4 GOP SENATORS HIRE ALLEGED LEAKER

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2012
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• Publication Date: June 25, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON POST
25 June 1986
4 GOP Senators Hire Alleged Leaker
By Fred Hiatt Pillsbury was fired because he dis- tors during his Defense Depart-
Washington Past Staff Writer agreed with other. administration ment employment, has said he was
Four conservative Re officials on key issues, not because not the source of the leak.
publican he leaked information. Shultz was traveling in Asia yes-
senators have ire a ormer e- Underlying the dispute is the terday and could not be reached for
fense Department aide fired by the complaint of some conservative comment. A spokesman for the Jus-
Rea n administra ion for allegedly members of Congress that the ad- tice Department, which was re-
disclosing classified information to ministration is not providing enough ported to have opened a criminal in-
the media. aid to guerrilla movements fighting vestigation of the leak, would not
Michael E. Pillsbury, dismissed in communist governme sin Afghan- comment yesterday.
April as assistant undersecretary of istan, Angola and Kampuchea (Cam- Each of the four senators has do-
de ense tor po icy planning, sai bodia). In particular, Humphrey said nated $12,000 a year to hire Pills-
yesterday that he has been hired to the administration has not given Af- bury, who is working in Hum-
wor on_ oreign policand trade is- ghan rebels enough help, a cause phrey's office. Hecht said he hired
sues b Sens. Gordon J. Humphrey that Pillsbury championed. Pillsbury to do research on foreign
(N.H.), Chic Hecht (Nev.), Jesse Humphrey "regards Michael policy and energy issues.
Helms (IN. C.) and Orrin G. Hatch Pillsbury as the most knowledge- "I never second-guess the De-
(Utah). able person in Washington regard- fense Department. That was their
The senators' hiring of Pillsbu ing the administration's managerial decision," Hecht said. "But he's a
reportedly angered cretary of neglect of the Afghanistan situa- very bright man, he's got a back-
State George P. STuTta,wIirecent-- tion," said an aide to the senator. ground with the Rand Co
ly comp gin to congressiona ea = rp., and
"He regards Pillsbury's dismissal as I've hired him temporarily to work
ers 'that-'an eg ea er s ou d retaliation for Pillsbury's intruding on these issues."
wi a new to ac- on the turf of those in the admin- Hecht and a spokesman for Hatch
cordm to a Senate aide. Some ad- istration who are guilty of this man- said Pillsbury will not have access
ministration o icia s are nown to agerial neglect."
be concerned cause atc and to classified information. Hatch's
Administration officials who aide stressed that it has not been
ec t are mem ers o t e e ct asked not to be identified said when proved that Pillsbury did anything
Committee on Intelligence an ave Pillsbury was fired that he leaked improper.
access o op-secre ~n orma ion. information to The Washington "The jury's still out on that one,"
But t e sena ors or eir ai es Post about a decision to provide the aide said. "He's been fired, but I
defended the hiring, saying Pills- Stinger antiaircraft missiles to An- think the investigation is ongoing
bury is a qualified foreign policy ad- golan rebels. Pillsbury, a former .... We just thought we could
viser and has not been convicted of Senate aide who maintained close make use of his expertise and his
any offense. Humphrey argued that relations with conservative sena- skills."
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