REP. BEARD WINS A DECISION ON LEAKING CHARGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92B00478R000800340019-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 2013
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 2, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/12/23: CIA-RDP92B00478R000800340019-7
ARTICLE APPZARn
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THE WASHINGTON POST
2 October 1980
?'Rep. Beard Wins
ectsionon
-
:
Charge
:?
?tt Assoe,lated Pres!'
; ? 'Rep-Robin thBeard: (R-Tenn.) won '
a.i.?A;preliminarYt: decision : yesterday .
against a chargethat he leaked .classi-
,.:fied.4nformatio* about Soviet missile'
operations; but The may . face further
- investigation 4 ?
? Samuer S. :
- chairman of theAiouse Armed': Serv-
ices
:
investigations subcommittee, said
a staff inquiry determined that the
formation that Beard; 'a: subcommittee
me?mber, had disclosed -hacirrnOt' been
ven to the House Armed" Services
? Stratton said his' onl?concerti: was
whether, :,classified information had
? been leaked from the committee;. and.,
the investigation showed that it had
' '?::r:However; Stratton said the . House -
Intelligence Committee- has .:been, noti, "
fled :112::t case it wants- to investigate
? whether:the- :information ,::,Beard
closedwas, even so, classified..-q:
? Rep Bob _Carr: (D-?Lich) had filed a
Celialgethat Beard:One:of the-harsheSt-':
?
congressional -critics 'orleaks about
the Pentagon's- Stealth technology,
had issued:.;.a'aews release Sept. 1.3
based on classified information !Tur--
nished.hira- With a clear understand--::
ing.of its classifiednature...'':.,:??....;;
? :':He's a liar,7,Beardsaid.Tuesdayl'of:..;
Be-art:Ls? -410E he net know the in- '
lormation- was classified: He said he
got;ie from ,az congressional employe
' ? -- ? - ?
:.....liej.wiltiot:..ldentiffwhtWtuldhim the
ilifOrmationt.tWould be; i.h.;.arr'AViatioxi-'
'z.Week ' I. thagiziner article then. being
written
WIC did Ilia '.'iieCtit that: it '
would be.-,assified;7..he
purpose the
,liaprimitionwas:to,:eriticize::what, he
thought were, SoViet.-1,-,Violations-.2.., of
? ? aims limitation treaties ::? and to ask the
Committee i Armed Services Commttee..:, tn nyesta.-
.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/12/23: CIA-RDP92B00478R000800340019-7