- terested in therelationship between Mr. mittee interested in. legislative reme-
tee, Mr. Casey said the agency, after a Wilson and some senior agency employ- dies, Representative Albert Gore Jr.
long internal investigation begun last ees who maintained contact and had Democrat of Tennessee, and Represent.
July after press disclosures about the business relationships with Mr. Wilson alive Norman Mazzoli, Democrat of
on
case, had rcacbed these these tentative in 1917 and 1978, but Mr. Casey was ap- Kentucky, both said that any legi slat!
conclusions: o parentlyunabletoshed anynewlight on would have to be designed so as not to.
cmere was no official contact by the this matter. :. , .. impinge on ?. - various - .constitutional
agency with Mr. Wilson and Mr. Terpil Most of the discussion, according to rights: - :_ --a r
after theirorigirsalindictment in1980. _Congressional sources, focused on ways Mr. Ma=ui said that: while he was
~- - ?' disturbed a}xut the revelations of the
Libyan- activities of the.two; former
agents, his : questions to : Mr. ;Casey
looked more to the tutui'e, asking for the
agency to "give us their wisdom on how
to eliminate or stop this kind of prat
Mr... Gore said he thought that the
`agency had been "blinded'' iaits analy-?
sis of Iran under the deposed Shah Mo-
bammed Riza Pahlevi and Libya In part
because of close ties between former
agency personnel and the two countries:.
Tae Tennessee Democrat said he in-
tended to propose legislation requiring
members of the intelligence community,
to agree not to work for a. foreign gav.
fernment after their stint as intelligence
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