ANTI-ESPIONAGE EFFORTS URGED WITHIN GOVERNMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000807470025-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: November 22, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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22 November 1985
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By George C. Wilson
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A Pentagon commission formed ..-
in the wake of the Walker spy case .
recommends expanding the use of .
he - dettctor tests, paying infor-
masts-who report suspected spies,
and'autborisiing the Defense De-
partment to cooperate with 'the
Federal Bureau of Investigation as
part of a broad attack on espionage
within the government.
"In general," the commission re-
port yesterday -concluded, "the De-
partment of Defense security pro-
grain has been reasonably effective"
but' falls short of providing as much
assurance as it might" against spies.
Defense. Secretary Caspar W.
Weinberger appointed the panel,
headed by retired Army general
Richard G. Stilwell, in June follow-
ing disclosures about the alleged
sale of military secrets to the Soviet
Union by former Navy communi-
cations specialist John A. Walker
Jr., his son and his brother.
At a Pentagon news conference
yesterday, Stilwell said the commis-
sion favored a wider use of lie de-
tectors to counter security
breaches, but cautioned that poly-
graphs should be considered inves-
tigative tools and not proof of guilt
or innocence.
The effectiveness of polygraphs
is hotly contested, although Con-
gress already has authorized the
Pentagon to administer thousands
of tests to officials having access to
highly classified information. John
F. Beary III, a physician and former
assistant defense secretary, has
assailed he detectors "as unsound as
the use of Laetrile to cure cancer or
the use of a copper bracelet to cure
arthritis." He predicted that ex-
panded use of lie detectors would
invite lawsuits from employes dis-
missed on the-basis of test results.
Stilwell disputed Beary's views
yesterday and described him as "un-
lettered in the polygraph field." The
commission report asks Congress
to give the -defense secretary- au-
thority "to develop a coherent and
gradually expanding program" for
administering polygraphs to mili-
tary and civilian employes with ac-
cess to secrets.
In discussing payments to infor-
mants, the commission recommend-
ed that money go to Pentagon arid`
contractor personnel who provide
information that leads to arrests of
spies or helps identify hostile intel-
ligence agents.
Asked if this might generate a
bounty-hunting atmosphere within
the military, Stilwell compared the
recommendation to "crime stopper"
programs that he said civilian police
departments have used successful-
ly.
In a recommendation that could
provoke congressional opposition,
the commission said the Pentagon
should "explore" with the FBI and
Justice Department allowing De-
fense Department counterintelli-
gence specialists to help in civilian
counterintelligence efforts.
The report said the Pentagon
"potentially" could provide not only
agents but "technical and logistical
assets," the latter presumably re-
ferring to military aircraft and he-
licopters.
The commission also recom-
mended what it called "behavioral
science research" to determine if
drinking and other habits provide
clues as to whether a Pentagon em-
ploye should be trusted with se-
crets.
The report said the government
should treat "all nations which
present a hostile intelligence threat
the same way U.S. officials are
treated in those countries."
The commission conceded that
stemming the illicit flow of classi-
fied information is a monumental
challenge. In 1984, the commission
said, the Pentagon classified 16 mil-
lion documents, and there could be
as many as 100 million others al-
ready in the files.
Weinberger, _ in releasing the
commission report, ordered what
he called a "one time, top-to-
bottom" inspectidn throughout the
military to see how secret docu-
ments are kept, who has access to
them and whether commanders
throughout-the chain of command
understand Pentagon security pro-
cedures.
The comriilssion called for stiffer
criminal laws to punish government
employes and civilian defense con-
tractors who improperly provide
secret information. There are cur-
rently 2.6 million people with ac-
cess to some classified information,
the commission said.
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