NEW CIA DRAFT WOULD TEAR DOWN WATERGATE 'FENCE POSTS,' SENATOR SAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100170020-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: October 16, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/09: CIA-RDP90-00806R000100170020-0
+:i. ~~ , AssocLATp LE0 H CZCZVTEEV A 04 6
?P=f-Lit'-DOMESTIC! J (u.
4 SEW Lit', DRAFT WOULD TEAR U'OWN WATERGATE 'FENCE POSTS! SENATOR A;'
?BY POR=K I PARRY
r.
+hSSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
:r ter.: r?
Nt?SHiNb!U Hr) - KHiLE THE MEAGAN ADMINISTRATION WANTS ONLY A
MODEST GROWTH IN THE UIH S POWER; A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR WARNS THAT THE
PROPOSED CHANGES COULD TEAR DOWN `'FENCE POSTS" ERECTED TO PREVENT
WATERGATE-STYLE ABUSES,
r.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THURSDAY! ADMINISTRATION OFFIC TO. :5 DEFENDED
PROPOSED NEW CIh GUIDELINES! ANSWERING A SENATE .NTELLIGENCE
SUBCOMMITTEE'S LEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT A DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL ORDER THAT
WOULD GIVE THE AGENCY ITS FIRST AUTHORITY TO SPY ON U.S. GROUPS,
SEN. PATRICK LERHY! D-VT. ! SAID FBI REPRESENTATIVES TOLD THE PANEL
THAT IN MOST AREAS THEY DID NOT SEE THE PROPOSED ORDER EXPANDING CIA
CI R
ACTIVITIES INTO THE BUREAU'S JURISDICTION.
CUT EAHY SAID HE STILL WAS CONCERNED ABOUT INJECTING THE L1H INTO
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE TRADITIONALLY HANDLED BY THE
FBI.
''THE WHITE HOUSE SEES THIS ORDER AS SIMPLY STREAMLINING'' THE
EXISTING RULES GOVERNING INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND ESTABLISHING "SIGN
PO=T:'' TELLING THE CIA WHAT IT CAN DO! LERHY SAID.
BUT LEAH Y ARGUED THE PROPOSE ORDER WAS '`NOT SO MUCH FITTING UP
SIGN POSTS AS REMOVING THE FENCE POSTS THAT WERE PUT UP AS A RESULT OF
THE BITTER EXPERIENCES OF THE WATERGATE ERs."
DON! T THINK ANYONE WANTS TO RETURN TO Ir RTERGATE! BUT I ! LL BE
MORE COMFORTABLE IF THE FENCE POSTS ARE KEPT IN PLACE!!! HE SAID.
PERHAPS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL SECTION OF THE PROPOSED ORDER WOULD
ALLOW THE CIA TO INFILTRATE DOMESTIC GROUPS AND - WITH THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S ASSURANCE THAT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WILL BE PROTECTED - TO
INFLUENCE THE GROUPS' ACTIONS.
IN PROVIDENCE! P, i.! THURSDAY RIGHT! CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM .#. CASEY
SAID THE CIF. "HAS NO INTENTION OF SPYING INSIDE THE UNITED STATE`.!!
''THAT IS SOLELY THE FUNCTION OF THE FBI!'! CASEY TOLD A BROWN
UNIVERSITY AUDIENCE. "THE PURPOSE OF THE CIA IS TO ACEUIRE FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE AND GIVE ADVICE TO GUIDE THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED
STATES. 1 CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE CIA HAS NO INTENTIONS! NO DESIRE!
TO CONDUCT INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES."
THURSDAY'S SENATE TESTIMONY FROM JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI
OFFICIALS CAME AMID SIGNS THAT THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION MIGHT BE
WILLING TO MAKE LIMITED CHANGES IN THE PROPOSED ORDER.
"WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME MODIFICATIONS FOR CLARITYs'' SAID SEN.
HARRISON SCHMITT! R-N.M. BUT HE ADDED: "I WOULD EXPECT IT WILL BE
SIGNED ESSENTIALLY AS IT IS."
ao-aV-i 11-16 fl?ASEDT
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/09: CIA-RDP90-00806R000100170020-0