FBI CHIEF: 3 IN MEDIA SUPPLY DATA
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CIA-RDP90-00806R000200880007-6
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December 22, 2016
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April 18, 1980
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THE P1IAP~fI HERALD
18 April 1980
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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=
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