CARTER GIVEN OATHS ON 'LEAKS'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100060039-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2012
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: July 16, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE; APP AR.D WASHINGTON POST
ON PAGE__ / 16 JULY 1980
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force n affairs olicieswhile demoristratin a it, o mo '
g p g lift' the president:
his grave concern ,,over both the criticism J
and the substance of , the1 leaks, asources, cials said however thatithe tsworna [
ald'? ~, i ,"' y ; [?[: ", ?c ~Jj o,'...r Yo~ti .[t ? fidavits.were, the president's idea.
said he, felt PRC..members came.up
=an.,attPmpt ?to; silence..Internal critics of:his ivith the idea of th
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them as %ell ' ,~ r .. S z:
Elther nay: the. taking of s*ornstatemenfs
from -siichi'higit-1i'velr,offtcitils r is: unprece-r
dented in any presidency; according to. State,
and Defense:iittepartment :sources -Carter's
ivigorous pursuit of this and other leaks
I president decided--to:-provide the new
of ?Defei,se' tV Graham.` Clayton, Deputy arms.
.5ecretary;of State Warren Christopher, and One source said that `the president
;Undersec, etary of State D a v i d r.Newsom, 1vent off the ceiling" when he saw'the,;
'along`-with-,-dozens :'..of: other 'high ranking article.::'.. :-
.aides, i All were interrogated, by the FBI Please see I get the results of the
tr.:'There ."were confiicting:account' :, to { PRC before The Washington Yost '
whether Carter:,ordered..his chief:;aides`?to the president reportedly said t6 'B zez,
[iign .the affidavi ts or whether theey sisign ed i mmski_, lthouge the minutes of -the
herii a oluritafav to; i -whether thp gn t.' meeting had been prepared and , ere
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i tl waiting= his approval, the president I
'and ettcouraee- the other officials to' d
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n. his battle against
of ..state C,i'r[.s , R :.Vance, .CIA', Director i. guerrillas attempting. to .:gain 'control. of
Stansfield ;Turner, :,nationsl. - se curity.? ad-1 thg lyestern Sahara: -Several days later the
wiser, [gn[ew. rzezinski,?Deputy Secretary's -
51gning sworn statements that tfley had
cgtiipment: to Morocco ' 4;' a= "
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Leaks to 'tnepress from high governm ;probes, source
officials last'year.so infuriated Jimmy Car 'lWhite: House' refused'to'comtne-it
:ter that the secretary of state, the director ,Yesterday on`: the leak-investigations.- %,i ..Of the CIA and , the, president's national*..] : the: October- story' in The Post detailed
security adviser felt obligated; to.-sign' aff'i;:~ ::the position: taken 'by each of the depart.
davits sayi[ig they `ivei-e. 'not: the leakert,'JJ ruents at a Cabinet-level Policy Review Corn.
The tWachirigtoh'.Post'has learned. .I [nrittee (PRC) pleeting two-day's earlier,:on
!Carter s'wratth stemmed from a Si'ashinaOct-..1G. The meeting had been atte ded by
descrIbed-l oiler Vance,`Brzeziuski Turner' Clay tor,- Cluisto-j
;ton Post account last. October that.
an Internal administration split over..wheth; and News,~m as well as several of their
aides. .... -}: ,~ -.,?. I
-ut,- vucalcvc Ju{. u: uavca,.aboLiyua.~rrvcr ?CUU
,to jpi osecutiuns:i ? Insteadi they' , are `-used to
silence critics either by,, intiinidating jhem
D;epa'rtment "about =Such 'investigations' de sisted that the president' has been
tmental " iTeec' oil* h'eralica'anantc most disturbed by leaks that show in
fnvestigation::of,;the; nine-month-old'
leak- is still- enntinuin~ !Tt`ir
hplnif -ha -irttarti
jby` a" special-F`BI team arid. s-.one'of-at least
nine: Inquiries over th 'pasI8 morf is:.into"
tj
t leaks descritiin e p?policy. divisions within'
the administration
Two of the.-leak probes wereFinitlated b'
the pt?esiuent. r ` 3 F~.. it ! X[? , : r
The FBI rhas cofnpiained to rthe? .?Jtistice,
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:orx by;; id entifyln , Arid i i : g them ,the stated policy. Most .such situations
;agents feel - T have involved;
r: placing ostensible na-
From the 'investigators' .'point of: View,+ `tional security" concerns and strategic
the White house, is at:,?fault-for:firstrencoui?- interests over. articulated. - commit.-
the Image; of ap? open .administration ments to human rights and arms sales
pnd,,-then complaining -: bitterjy as "informs limits
lion about policy alteinatlye$ leaked out '-;
t,, [ No sourcel of leaks have been y~ t identi-1
lied by.', the.: two Investigations `l Itiated
'
he:,president,,The Post was`fgld.' However,
at' lea shtticee State: Departittent'offieial's;j
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had not-=yet seen them,, said one'
source familiar with the investigation
"He got so mad that they[Brzezin-
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deci'ded they-
lead to do sorFeEiing they--had-neve
Zone =-before," said, one source. ;iho;
"It_ was not so- much.the. substance
of the story," said one State -Depart-
ment source. "It was. the detail about
`the conversations that. took place in
the- meeting- that'got to'-the- president:
' They .were of greater.'concerr than
the-substance. The- story itself was
trivial -
Other administration sources in-
eign policy decisions, 'particularly
when he takes a position perceived as
being -in conflict with a
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