SCHORR IS SOURCE OF LEAKED REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100090030-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: February 14, 1976
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

,j Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/28 :CIA-RDP91-005618000100090030-9
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CBS;`Ja`vsman Tells of Offer
From Voics Publisher
1VASH.NGTON, Feb. 13-Da-
rie1 5:::,orr, a 1Vashington cor-
respcnden_ for CBS News, dis-
- c:o>ed to~'a;' tzatre had pro-
v`ded a cagy o% the secret
reort by ~.e :louse Select
Committee on Intelli,ence to
T~:~ Viil~~e Voice, .3 weeklv~
Ne:v York ..:, asoayr that pub-'
lis?red ptrblisheci t;^.e document
last Cvednesday.- ... ~
In a thr:-y-page statement c?=
leased today, _A1r. Schorr also
said ihzt an u:^~a:n~d interme-
dla_ry had relayed to hire . an
offer from C!ay Fe!':er, publish-
' er of Tae Voic? t.':at a "sub-
stantial cararibution" :vou!d ?~e
made- to' aid the work of t'~e
Redo*ter Co^mittea: for the
Freedom of ',.e Kress if Tne
Voice recerv_ ~. cement.
AIr. Scharr said L~?at hhe felt
an ohlioativn to- idencry him-
self'as the : ev:spspe:'s source
for tae .;38=p~~e dacumert be-
cause "rnis:22ci:^.g i-npressions"
had been " c:-eatz3 is recent
?news-report;_2bcut L~.e means
by ?whica T~ Voice obtained
the report. - .
? `The Sole Possessor'
The CBS ne.vsman, who
hadds covered L~ Hake com-
mittee's inves.igation for a yeat?
and Zvho reported extensively
on the panrl's.iindings last Jan.
26, said that he reached hs his
decision to arrange for the re-.
port's penile?tion aftzr he came
to believe that he eras "possibly
the sole possessor- of the do-
cument outsize the Govern-
ment." _ -
The House~'corr~rnittee voted
to approve tie report's publica-
tion, but tie Fu]1 House of Re-
presentativ~ .voted on Jan.29
to wryti:hold the report from the
public after fears .were ex-
pressed on the floor that the
report contaia~ sensitive in-
forr?ration that woull damage
rational security. ?- -
At that point, AIr. Sc'rort said,
"I felt myse'.i .confronted with
an inescapable decision of jour-
nalistic conscience,", and even-
tually decided that, with much
of-the report's contents already
' disclosed in ,news zccounts, "I
could not be lire ore responsib-
le for suppressi_na' =iU full pub-
lication. - - -' -
i ?l-Pale Supplement ~' '['?r.e foi!utv~r., s?atarnent ccn-~
Cer^;r.Q i\dr. S~ ^r,-r ;vas iss~.;ed~
Th;; ;;Page Voice pubiisited' ~ ~ ,
t e tell of the report's iri~h- thi' e:en.n?., by the. reps:~r ?r s~
ligi:t i a special 24-Wage sup-; cern~:tire: r .
Ti'd F~_orter's ar,m;tt?e~
p:errrent this week. tiIr? Felker! .. ~~? Fr , '?f
a^.d Thomas B. ~,Ior