CARTER SEEKS HALT TO INTELLIGENCE LEAKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100080020-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2012
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: July 12, 1978
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/23: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100080020-1
STAT--- ARTICLE APPEARED BALTIMORE SUN
ON PAGE i 6
12 July 1978
Carter seeks halt
to intelligence leaks
Washington-President Carter and a group of House
and Senate members agreed yesterday on the need to plug
leaks of intelligence information, contending reliable
sources have stopped providing the government data they
fear will wind up in print
-However, neither. the. President nor members of -the
Hduse and Senate intelligence committees presented any
concrete plan for dealing with the situation, and the White
House press secretary said later the President has no
plansat present to endorse specific legislaatioc:
-;Jody Powell, the'press secretary, also declined to give-
any specific instances where release of intelligence mate.
rial had compromised a source.
'`However, Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. (R., Tenn.), the
Senate Republican leader, said Mr. Carter told the law-
makers of a case in which "a formerly reliable source in-
dicated that he knew of. a particular situation but wasn't
going to tell us because he was sure it would get in the
pr ,? kr: "-,
Both Mr. Baker and Senator Barry M. Goldwater
(R., Ariz.) agreed that one problem was too many people
have access to- classified data. And Mr. Carter acknowl-
edged his administration has been a source of some leaks.
The issue dominated the daily news briefing. Mr. Pow--
ell became exasperated at questions that suggested any
effort to plug leaks might bring actions such as tactics
used by the White House "plumbers" under former Presi-
dent Nizoe,-
"It doesn't haveianything to do with plumbers," Mr.
Powell said.
..."All of you are familiar with the problem of protecting
sources," he told the White House press corps. "I would as-
sume you would understand our concern about it."
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/23: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100080020-1