CIA CHIEF STANSFIELD TURNER CAUTIONS HIS TROOPS ABOUT CARELESS LEAKS TO THE PRESS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100070006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 16, 1979
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/28: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100070006-8
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WALL STREET JOURNAL
16 NOVEMBER 1979
CIA CHIEF Sta:isfield Turner cautions
his troops about careless leaks to the press.
He warns them of "being entrapped by the
media"; inquiring reporters may elicit in-
formation by pretending to know more than
they do. Says Turner: ?Rhat appears to be
an innocent social conversation can quickly
turn into deft probing. . ,.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/28: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100070006-8