REAGAN WHITE HOUSE: EMPHASIZING TEAMWORK OVER TURF

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ric t:a ~'Y!wafi THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
ON 27 March 1981
Bush-Haig :matter resembles
earlier' Sears-t asev-snitch
y Richard.J. Cattaai wr
{ "President-Reagan has sided with White House'`loyalists"
against.would-be individual;"turfists'.'in blocking Secretary.
ofState Alexander Haig from the coveted White House crisis
management role:i ?
The President apparently"has decided"tv risk Mr. Haig 's
resignation to quell contention in the ranks.
In this situation,; Mr- Reagan is repeating=the assertive
ness evidenced-13 months ago when his fledgling presidential
campaign brieflyfoundered after theIowa caucuses
The, day oVthe- New- Hampshire primary, Reagan' fired
John Sears, his highly regarded chief strategist..Mr.'Sears
was seeking. total campaign control,-'and the issue split the
ranks of Reaganites. Faced with a choice. Reagan sided with
an apparently meeker group of longtime loyalists rather than
with Sears and ins top two lieutenants.
rAfter the ?iring,'whir_h was engineered by_ti4illiam Casey,
who now cad the Central to igence Agency, ou si ers
expected a strong man to emerge to head the campaign: But
that never hapene3:~TIi ^ g r o u p . . t 6 d , ,wont e e ec ton,
quarterbacked the.transition, and moved into key new jobs
as White House staffers; Cabinet members, and close, outside
"The "group" = ih6stvisiblythe White House triumvirate
of. chief of staff James Baker III, `policy overseer Edwin
Meese m; and' personalF aide' Michael Deaver, but also in-
cluding others in Cabinet-level posts- again apparently has
held its ground against Haig'sthrustforpower.
Observers say that iii- giving notice that team play' must
prevail over stardom, Reagan risks a diminished -standing=-
for Haig in foreign affairs. and a-too-explicit; role as crisis
manager for Vice-President George Bush in order to protect
the more amicable group of loyalists on 'w'hom his leadership
style depends
For his part, Haig has signaled a strategic pause in his
White House tiff_:HIe told a Senate subcommittee'March'26
that he would hereafter focus on the"substance'.'-and not the
"form" of foreign policy issues. "The-questi`of'form has=
been decided,"'.he told reporters:' Both Haig and the White
House have. stressed that policy issues have not been primar-
ily in dispute.
Presidential and dipiomatic_experta make these points
about the controversy:
A president has the right tochoose his supporting staff
As governor of California, Reagan turned to a six- or'seven-
member "inner cabinet" group to run the 30 odd state gov-
ernment departments.'
Historicallyy,the_ White House-State Department strug-
gle for ascendancy in foreign affairs goes back at least 30
years -= _"as if waged by two foreign nations," says Thomas
Cronin, a White House scholar.,Haig i fa ilt fop ti}s
case too publicly, too) ove of Q 3 + :
'..x'r.in:.3.7c+st~.' '' '!. w.A.
`IVlost. experts ' take Haig's- side - 'as. reaffirmed by
.'President Reagan himself -that the Secretary of State.
should be chief formulator and spokesman for foreign policy.
But they split on crisis management-duties.. To manage the
Iran hostage crisis, the Carter White House relied on a work-:
?ing.staff: at the- State- Department,. with White House.'
operatives like Hamilton Jordan highly involved. = ;,?
Bush's past experience well.qualifies him for:his new'-
rote as crisis stand-in for Reagan. But in modern times. vice-
not done well when given operational roles; experts say
The consensus in this conflict sensitive capital is that
Haig is on the defensive
, .This is enough of a public slap in"the face to Haig that you
have to wonder whether he's going to swallow this, or creep,
back a little at a .'time, or whether we've seen the first thing.
that..,will- ultimately lead to a resignation,'.; says`.Austin'y
Ranney,.Washington affairs expert with the American Enter-
'
Reagan White
prise Institute, which has close ties to the
foreign policy what-Kissinger was'--to Ford's foreign policy
The rebuke to Haig means "his position has to go down at
least one notch,'' Ranney says, "that is. when he says some-
'
thing to a foreign head of state or foreign minister at least;
now the question. will appear whether Haig is really speaking.
in a way that doubt.
for. this administration or for himself 77
might not have arisen a week ago "
The-verdict on granting the crisis pivot spatto Bush will'`
likely have to. 'await a tryout in "an` actual - crisis.' says
former Secretary. of State William Rogers's executive aide'
during the period of Kissinger foreign policy ascendancy. He
as the Japan auto import talks r r r
But Reagan may be overloading Vice-President Bush with.
operational roles,-warns Mr.. Cronin, author of "The State of.
the Presidency."_ He notes that "the one or two times a vice
president has had managerial responsibilities;Henry';
Early inT the'. Carter,.-administration,: Vice-President-
Mondale was given an election reform package to shepherd
through Congress-But; says Cronin; "Not one thing passed in
his four years not same-day election registration, electoral
college change, campaign finance reform in the Congress
Mondale also failed at a task of setting Cabinet priorities.
=-Nice-presidents lack the political base needed for-an ex
pliciif portfolio, Cronin says.'They do better in informal roles,
Cabinet members routinely "howl" when vice-presidents
before Congress and are confirmed by Congress'- burdens
legisiativ_eofficer: He doesnt get
vice president is really a
" confirmed by the Congress br go up foe appropriations bear;-
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POWER STRUGGLES "over foreign pd)-1
Icy wilk persist despite this week's decision.
Reagan's assignment. of duties. to ,Bush
and Haig won't end'the competition among
assorted power-seekers., White House aides
iiteese, Baker and Allen all want a large
voice,m foreign affairs; Allen has emerged
frorm `his early secrusion. Weinberger- and
CIR~ chief Casey are deeply involved. they
e ra a confidential memo on the po -
icy making structure. ra e . negotiator
Hrocx resents aig s move into auto-import
talks: t SFet .#6 s:D tr.`rr ra3:.r :ie7sk?.`,
.-,iPresidentiaP aides worry about the 'ap
pearance that. Reagan can't control. his peo-
ple-?.One -:says: Foreign-policy ;squabbles have-been our biggest problem, and.they're
hurting. us with the- public."Embarrassing
conflicts between White House and State De-
-partment statements preceded this ? week's
flap. Current arguments over who's winning
and who's losing may only worsen things:;
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ever, is that this clash goes beyond-.j
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substantive question: Which family
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ami y, ou sey s' aari~uT`eva ua es
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Case-y ,amt iI ~s~asey- s Nation FIn=
By William Safire to ig'II' ence r imf aces report' on paten-
i enemies, an o no eva ua a a. ,
" .'WASHINGTON, March 25 - Only-;' -forces; o y e n er-5oss wanes fa"
experienced Mafiologists understand,'..:; inc u e nit rates etense po en=
the division of power and turf _in the -'tia in is reports. ut since h ese esti-
Reagan syndicate. Five families ` :mates must so ao to a an's I
dominate the foreign policy scene: ?? amt yin e entagon wi go to the_,.
Y= 1. The Meese Family. Big Ed's chief mattresses before it permits the fuzzz
foreign policy caporegime Is Richard to play one family off against aroth--
.Allen, whose,-,.'consigliere is Richard er.
Pipes,,:` the "recently-slapped-down We should not be misled, however,
hard-liner.- This White House. family.,::; . `by lurid tales of inter-family poaching:
was reluctantly'- forced to go to: the , . ; and scrapping. Certain ? basic rules_
mattresses this weekwith: '" have been dgreed to among the five
2. BigAt's Family:;Underboss of the clans: r..
..Haig gang in Foggy Bottom is ]Larry 1.No cable _should be sent :overseas
Eagleburger,. although William "the without the approval of alt five fami
Judge" Clark, from the Meesefainily,'.' ' lies:-This rule-has always been ad-
is permitted to attend. all_ but blood ~.,'_hered to. Disagreements are often
family meetings. Other, clans were ` " thrashed out at "IG (Interagency
content to let Big At's family appear to Group) meetings at the level of Rich
be dominant until Big Al =-who is said. - 'ard Burt of Big AI's familyy and Ricli-
to: sprinkle _turfbuilder'-on his corn yard. Perle of Cap the Knife's familyy
flakes.. ' -began to believe his own.'"'` obviating the need for too manyApala,,,
adulatory cover stories. However, the ~t ::"chin-like "SIG"._-(Senior IG) gather.,
Haig men retain close ties to:" :. ings of the ' dons; Not yet ` settled;
-3.-.Cap. the Knife's Family. Cap's whether policy speeches .must be
Pentagon clan boasts Frank "the .signed off on by all five families. '
Fence Jumper" Carlucci, who brought : ; ` . 2.Every family should tell the fur
with' him complete knowledge of the - ; ..: the same story. -This rule is rarely
family jewelsof ,"`r '"breached, which made Big Al's heart=
.,.Case 's Family. This ~upriver?' felt singing to the House such a source'
C.I;A. mo wi un er ss o y , ;. of .consternation. The favored means-
("That s y ea ame nman an =`' of 'communication . to . the . fuzz . is
uropean u on man ans eymaitn, through "the Jefferson group," an in,,
is re uctant to s are its secrets wi .'.. forrnal multifamily group formerly
esma estan wea esto egroin called "the Madison Group"; the ap-
Willie the ACIfA'sFa-mi yt , wFiw is proved fuzz informer is _Jesse Helms'
is automatically, suspect because the consigliere, John Carbough 1 0.
Arms - Control_ -, and : Disarmament 3.No family should leak to the
Agency= is required by statute to blab peachfuzr to embarrass another. This
to thew Capitol : Hill fuzz, The Meese rule has been shattered: Evans and
family,bloc:ked Gen.*Ed Rowney from '--Novak have detailed Big Al's triumphs.,
:.becoming:the ACDA's godfather be= over Cap the Knife; and Marvin Ka111
cause he was too close to Big Al's fami- '>`-_ -showed the text of a SIG Pakist
ly, and the job has been offered to Eu- ,' study.on NBC television (fortunately;
gene "the : Yalie" Rostow. Capore- .nobody sawit)- , ~:.=:
gime-in-place -, is .. Michael : Pillsbury, ?. Can there be peace among equal], _
r threatened by Scott :Thompson if the .". powerful families, or must one of them
Meese_family proves willing to accept predominate?
two Democrats to head ACDA. Much depends on Big Al's quest for.
As':we all.. know,' when, Big Al de- ` haigemony. Though he is embarrassed
manded to be'named capo di tutti caps = "` today. he plans a quiet coup ; next
on any .occasion that all five families ; week: State's Larry the Eagle, accom-
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came: under attack, . the Meese clan
parried, by ACDA'a Michael . the , Pill,
countered.:. with ...,..crisis manager" :': are going to Brussels for a meeting of
George
Bush, who has-the undisputed' ' ` the Special Consultative Group t
o dis-~~
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expert, knew enough not to threaten to? .:.= ;: covei that this meeting was consid: '
resign this time -his family franchise.: erect by Europeans to be the cold dawn
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prscticed
Several editorial pages broke out
secret police have for years
rn,~`~
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rhetorical hives a few cihys
aao after
The New York Times reported the CIA
r:ught be leolcirtg for a_way..to get back
into the domestic counterintelligence
business. Alas, the leaked story was a
bit overdra~,vn and the outrage prema-
ti~re:~`~The~ Reagan- administration as-
sured everyone that CIA, agents, on
the` whale, continue" to remain blind-
folded-until outside the- 2011-mile limit.
T.a;the extent anyone:keeps~,track of
spies; -saboteurs; terrorists, ~ I{GB dis-
iriformation specialists-:and"assorted
other tmubl~makers here'at home-it
is-done by rile FBI. ?'~ r '~;:," ' - .":,
:'-The `specific .--issue shere` `was
whether the CIA might once .again be
allowed to :`.`spy". on,=American citi-
zens. We admit to some ambivalence
of~our o~vrr. Liberty ranks high on our
value scale and we frequently marvel
at how tivell this political society func-
Boris. while at the same time shelter=
'sng; political agitators from aIl over
the, world, not to mention quite a few!,
American, citizens who adhere more'
closely to Soti~iet than to libertarian
views: Hammer and sickle flags .were,
flying on some college campuses this
very week in support of the Soviet line
against U.S: -aid to the Communist-
threatened "government "of"~? El ~ Salva-
dor: Some of the organizers of those
demonstrations hadn't been active
since they helped bring about a do-
mestic political defeat for. -the U.S.
Vietnam policy more than 'a decade
goo: ~,;s ~,,- .
Freedom itself probably ts'the best:
protection this country has against the
p~sibitity of fringe, activists polluting,
the. main political stteam,.;All views
contend in a vast American complex
of communication and debate. -Last
fall that- process produced. as Presi-
dent the-man who was the least sym-
pathetic of all-the major candidates to
the views of the international left. ' `
But we vriil admit to occasional dis-
quiet over whether this nation is ode-
quately, equipped to defend, political
freedom here and abroad against sub-
version. However much~~ one might
spoof the ~ "Communists-under-the-
bed" attitude, we can see- ever mare
clearly that there is, in .the non-Com-
munist world, a Communist network
attem~tin to undermine go._vernmertts
and." ursti~utzons -through the time-
iested techniques of to ~,y$i~i
formation. and politicalragitation: We
can't imagine why anyone would be
~~,rnricwi at rlaimc-thnr'thiQ nifnw- ;~
The CIA itself identifies 1.?t0`terror-
ist bands from more thari.50 countries
on four continents. It-says these bands
are-' Iinked in one way or another -and
have received Soviet help ? of sortie
kind,' ranging from money to propa-
ganda to guerrilla training to supply
of weapons. i4loreover, .the -activities
of these groups have spread well be?
,yond Third ~'~orld "hat spots.", More
than half of the internatioria4.terrorist
~atfacks since 1965, the CIA saysr_have
taken -place in--Western Eumpe~-and_i
North America:' (It might be~ noted, in ~,
this connection; that=atrocities in'.El:!
Salvador were hardly noticed by the;
outside world when they were being;
conducted - by .terrorists ,against `bus j
drivers,` farm workers and business-
men.: It was only when the anti-Cam
monist counterattack began and"there
'were atrocities committed by the right
that~the marches and demonstrations
in North America and Europe-came
leaguered :Italy,- and other_West=
ern European nations have.:lately.,en-
deavored to beef,. up and co-ordinate
.counterinsurgency operations,. but. the
U.S:; if anything;apparently has;re-
doted ~ such capabilities.`Theodore
Shockley,' a 30-year ,CI~i veteran, goes
so far as to claim; in '"The Third ~p-
tion: An AmerIcan.View of Counterin-
surgency Operations,":that the% U.S.
effort ._"~argeiy ~ disintegrated." Mr.
Shackley's disaffection is understand-
able, since he was one of the victims-
of -the wholesale purge of clandestine
services conducted by Admiral Stars-
.field Turner.on behalf of Jimmy Car-~
ter in 1977. 'Yet his vier is not without
weight: He claims it would now take.
at' least three ears to - train a new
r Re~g~o~~~ ~va~Ae~~~aa~
teri.nsurgency experts.
~~? respite- the- flare-up -goer the
these same arts to manipulate popula-
tions under Soviet control.
A =serious new book called "The
Terror Network,"-written by journal-
ist-:Claire Sterling, says, "There is,i
massive proof .that the Soviet 'LTrzion
and its surrogates (e.g.; the.Cubans,:
.East Germans and Labyansl over the
~l~st decade have provided the weap-
ons, training . and sanctuary for a
world-wide terror network aimed at
-the- destabilization. of Western demo-
cratic: society." She documents dozens
of cases in such places as.Turkey, Ire-
land, Italy-and parts of ,Latin .Amer-.
...,,.. ~;~,ccce~. arong.wrrrt greater tree
dom to keep an eye on individuals and
groups' where there is reasonable sus-,
picion.'of- subversive- activities,"..even.
when the people involved are- legally
classified as American .citizens: ??,r-? _+.
A recent. reporf_by-the Consortium
for the 'Study of Intelligence, .com-
posed of ex-intelligence officers and
academics, notes that the purpose of
counterintelligence is to "learn about
and neutralize the activities of the na-
tion's enemies." It believes that pres-
ent restrictions on the CIA and FBI
make this task impassible. The' test
applied in deciding whether' Ca keep a
file on an American is not "reasonable.
suspicion" but" the much stricter
"probable cause." This restriction is
imposed even though, in the absence
of outright crime, the file will not bz!
seen by anyone outside the inte~li-
gence agencies. _
Easing such curbs would be ,fairly,
modest changes on behalf of agencies'
that, like the military forces. and caps]
on the beat, are in business to protect
the lives and liberties of the ordinary
Americans who. have no desire to turn
the place over tv international thugs ~~
The combating ~of -terrorism and do-~
mestic espionage always. involves. al
contradiction between preserving con-
stitutional rights and protection of na-
tional security. It also is true that the
Soviet internationa! enterprise has
natural limitations - - particuIarIy in ~
-the repugnance ,decent people feel ~
toward terrorist methods-and should ~.
not be overestimated as a .political
weapon. But neither should it be un-,
derestimated. For one thing, there, is~
a risk of the level of .troublemaking ~
rising high enough to touch off an an- ~
gry U.S.._backlash that~_really .viouid
damage:: constitutional:: protections.
901 ROH~0~O~r. reasons;:.we -hope.
;that~when the subject of internal secu-:,
~rity next -comes ~up for ~ public discus-
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THE WASHINGTON POST
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But '~''_Reaapan,'despite 'his : "aw
shuck:;" nice wy style of Ieadenslip,
has never for long tolerated subordi-
nates who patronise hiin or whq make:
light of his abilities to other aides.
The president rerortedly was put off
by a Haig statement prnc`laimin~ that
the Soviet grain em'aargo, which he
has, kept at Haig's urn-~mg, would "test
his mettle.".. ,, _,... - ..
Another report that. circulated back
to . the . ~jrlrita .House attaibuted to
Haig the view flail he had ."turned the
president around" on the grain embar-
go-. issue.' One ofn"cial who heard this
report acknowledged .that there Bras.
soma truth in it but said it 'was un-
diplomatic, of Haig to . groclaim :his.
victory ; ' ' ~ ~. ~ -'.:, .,
The seeds of H ~ p's ~d1F~culty with
'the to ouse were sown on u-
ation '? ay. when = he ? presented
er an i~leesa with a rop_~~1-fo~r~-?
an executive Or er trial WC U me.,Ye
wit e fate apartment the lea agency ,
~-inter-a;ency wo~ri~ ~rouzx~.
This amounted to a subordination of
two men closer to the i~si ant t
his -~To`n -grime a veer Caspar ~V. 1
ein rper at the ? Defeni.~e L`eoart-
men an ~ --~'~asey of` tie
~.entrat inte~Ii i, Ynca aerc~` w~io
ea pans ! campaign, ,
'' Baker and Meese stooped the-pm-.
. pose or er nn -its tzacks, with - the
a rov o ein tsar an a-~ey.
en in -succeeding .weeks, Haig
.seemed to be actively : woxking on
building a coalition against'hiai in~the .
Cabinet an file issues of the neutron
bomb, ~ the grain embargo ,and auto,.`.
/imparts -'~ i -
::"Haig's attitude tivas alciof and unco
operative,". says.. one--official wha at ~?
tended most ~f the Cabinet meeting
where .these -: issue's' Svere. discussed.
.`The only way he krnows how to come`
on is full bore --=he's too much. a mid-`
itary. marl " ,~ _ , ::, _.;
-This same official - believes that
Haig has the virtues. of his defects:
and that these-are genuinely attractive;
to ~ Reagan. The strengths -are that.
Haig is a committed and convincing
advocate,-and that`whatever his prob-
lems. of temperament, lie stares the
basic foreign policy goals of the presi-
dent. ..,., :.~~sra=r:is ;:=; a bunch . of his ald friends
-.from previous : administrations.: ("A
babble of Brady. buddies," the invita-
tion read.) The president dropped by
on: liis way. ta` the Ford's Theatre gala
Ito take a few swipes,.,and. after that,.
mast eyerybody,else:got a:.turn. ,~;~
Deese .and`Zti3ic~eaver, ,and Na-
`'tional Security, Adviser Richard Allen..
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" ~"' he intent, they said, was- merely to
correct a woeful lack of hard infar-
mation about international terrorism. 50
an interagency group headed by CIA gen-
eral counsel Daniel B. Silver prepared a
draft Executive order that would give the
CIA broad new latitude. to spy an U.S.
citizens-virtually .repealing Presidential
directives by Cxerald Ford and Jimmy Car-
tar and all but ignorrtig the troubled his-
tory of the agency's domestic spying op-
erations in the 1960s and '70s. But last
Casey: He circulated the~~rr~pcsads
week the proposals, with a covering letter
sired by CIA director and OSS veteran
William Casey, were suddenly leaked to
the press, triggeriatg a protest in Congress
and prorripting the CIA's deputy director,
Adm.. Bobby Ray Inman,. to disavow the
-whole thing: _ _ __ - -
Theproposals caused. alarm because they
provided few checks on CIA. activities in
the United States. They would sharply cur-
tail justice l?eparttrzent oversight of CIA
investigations involving U.S. citizens, and
they would allow the agency far more lee-
way far operations within the United
States--despite the conclusion by both the
Ford and Carter administrations that the
FBI was betterprepared. is function with
constitutional restraint. "While FBI agents
sometimes operate clandestinely, they also
operate constantly with the idea that this
may becorrte subject-to public commentary
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the United States, and he urged that t
agency no longerbe required to obtain. the
Attorney General's case-by-case approval
to use other intrusive surveillance tech-
niques, such as mail openings and surrep-
titious searches. liis draft order would sof-
ten restrictions on compiling dossiers on
Americans at home and vi rtually scrap cur-
rent limitations on surveillance of U.S: citi-
zensabroad. CIA agents would be allowed
to infiltrate U.S. organizations with foreign
ties, including some multinational corpo-
Inman: He publicly disavowed them
rations; equally worrisome to civil liber-
tarians, the Silver proposals would jettison
a Carter-era ban on CIA attempts to in-
fiuence-the activities ofzhose organizations
and their members.
`Pali Circle': The American Civil Liber-
tiesUnion warned that the proposals would
"seriously jeopardize" the rights of "law-
abiding citizens." If they were ~~rpproved,
said Sen. Joseph Biden, "we will truly have
come full circle on the issue of legitimate
lieve that at least some modest relaxation
of the rules will be approved later this
year. Conservative pressure to unshackle
the CIA remains heavy, and "ultimately,"
Inman said, "we're?oing to have to deal
with the problzm of terrorism." The dif-
ficulty, as the nation has learned the hard
way, will be in balancing legitimate na-
tional-security needs with constitutional
guarantees. - - _.,
TOM MORGANTHAL'? with ELAINE SHANti0;3 and
L);VID C.:~IARTIN in Washington
restraints" on the CIA. 'With Casey out
and judicial review," s' id one cn t f t ft~ I fi
proposals,formerrus~~~l~~~~~a~eleffs semast~eryofsop'~'usficafe~~'R000400200003-2
yen Kenneth Bass. "The spotlight is a-good nology Ianded him the CIA's rJo. 2 job-
check." 'quickly went public to appose a return to:
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g lacy power gap that ~ ' you knotr you?should find Daft what is ooir.~ oR ~~
cannot- be closed for a'decade.or-so,- President - betw~n ilia and histwo-conta.cts,.Tlse ideaof bum- ..~
Ilea art is confronted b a aver. securit ~ - ..... . ~ ..
3 y o.r y problems .~ gin, his hotel`room.-occurs:to,:~you;asjan.obvious'_E
~ltan any othzr yPresident since ?the end of Woxld . solution to this pioblem: < _-:.~_~.;-,:ti;;.M ;~;-,;~,.~~;,,;;;;:;
War II. tiYitii an aggressive Soviet Union dutstrip- '; - =But you cannot do-that under~ihe'Carter?oicler.
ping t'ra United States in military rrtiv,,ht for the first ~' ~yhy~ Because it'classifies a resident alien as a ~.+
time in history, it.is apparent :that this country; ;,l -? - - i
more than ever.: before ? must.,de - :.United States person _ ,and says no intelligence":
_ Pend an its in-: ~ agency Daft tap bum or use an. other intrusive in-.~
t A~Ill7?T}Pe~ :1A?RI`}Aa to Tree ?nra?i-e e?u......: ~.. .. -..1 I.Z..... '.. ~ f J> y
freedom of. iU people, The agencies must perform
as never b~for~-to ensure that- the>LI.S_ is not
taken by surprise ~by any Communist or other -
hostilebloc operation in any part of the yvorld.:.-
This fac# pointx up one?of.#hs-:Host irnpar- ':
taut of t~ se~ttrity i?su~ the..~giclent must ..~.,
? dea3 with, one that is just now receiving some . ?;
attentian sine Ias# t`3orember's-eleetions: the
~:: urgent Head .for.nev,+ opQratiunsi tvk~ for the : - .
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intel3ioenr~ con*,muni _ _ _ . -~ : ~ :~ ~ r
-,
Since Jan~ZA.,'1~5, t~tG comr~untty *~has been?.~
ruled--or, :-taor;, ? pr~cisely,Yirra_ tionally.. ~in,
hibited-by Executive Grder 12036, issued on that
date by~`ormer.?resid~nt. ''-__:~~? _ ;~~:
Carter; _ ~ -
It~is not.riecessai~ ~o review aIlM~of the order's'-
'Section 2,."Restxzctious on Int..llt~enceActtvtties", ,.~
(and its subs~on ;"Aoditional Restrictions and ;~
Limitations"), tv der ~oi*stratz tf:e compelling neecl~,,
of supplantixig this szwurity-endangering mandatel
~vrith a new Reagan.clisective..One:hypoth~etical-ex_~
ample of`Fio~?the Carter order'5arstIie.CIA;=(aitd-~
all other agencies}.from effective: iritelligerice~col=
lection abroad will' proves the point: ~? '` - `~==
,~. Imagin.e that..you are a .CIA~'officer stationed in
'some distant cour.[.*y.iri'.AsiaT.Africa:~or South
?Americx: Laving, been there for same jiears, you-
:: know who'Llze local Communist leacieis are-and, to
F your-satisfaction?,-?Itave~ identified tvto~ foreigners '
resident these as I~GB: -. =~ ''- ?=~----~ _-~i .. _ ~~
?= Suddenly ~ tiew rtan arrives ori?the~ scene.: You;.
' Iearn that. he is a resident alien from the U.S. who
emigrated to thG States from an East European na-
. ?, tiore five years ago. azid is~ allegedly .vacationing.
~.v?-~uuu~~,anuauet ;train vne or znenv~,agept5 zn "
public placesa-Yo_u also learn that these same two~.~
tieoole are visiting him fn-r-lenathv'rtirrinrie in' t,:c
FIU2~fAM E~iTS
~~ MARCH Z ~'J~
telligence technique against a U.S:-person without
. the explicit, personal approval : of ~ the attorney ~
general. Moreover, -the attorney general cannot
grant approval unless, from thousands of miles ?.
away, he dztermines there is `.`probable cause" to .~
believe the person in question - is the a~~nt ~ of a
foreign power.-.----"--._.__.....~ a~ -. _ ~;r. .~'~.;.
You want quick action becausz yoti ~are_not sure,,
how Iong theman will bearourid: Being in a friend=
ly countryand having contacts with its intelligence
service, you-.naturally think~of having-one of its
' agents do the buooino for you ~ `-. ?~ --
But you cannot cto that "either--.because the .I
Carter order forbids your asking, ar encolraging
??"directly or indirectly, any person, organ ization or - ?~
government agency," anywhere, to do what you ~;
.cannot do. -? -?~ -_ -. _ _ _ '
'~~ -There is only one thing you can do-follow the
.."Iawfui" routepr~scribed in the Carter order= So
you send an ur
ent c
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CIA Iie
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g
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a
quartersask-
ing that it obtain the attorney general's permission
~?~for you to plant?abu~v("Thank God;"youu say to-
yourself,.---."RamseyClark is not attorney general
_now.")'TheCIA?agrees yott-liave~agood cast and
forwards your request. -_ ~~ r.;? -_ -: _ ;;~
But the_ attorneygeneral is off addressing acon-~
ventiori~ ?of-?-the American Bar'Association in
~i~awaii'.Iorid4n ? or ~'some~~ other' distant spot.
When ?hegets,-back, heagrees with ? the'CIA's
. assessment..... -
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4 . A"~`~' ~`~~- Secu~~(~010~E$~$ Intdfigence
g rrcy, a Iona nty~ Agency,--Federal Burnau of !n- ?'
ve~figatfon; " Depnnntent of Energy; ? thr State DepertrnenY ,
_Btrtmu ojtnrefJigennP and ResrarefL Navy and AirForcr irn._
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Faced with a dangerous military power gap that . '"_ ~ --~' `. _~ .'.'' ' - ' . ~ _ ,.-; .-;_ - ? -. '1
.' You knoa~+you~should find'out what is gaing~on-,
cannot-be closed for a-de~ade.or-so, President betwee:+nlvaiandhis-two_contacts.:Theadeaofbug-,_-~
Reagan is confronted by graver. security problems ~ ginig his.hotel'room ~oecurs to;you as.an_ obvious?~~
*han any other President since.~ilie end of World , solution to this-problem -? .~; ;.;~ ,.~ r '
W ar: lI.1~Vi tli an a ~ - .., ~...:, ? : .... _ ~;,
ggressive Soviet Union outstri - ~~~ - ? ~ ~t - ~ -~
p ! -But you cannot cIa that under`the Carter oider~ ;
ping tiZe United States i_n military might for tlae first ~' Whys Because it'cIassifies a resident alien as. a ~.~
time in history, it .is apparent .that this country; ..I ~. ?? - ~ -i
mare than ever.: before,,.must ~deperid an its in- ~ ~ =-United States person .., and says na intelligences;
telligence agencies to preserve. its security and the ~ agency can tap, bug, or use any atherintrusive in--~
freedom of its peaple. The agencies anust perform ~ telligence technique against a U.S:~person without
as never- before'-?-~to ensure ihat? ihe~LT.S_ is not ~ .the explicit, personal approval' of the attornz}r
taken by sarpiase ~iiy any Communist or other general. Moreover, the-attorney general cannot ,
hostile bloc operation in any part of the world.... Punt approval unies_s, from thousands of miles ~.~
? .away, he determines there is `..`probable cause" to .
This. fact points up one~vf.ilze-asaost~impor- . believe the person in question is the agent of a~
tact of tl~e se+riarity issues the-President must . foreign power. = =- ='
deal with, gone that is just now receiving-some