IDEAS & TRENDS U.C.L.A. SPOOKS, IF ANY, ARE SAFE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100030099-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 99
• Publication Date: October 3, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TIMES
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business, except for the Central Intel.
Iigence Agency. Three judges ruled
unanimously against a University of
California at Los Angeles student
who had sought information about
agency activities on campus under
the Freedom of Information Act.
With the support of a broad range
of U.C.L.A. organizations, Nathan
Gardels filed a request in 1976 after
Senate Intelligence Committee hear-
ings disclosed that hundreds of aca-
demics in more than 100 American
colleges were covertly linked to the
C.I.A. (The agency maintains these
contacts as confidential sources of
expertise and for help in recruiting
foreign intelligence sources.) "We
perceive this covert presence and
operation of the C.I.A. on American
campuses as a direct threat to our
democratic rights under the princi-
ples of academic freedom and integ-
rity," Mr. Gardels wrote.
able C.I.A. directors to pro
sources and methods. But it rejected
an argument that disclosures would
result in campus harassment.
`This is an ominous decision for fu-
ture Freedom of Information Act liti-
gation in national security cases,"
said Susan Shaffer, an attorney for
the American Civil Liberties Union.
She said Congressional action might
be necessary to reaffirm the inten-
tion expressed in 1974 amendments to
the act - that courts undertake de
novo review of intelligence agencies'
decisions to withhold information.
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