THE LEGAL AUTHORITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404440191-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 191
• Publication Date: March 7, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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March 7, 1980 6:3 0 PM
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The^Legal Authority and Accountability of the CIA
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER: We also need clear and quick
passage of a new charter to define the legal authority and accoun-
tability of our intel l igence agencies. We wi I I guaranty that
abuses do not recur. But we must tighten our controls on sensi-
tive intelligence information, and we need to remove unwarranted
restraints on America's ability to collect intelligence.
ANNOUNCER: In his recent State of the Union address,
President Carter called for greater operating freedom for the
CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies. The Administration
wants to step up their use, especially in the area of covert
activities, as a tool of American foreign policy.
This edition of Communique examines the controversy
surrounding the changes planned for the intelligence community.
Our host is Morton Kondracke, executive editor of The New Repub-
lic magazine.
MORTON KONDRACKE: In the history of the world, It's
probably never happened that a country could reconcile its needs,
for secret intelligence operations with the ideals of democracy.
Few have ever tried. Some would say that the two goals are in-
herently antithetical. Democracy implies openness, accounta-
bility, popular control, and respect for law. Spying involves
secrecy,. conspiracy, deniability, and often the breaking of laws.
Most countries resolve the dilemma by spying and not
worrying about the Implications. For much of our history, the
United States has avoided the dilemma by avoiding intelligence
operations. We did no peacetime spying until after World War 11,
when the Central Intelligence Agency was founded.
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