FBI CHIEF: 3 IN MEDIA SUPPLY DATA

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CIA-RDP90-00806R000200880007-6
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RIPPUB
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K
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1
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December 22, 2016
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September 8, 2010
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7
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April 18, 1980
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/08 :CIA-RDP90-008068000200880007-6 THE P1IAP~fI HERALD 18 April 1980 .- ~~ ~ By FRED#RICI{ BURGER.:.-~ :-- i The FBI is using three members ' of the "media" to supply. informa- tion about continuing criminal in- vestigations in the -United States, FBI Director William-::Webster said-.:! ~Thursdayin Palm Beach: ~-"'''' ` _ 1 "There are ? three people in the ` j media who supply us with informs- . tion," said Webster; who added that all of ahem -had volunteered to do so:. "There are only a few~of them; ' Webster said.-"And theyserve only a limitedfunction." - j . He declined to identify the people. as '.'reporters," but-said they work ~ ? in--'"journalism, radio and. tetevi-~ Sion: ' He said those persons are "in , a position to supply ongoing. infor- _~ rciation": to the FBI and;. Webster continued, _,he 'doubts the superiors N of .these "volunteers" know ,of the. . activities. - ?> ?.= ' ? The FBI:?chief?offered no -addi-~~ tonaPe~planations. -' = ' - ? '--Webster made the: remarks duc- a ing ? a joint -appearance before the - - Palm? Beach Roundtable with CIA ~? DirectocStansfield Turner. The CIA -director told Congress recently that the= CIA. had, on three prior occa- sions, made exceptions to its ban on using -journalists tQ gather intelli-: gence. In. those cases, he said. the - exceptions had-been granted,".but the agency never actually used' the journalists.;?~?~:-,,:.;~. ...t......,.,.., R~.~: Nevertheless; Turner,said Thurs- dayi "We reserve. the right.-to have a reiationship with the American. media under=extraordinary. circum-; .. stances. . ~: ~;. -- :. ? . ~.,,~ , , . ? - CIA officials have saib in~ the past. . that these circum?tances?,could; in-'4 -. elude- using~,reporters to`make~.ap--~ proaches to ;"government officials who could 'spot be' approached by.' U.S: businessmen or.embassy em- ployes =- the only CIA "cover jobs; ' not covered by-regulations:.,"-. ;~r:~; ~ - _ ~- ~~Turner.'said the CIA is."very..sen-~~ sitive'-' to objections that it. uses re= i porters to~gather intelligence, infor= Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/08 :CIA-RDP90-008068000200880007-6