SECOND THOUGHTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100020032-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: March 29, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/17: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100020032-4
LOS ANGELES TINS
ARTICLE LFFEArM T 29 Marcia 1985
ON PAGE
Second Thoughts
The White House has wisely rejected the ~ntral
Intelligence Agency's ,proposal to make it a crime
for a government official to disclose classified
information to anyone not authorized to receive it.
Cooler heads prevailed over William J. Casey, the,
director of Central Intelligence, who put forth the
idea in an effort to stop leaks.
The proposed law would have faced substantial.
opposition in Congress, where lawmakers know
that their ability and the public's ability : to
participate knowledgeably in national-security
debates depends on having information that is
officially deemed "classified." As we noted in this
space earlier this week, much of what is classified
shouldn't be, and the only people who are kept
uninformed are the American public.
We hope that the rejection of Casey's proposal
signals a recognition by the Administration that
current laws are adequate to protect true national
secrets, and- that there is little danger in the
people's knowing what their government is up to.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/17: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100020032-4