1984 ANNUAL REPORT

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1984
ANNUAL
REPORT
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose
for my country." - Nathan Hale
THE HALE FOUNDATION
422 First Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
The Board of Trustees of The Hale Foundation wants you, a
valued supporter, to be informed of the Foundation's activities and
progress during 1984. As you are aware, The Hale Foundation's
sole objective is to enhance the capability of United States intel-
ligence to serve the fundamental objectives of our nation's Con-
stitution:
"insure the domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defense, promote the general welfare."
Named after the early American intelligence officer and hero
Nathan Hale, The Hale Foundation expanded its efforts in 1984 to
educate and convince the public and America's leaders of the
importance and necessity of a strong U.S. intelligence community.
One U.S. Senator has written of the work of The Hale Founda-
tion: "1 personally have seen how effective The Hale Foundation
can be." A U.S. Congressman wrote in 1984 that "[t]he Hale Foun-
dation wants to guarantee that our nation will not lose its life in the
future because of an intelligence failure." The Hale Foundation
and its educational and research adjunct, The Nathan Hale Insti-
tute, worked diligently in 1984 to be worthy of these views. It will
continue to do so in 1985.
The Hale Foundation is fortunate to have a Board of Advisors of
distinguished Americans who have supported the Foundation's
work and conferred great prestige to its efforts. The Board consists
of:
Co-chairmen: Lt. Gen. Daniel O. Graham (former Director,
DIA), and Eugene H. Methvin (Senior Editor, Reader's Digest);
and Members: Frank R. Barnett (President, National Strategy
Information Center); Hon. Karl Bendetsen (former Undersecretary
of the Army); Senator Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY); Norman
Darwick (Executive Director, International Association of Chiefs
of Police); Hon. Clare Booth Luce (former Ambassador to Italy);
Adm. Thomas H. Moorer (former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff); Prof. Charles E. Rice (Professor of Constitutional Law,
Notre Dame Law School); Raymond Rocca (former Deputy Chief,
Counterintelligence Staff, CIA); Hon. Laurence Silberman
(former Ambassador to Yugoslavia); and W. Raymond Wannall
(former Assistant Director, FBI, Intelligence).
TAPS
Until early this year, a most distinguished Board member was
General Robert E. Cushman, Jr. (USMC, ret.), one of the most
highly decorated combat veterans of World War 11. He later served
as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and as assis-
tant for national security affairs in the White House. The 25th
Commandant of the Marine Corps, serving from 1972 to 1975,
General Cushman received one of his many decorations in World
War I I for "fearlessly exposing himself to heavy... fire in order to
remain in the front line and obtain firsthand knowledge of the
enemy situation."
Always eager to "obtain firsthand knowledge of the enemy situa-
tion" - Cushman understood the importance of intelligence to the
defense of his country. The Hale Foundation is grateful for his
service to the United States and proud that he was willing to serve as
a member of the Board of Advisors of The Hale Foundation. We
mourn his passing.
INT'ELLIGENC'E INFORMATION ACT
In pursuing its 1984 agenda - as in 1983 - The Hale Foundation
continued to support aggressively the passage of H.R. 5164, the
House version of the Intelligence Information Act, which it had
supported in the Senate. Efforts were successful in 1984; the bill's
passage was an important step in the protection from disclosure of
valuable intelligence sources and sensitive information, a primary
aim of The Hale Foundation.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), before amendment by
this new legislation (H.R. 5164), seriously impeded the effective-
ness of U.S. intelligence efforts: it imposed heavy financial burdens
on intelligence agencies and diverted valuable senior intelligence
officers from their primary mission - the work for which they have
been trained and in which they are experienced - the conduct of
intelligence operations in defense of the United States.
The new legislation, toward which The Hale Foundation directed
major efforts, grants partial relief to the CIA by exempting
"operational files" from FOIA searches. The Hale Foundation
would have preferred fuller exemption from FOIA searches for
agency records but the CIA accepted the terms of the bill. Its
passage is an important move in support of the U.S. intelligence
community.
The Senate, which had earlier passed a similar bill sponsored by
Senator Alfonse D'Amato, unanimously accepted H.R. 5164 as
passed by the House. The President signed the bill into law on Octo-
ber 15, 1984. The Hale Foundation is proud to have helped along
the way.
FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT
The Hale Foundation continued to work in 1984 for legislation to
relieve federal employees from the burden of the Federal Tort
Claims Act. In 1971, the United States Supreme Court held for the
first time that federal employees could be sued personally for
alleged constitutional violations.
Since that decision, government investigators are personally
liable in law suits for their actions even though these actions are
taken in good faith within the scope of their authority and duty.
Since 1971, thousands of lawsuits, many having multiple
defendants totaling 7,500 to 10,000 government employees, have
been filed. Most of these suits, according to the Department of
Justice, have been trivial and vindictive.
Current law in the area of tort claims has a chilling and stifling
effect on government employees carrying out their duties for regu-
latory and investigative agencies. Proposed legislation, although
not removing a citizen's legal recourse if wronged by the U.S.
Government, would curb harassment, increase legitimate recov-
eries by plaintiffs and lower Government litigation costs. By
making the Government itself the sole party defendant in tort
claims, the employee who acted in good faith within his authority
would be free from the onerous burden of improper actual and
threatened civil suits against him.
Despite The Hale Foundation's efforts, Congress showed little
interest in 1984 in reforming the Federal Torts Claims Act.
NETWORKING
The Hale Foundation officers and representatives took part in
numerous activities - courses, meetings, conventions - of intelli-
gence-oriented or national security-related professional organiza-
tions. It continued its membership in, and support of, the
"common interest network," an informal group which discusses
issues of intelligence interest and the progress of relevant legisla-
tion. The Hale Foundation also plays a role in another informal
organization, the "world strategy network," which joins persons
interested in working together on a broad range of national security
issues.
In October 1984, The Hale Foundation arranged for a student of
a local high school to attend, as a guest of The Hale Foundation,
the national convention of the Association of Former Intelligence
Officers (AFIO), which took place near Washington, D.C. The
student, Will Nelson, met dozens of former intelligence officers,
attended discussion groups and heard the speeches of numerous
luminaries in the intelligence field. He met, among others, William
Casey, Director of Central Intelligence and Congressman Henry
Hyde of Illinois, recently appointed to the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence. The Hale Foundation plans to continue
to sponsor students to attend annual AFIO conventions and to
promote similar educational activities in the future.
Congressman Henry Hyde with Will Nelson, a student guest
sponsored by The Hale Foundation, at the AFYO contention
in October, 1984.
ADVOCACY
Representatives of The Hale Foundation continued to be in
constant contact with members and staff of the two Congressional
intelligence committees.
Statements in support of U.S. covert action, given before the
House intelligence committee by Dr. Ray Cline and Major General
Richard X. Larkin (USA, ret.), were reprinted by The Hale Foun-
dation and delivered to Members of Congress and widely distrib-
uted among the media. Telegrams were sent to Members before key
votes on critical intelligence legislation.
In the educational area, The Hale Foundation mailed out in 1984
throughout the United States more than 1,150,000 informational
packets on issues of interest to supporters of a strong U.S. intel-
ligence effort.
In 1984, The Hale Foundation collected and delivered to Con-
gress petitions from throughout the country in support of the hills
of Congressman Donald L. Ritter of Pennsylvania (H. R. 2360) and
Senator Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., of Alabama (S. 1959) to require
citizens of Communist countries to register before visiting Members
of Congress or their staff. "One top FBI agent admits that the
Communist spy network 'outnumers us 10 to I,' " Senator Denton
charged. "Here on Capitol Hill," according to Representative
Ritter, "it is common for Communist diplomats to openly and bla-
tantly contact Congressional staff employees and attempt to elicit
information from them...."
HALE PUBLICATIONS
The Hale Foundation's publications are routinely sent to Mem-
bers of Congress of both political parties and to congressional staff,
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as well as to the national media. Congressional response has been
both favorable and bipartisan. A Democratic Congressman wrote
the following:
"The efforts of The Hale Foundation to inform the Con-
gress of the need to modify the application of the Freedom of
Information Act to the Central Intelligence Agency are greatly
appreciated."
A prominent Republican Senator wrote to The Hale Foundation
that
"as you might guess, a Senator has a lot of information which
moves across his desk every day. Even with this process, I feel
there are facts that simply would not come to my attention
without your help."
Policymakers of both parties have expressed gratitude for The
Hale Foundation's information disseminated on the Hill and have
complimented The Hale Foundation on the professional quality of
its work product.
The Hale Foundation's publications have been requested by the
Intelligence Community, universities, libraries, associations of
former intelligence professionals, Members of Congress and Con-
gressional committees. They have been sought by members of the
armed forces, active duty intelligence personnel and journalists, as
well as interested persons in Canada, the United Kingdom and
Central America. The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board (PFIAB) is still using the Hale study on the PFIAB to
educate its staff and new board members and recently requested
additional copies of the original 1981 Hale Foundation publication.
"The World Peace Council and Soviet Active Measures" is another
Hale Foundation publication still in strong demand.
A WORD ON THE
NATHAN HALE INSTITUTE
The Nathan Hale Institute was incorporated in 1983 to comple-
ment the Foundation and become the Foundation's educational
and research arm. Studies produced by the Institute in 1984 concen-
trated on counterterrorism, an issue ranking high on The Hale
Foundation's agenda. "1984-Year of the Terrorist?" was written
by W. Raymond Wannall, a former assistant director of the FBI
and expert in the counterintelligence and counterterrorist fields.
Another study by Wannall, "Who is Tracking the Terrorists?"
noted that "President Reagan has observed that the only way to
prevent terrorist attacks is to infiltrate terrorist groups and
'intercept and know in advance when they're going to strike.' "
"Who is Tracking the Terrorists?" documents why public support
has dwindled and highlights the potential danger to our national
security unless law enforcement agencies get back to the important
task of tracking domestic terrorists.
In a third study on terrorism, "The Terrorist Underground in the
United States," Dr. Samuel T. Francis writes that "a nationwide
terrorist underground network is operating in the United States,"
engaging in bombings and murders for political purposes. The
study finds that the remnants of the Weather Underground, the
Black Liberation Army, the Armed Forces of National Liberation
(FALN), and other terrorist groups of the 1960s and 1970s have
linked together in a "movement of independent but cooperating
groups that believe in and practices the use of violence for political
ends." Francis currently works as a legislative aide to Senator John
P. East (R-NC), who is a member of the Subcommittee on Security
and Terrorism of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The most recent Hale Institute release is a study of "active
measures," that uniquely Soviet phenomenon imposed on the West
by the Soviet Union to carry out its objective of world domination.
The author, Lawrence B. SuIc, founder and former president of
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I'he Hale Foundation, and a former intelligence operations officer,
resigned from The Hale Foundation in 1984 to return to govern-
ment service as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.
In his study, Sulc briefly outlines the Soviet Union's world view,
the "protracted conflict" in which it has engaged the West, and
some of the weapons in its arsenal of "active measures" opera-
tions: non-bloc communist parties, "wars of liberation," terror-
ism, communist fronts abroad (such as the U.S. Peace Council),
agents of influence, disinformation, forgery operations, clandes-
tine radio broadcasting, and others.
SuIc also treats a specific Soviet active measure promoting a long-
lived propaganda theme, the concept that there exists a dichotomy
along Communist/Nazi, left/right lines. Allowing for their differ-
ences, he writes, the Communist and Nazi systems "were variants
of the same awful thing: totalitarian revolutionary socialism." The
lie that fascism belongs on the right rather than on the left with its
communist counterpart is a deliberate and pervasive Soviet myth,
he says. (SuIc's views are, of course, not necessarily those of any
government agency or department.)
1985 HALE FOUNDATION AGENDA
The 99th Congress, in the first several months into the legislative
year, has indicated that it will take a strong interest in intelligence
and intelligence-related activities in 1985.
The Hale Foundation hopes to play a more active role in testi-
fying before the Congressional Intelligence Committees as we fore-
see an increase in adversarial proceedings between the Intelligence
Community and its critics. Several organizations opposed to U.S.
intelligence have been more active than other pro-intelligence
entities. Ironically - and unfortunately - they have come to repre-
sent the "American people" in the minds of many observers.
The Hale Foundation plans to take action to educate the public
on the pros and cons of the establishment of a joint intelligence
committee in the Congress, and the ethics and effectiveness of the
use of the polygraph in national security cases. We intend also to be
part of the national debate, as we have in the past, on the questions
of covert action - also called "special activities" - and paramili-
tary operations.
Key legislation already introduced in either the House or Senate
in 1985 includes:
? S. 12 - Senator Daniel Moynihan (D-NY) introduced this bill
to allow the President to expel Soviet-bloc diplomats who monitor
telephone conversations in the United States.
? S. 274, S. 275, S. 276 - Senator Jeremiah Denton (R-AL),
with the passage of this legislation, wishes to define the crime of
terrorism, provide the death penalty for terrorist murders, and
further modify the Freedom of Information Act to protect the
identity of intelligence agents.
? H.R.1082 - Congressman Bob Stump (R-AZ) introduced this
legislation to improve U.S. ability to conduct intelligence activities
and to protect national security secrets. H.R. 1082 contains the
Foreign Counterintelligence Investigation Improvements Act, the
Foreign Intelligence Source Improvement Act, and the Congres-
sional Security Survey Act.
? H.J.Res. 7 - Congressman Henry Hyde (R-IL) introduced
this bill to provide for the establishment of a Joint Intelligence
Committee.
In addition to monitoring these bills (and undoubtedly dozens
more will be introduced this session), The Hale Foundation will
continue to work to educate the American Congress and the public
on terrorism and the consequences to a free society of unchecked,
uncontrolled terrorist activity and disruption whether orchestrated
by domestic or foreign terrorist groups.
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