CIA PLAN ON LIBYA REPORTED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505250112-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 112
• Publication Date: July 27, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE APPEARED
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THE WASHINGTON POST
27 July 1981
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CIA Director William I Casey a_p- rently facing a Senate committee in-
proved?an--agency-,.-plan to'- depose . vestigation into his past business
Libya's Muammar QaddatI News __dealings. and--rri9--appointanent-.'Of
week magazinet.reported_j!esterday. Hugel'^.' o:,.
But the House Intelligence Commit- The-, CIA plan, accords to the
tee was so outiaged`byr:the plau;, the? ;' magazine,, called for a "disinforma-
magazine said,'thatitrsent:'a "strong tion".'campaign.. to embarrass Qad-
letter of :protest: ? to ::President daft, .'the creation of ; a:
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Reagan. " ; --; government to challenge his author'
Newsweel-=saidri;tilaa::' FIugel :; the: ity;; and a. paramilitary campaign.::..':
CIA deputy diiecforof covert`oper~'.; An administration spokesman,`ac
ations -:who*,'~resigned;. ea'rlier' this.,-cording-to- Newsweek,.said:,-Reagan:
month,after' allegations of limproper-..= has not_yet seen the committee's let-
-business:,,.practicee presented-the ,'ter:of..':protest because it- is. going
agency plan-to'thei Hoasecoinmittee-= 'through-"the 'regular clearance-
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