LEAKING STRENGTH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100050080-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: February 5, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

g~ _ Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09 :CIA-RDP91-005618000100050080-8
T3E[d YORK TIMES
5 FEBRUARY 1981
Ieaking of classified defense informs=~ - ; : ~. ;
Lion has become afar more serious'
problem than is commonly appreciat-,~
ed. The national-security establish-~` - .
meat is large and contains-?many'
: points of view,: diCermces of opinion; ~ -
and ideological feuds, As in almost any
organizatior~.,~these.. disagreenyents-~.'::
'terested in pushing their own portico:;,;.;.
Leaks conceivably open-.the United
States to manipulation?
by aforeign
.
Presidents have. long enQaaed? in ` .power that understands'-these organi- ,
~gence Agency analyst was. forced: toy ~ .? dory. B. Jo)ihasoa decided to reveal they: Proved unfounded)'that a s ' r staff
resig4because he leaked a top secret ` ,:eustence of`the'SR-71 spy plane~and ~' member ~ of :the Natrona Security
oi: the. SALT talks to a-Senate r ,.r; other wen ns. However, when. man - Council, after a few ' , ,.letsGp in.
study po y=. ;
committee. In .his personal ;opinion, ~.different'groups opt for deciassifying?y formation that led ty~th~ capture of a
the arms..oontrpl uegotiailons were not ., ," ~ formation;. the- effect is different C.I.A: spy in_ihe S 'etUnion is a case
in int. ,; : :~" ' ~ '". c..
in the?United Slates' best interests and ^ frorrts'when : a -single -~ Nhite ..House _ Po ~ '. -.
so fie decided.io provide damaging in-. ~ soarce:does rt: Moreover,`the;v~lue of?; ~ In a fragm~ ed atmosphere of In-
'formation to of SALT:.Lasti ~ ` Ieaked-information-is , ternecine anizational battles .this
opponents generally drs. '-'
fall; a Congtressmsa regealed.detailed counted on~_the .assumption LbaLma? -.~ l~~ a .kind' of "rumor",.that;? if
inteWgencecolletxedoaSoviet-strate?~ tecial.is?being divulged selectively to ~ sp~cd;bya?foreign-intelligencesbody,
gicwargamesbecauseinhisopiniori~ ., ~ make the sponsor of thaY'leak look? ~otild be a.classic example of `.'disin-
~_sensitive electronic-inteWgenccgat>Y-? ,`-~-~. telligence: establishments learning ta:
`this information ?involved the^'most =i="~~:numbe~of leaks,:aad with foreign ia