EXPOSURE OF CIA AGENTS IS ASSAILED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404160006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 1, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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SO." Schaap said he and others with his
WASHINGTON In a polite dis Whether or not past identifications. -publication have no.. objection to
pute over dangero.ins secrets, former-; actually have led to physical' harm,'; :straight' intelligence-gathering bye
CIA director,llilliam.Colby strongly he said, 'people are scared.'. : people the CIA-.or, other intelligence agen-
disagreed yesterday with magazme don't want to go to a dangerous,as- cies.'-
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editors who. detail. CIA operations
and identityagents.'~ :,signment where there' are -known But he added,' We believe that the'
terrorists out there and then have covert manipulation for which' the
Colby compared exposure of agents their names revealed.' - :h .."CIA has become notorious -= under- i
on risky undercover assignments to r Schanp said he knew of no instance i cover officers, and agents corrupting
soldiers '.being shot in the back by in which publication of an agents and bribing officials , .buying,elec?
fellow rlmerican5 name had led to physical. harm; and tions :+ ?all the way to bombings and
William ll. Sciiaap, co-editor. of the i he added that if such harm had oc assassinations .that this reanipula-
Covert Action Information Bulletin,' . curred, "the CIA would have immedi . tion does not strengthen democracy
said that magazine's naming ofj ately called a press conference--.and here In the United States but in fact;
names has brought physical harm to we would know about it." ' weakens it', , r ` T?
no agent. Be said the editors' motive. Colby. did not directly assert that that light, he said, his meoaaine
is only "exposing .what we view as.. ? any agent has been harmed as a clear . `concentrates;'pnexposing.what,w
the abuses" by the CIA..-: result of public identification, but he view.iis' the :abuses of the .Western
Both Schaap and Rep. Romano cited various publications'. identifi--' intelligence agencies, primarily. the
hiazzoli . (D., 'Ky.),. chairman of a ' cation of Richard Welch, former.Ci'A CIA and exposing the people .re-
House House Intelligence subcommittee { station chief in.Athens,,as one cause ~ sponsible
that beard the testiinony,'cbaracte'r-
izcd it as; "profound, disagreeiiient;"- I
but no harsh words were exchanged.
The panel .is considering,.various
;bills that call . for the imprisonment
or fining of people .: who publicly
`identify U:S. foreign;ngents or their]
secret informants. :;r;;i, :y-?.',:
There is wide support for the bills'
,provisions to penalize disclosure by
anyone who uses his formal access to
classified documents toidentify an
!gent: ,?.?t',?~:::Y
' Howerer; the''Justice'Department,
opposes -another' provision'-of the
version) that the-full House Intelli-''
.gence Committee. backs, saying it `
might violate constitutional guaran-
.tees.of.free speech through its penal-.
'ties for private citizens using public
information to name a CIA agent.:
'Asked by Mazzoli whether support
ers of the..bills. "erg' overplaying": 11
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