FBI SPY ARREST
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October 3, 1984
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ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
3 October 1984
FBI SPY ARREST WALKER: This is Kenneth Walker in Washington. Top
officials of the Justice Department and the FBI tried to
put the best face on it, but it was clear that they don't
yet know or they're unwilling to state publicly the extent
of the damage from the Soviet KGB's apparent penetration
of U.S. foreign counterintelligence activities..
WILLIAM\WEBSTER (FBI director): I'd rather not discuss
the damage itself. We're still assessing it. But I think
that the vigorous nature and intensive investigation acted
to limit what might have been a far more serious
situation. WILLIAM\FRENCH\SMITH (U.S. attorney general):
I have no doubt that the Soviets will do a great deal to
find out about our counterintelligence efforts, but beyond
that, I can't add anything specific.
WALKER: But the KGB has apparently learned a great deal
about U.S. counterintelligence from this case. The
government affidavit filed in the case shows that among
the classified documents Miller allegedly turned over was
one entitled 'Reporting Guidance: Foreign Intelligence
Information.' According to the affidavit, this document
'...would give... KGB a detailed picture of
..intelligence activities, techniques and requirements.'
That, one FBI source told ABC News, could be 'compared to
the breaking of the Japanese military code during World
War II.' Officials.say Miller has admitted turning that
document over,-that after he was placed under
surveillance, other FBI agents say Miller turn over other
documents as well. Based on the sketchy information
available about the extent of the KGB penetration, some
intelligence experts suggest the Soviets may have scored a
coup. RAY\CLINE (former CIA deputy director): It would
enable the KGB to reconstruct the state of knowledge in
the United States about KGB operations here. And that is,
of course, enormously useful.
WALKER: Whatever the damage to the FBI, it appears it
could have been worse. Agent Miller was set to travel
next week to the Eastern bloc to exchange much more
information for money. Kenneth Walker, ABC News, at the
FBI in Washington.
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