INTERVIEW WITH JACK LANDAU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000200930004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 22, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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March 22, 1982 12:00 Noon CITY Washington, DC
ROSS CRYSTAL: On Thursday the Senate voted to make
It a felony to disclose the names of United States intelligence
operatives, which brought up and stirred a lot of debate. The
measure is seen as a necessary step in protecting our agents;
and as an invasion of the First Amendment rights, as many people
see that.
We're going to talk about that right now. Joining us
is Jack Maury, who's the President of the Association of Former
Intelligence Officers, and, understandably, quite happy, about
,that vote. Jack Landau is the Executive Director of the Repor-
ters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, a group that dis-
agrees.
A Senate version of this bill, a House version of this
bill, which would make it, for the first time, a crime to publish
information derived s o l e l y from p u b l i c records, which -are some-
times enough, as we've seen i n the past, to. f i gure out the names
of CIA officers stationed abroad.
Why are we restricting, and what does seem to be a
harsh restriction on journalists in this country? Why are.we
doing. that?
JACK MAURY:- I don't know why a legitimate journalist
working on a story that would be of interest to the public has
to get into the uncovering' of agents under deep cover, with the
result that their careers are jeopardized, and indeed their
safety is also put in jeopardy-sometimes. I think it'd be very
hard to visualize a situation where that would present a serious
problem to a responsible journalist.
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