CIA'S CASEY PART OF A LARGER PROBLEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505340002-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 2, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN (TE)
2 August 1981
Casey'as. politician lather tha-ii
By JIM O'HARA an outsider. , .
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the - importance Hof intelligence g lap administrations
and? have made'caretess decisions and also- former director of-the the
.6udget.!,?Then. there have. been It was not until"Jimmy Carter's
about the leadership ofCIA
Casey, he uggested, would two politicians--George Bush and administration that; it , was as-
have made. a? better, _postmast d f e" i would have to,;classify : sumed ;that a `new incoming .?ad1
general than director of-Central ministration would appoint 4 ne
director . of: CIA:-U_ntiI that time
intelligence.. The followingis a -
that office ?didn t.u?ually.chang
transcription.` poi ? the:, :interview
adminlstrations;:;~which?
port" on Hugel, whomCasey- ap- ;
Congress look for In the CIA dl- . with their professions and experi-
pointed director of :covert opera
ence, and more to do :with their
tions but`,who resigned when rector?
A I was looking at the list of character,: their intelligence?and
questions were~.raised about.his -
past iinancfal dealings.._Casey directors: There have been 13 di- "their personality: It boils dowh to
himself is appealing a federal rectors .,of the CIA since 1947. the care and judgment which the-
judge's ruling that he and others There have been a number of cat- President and. his advisers -use in,
misled investors in a 1968 buss egories we can r classify.: Six of : choosing a persorr to =head the-
ness deal: { these-43 have teen military -
'-Intel" agency: '- " , ~
fessionals, three have been ntel- -k= ~' `~v3ti~ ?'
Dr.- Harry~~Howe-=Ransom, a
a vanderbilt . University'- professor; 1 igence , professionals, .if,. you - in- I would say r the President
elude Allen Dulles--he had been, . should regard the directorship- of
has observed the-U.S. intelligence
deputy. director. two years before the intelligence agency as import- ;~
community for-years, and is -con- . . I
sidered one- of.the foremost aca- he-became director. There have ant asthe.chiefjusticeship.of.the
demic experts on the.ClA-. In .an been .two; L classify, as outsiders. United; States It is.- clear-to me:
-'5 ~t ?
That is to. say: John McCone;who, th *In at hasn't been the case
Interview last : week,,. he said the view,that=-
, was a businessman and.had::been Y own person
Casey problem is not just a Ca- should serve fora fixed term, say
Sey, problem:.It's a problem that head of the: Atomic. S Energy chl Com esin
m9ccinn as wad James _ ~... .. ., r..L-? -- ?,
-.. the.?.ofinal"re-
there will still be
elan' Intel lgence: What should A: I 'think it may have less to do
VUJGl rG1J JIVLGU' at ..L... y ?- and undersecretary 01 5L41t. a,a- and the outsiders done a better
positive ca11% to .the Reagank ad sey was also`ac#ive in g!!
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i
ee
a
gnation, but over ..
that he had. aa-"unique and ap-
the director launched,a,publicity alization that the outsiders _and
counterattack, and with the com- propriate background" 'for the the.. intelligence. professionals
rnittee's report appears a survi- )ob?: He~Pointed to Casey's ser- have probably done a. far,better
vice not only In the OSS, butalso-
ob overall:
nor for now. _ .. ._.?~,. to,vvi r. SEC chairman 1 .,_ ~NL_, L .... ...........s~ ..:.
DCL..There-will. be,-intirnely faslxion, a?final=report dealing With ey?That's why I call'him'a politi-
the issues concerning Mr-Casey's past activities, and also with the ciao even though.he-has,held im-
appointment oLMr_biaxHugel ",~ i` KT r r portant positions in government. i
William Colby, a former di=
The. week: before Sens Barry Q think he was appointed: to those
Goldwater, chairman of the.com rector ::of 'the Central Intelli- positions as a reward for his pout=
said= when, Wil-
mittee, had called for Casey's re gence? Agency, ,cal efforts. t ~=
kend iiam _J_:Casey' was first. picked I would have to say as'a gener-
st w
"l
Tennessean. Staff Write;_ 3 -tr ,~ r ; ~? !; y ? '~ ` Casey first came into- political
CIA Director William. J Casey_received an.endorsement of sorts prominence in they Nixon care
last week:--from.,the. Senates Select ;Committee-,on Intelligence: paign.^He helped raise ,a lot of
':Based upon the staff review to date, and Mr-_, Casey's lengthy testi- money : ? That was `his. -role with
mony, it Isthe;unanimous judgment;of the committee-that nabasis Reagan-he got'the,campaign.or-
has been- found for concluding that Mr -,Casey is unfit to-serve as eanized and' raised a`lot of. mon-