RON BLOWS STACK AT CIA OVER POPE PROBE FOULUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00135R000701270014-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: February 9, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK POST
9 February 1983
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WAgHtNGTON -"-President g,Qagan; furious .'four years tiIocked the ?..
at the recent performance of ;the. ClA,-has :~?.U.S. investigation of the, -
called ]?irector William Casey-sin t ie axPet - :-: ~ietuse of lethal "Yel-
low Rain" chemicals -
over the?agency:s failure to investigate Soviet .:even though there is now
and Bulgarian lucks ~ the Plot to assassinate,, . , irrefutable evidence col- ? .
the Pope; The P'ost'j . White Hausa aides said ~' ` lected by the;State Dept.'
has legrned. ,- --?. - . ! .last night the .failure- of - proving that the chemi- - .
.rte -~ ~~ - Hau.+e a the CIA to pursue the, cal weapon was used in
aides -said hart ni?ht ' case ~ just`one example ~ Afghanistan... Laos and.
that Was ~~' .'of a muchlarger prob- . 'Kampuchea.-; .-- .
raged" on ~ reading - i'e- :lem with: the secret'- gov- ~' "T'he same people who .
cent -reports that CIA . ernmentoperation. - are responsible for the
. atation~ in 1~1aoPe ~~ E~iard]iners "on the Na- ~ -Yellow Rain Gap are re-: ,
_tionai- ~y~ty- Councij ? aponsible for. the Pope ? .
aotpursuingthe unfold--: ' ~heve the CIA is being Gap;' said. a lsnowledg-. ,,~
ing drama;-. an_d -are..`, run~~by-~a{~"bunc~h'Qof-bu-: :ablesource.`. `- _:
actually' tryin8 and 'Other of8cia39.close .to . ?: `
w ~-!.?'rP.aYLr~it libel ~N.
couragetb'e Profix?'- _ _;~' that -the ;. conservative'' ;~.the'-;intelligence.:-com-~ . {
Last week Ftea$an or'd"-.`~C~ey.`,: ;can't control. :.munitg said the:reaaons'.,.~
'eyed Casey to get. down to .::-them..- - ' for the: faihn~e of the CIA :.? .'
bum and g~ . to ~ ;. ?- These'. =officials ~ : noted . to get out. front. bn These: ,: ~i
. bottom of the myate:Y- :. ~ ~. .who~n-?I issues :may not be idea-' .. !
' In_handing' do~-+n.1he..~khey ~d .not ;logical _ but?a~.confes- '
order, Rreagaa.'.sided have discouraged-numer.. slon:ofincompeteace..::.,_
.with - hardlinesrs on ?` Lbe #~ Pis of .:-Soviet , - .: These offidala =believe `.
National Security Cosur behavlar for tear 1t would.: there has.been:;s;lack of
ctl wbo believe the CIA is ! ~~~ the uro..+ti.:~ , - ~ adequate.= field worl~ by
being run by "a bunch oft i Four exampie,.1L . is ;r~ - r; the CiA, and that analy-- _ i
;libersla? .:..: -_, _ . _ ? -- IsRat:.in' Was are-':^
- ~:: called that. the' CIA' for , , n - ? i
:Tbe same peop~ - . _. - ?