GEORGE BUSH COULD BE ONE OF BETTER SELECTIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100010111-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 111
• Publication Date: November 12, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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telligence Agency (CIA). mterest,-in...goverrirl-ent and Republican Bob Dole, senators
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in the highly sensitive CIA. distinguished secretary of. report by the Rockefeller. 1
No one will condone . the ;state. He had previously served' Commission earlier this year.
playing of politics by ad- as chairman of the Democratic The commission said:'
ministrators of the CIA. If it 'National Committee. Others "Consideration should be
naturally follows that Bush who distinguished themselves given to individuals from
would be political because he . in responsible government outside the career service of the
has been chairman of a political positions after having served as CIA, although promotion from
-party his choice would warrant . national. political party within should- not be barred.
criticism.. But if his past record chairmen. were Democrat Experience in. intelligence
would indicate that he places Homer Cummings, attorney service is not necessarily a
principles above relics - and . general; Republican Rogers. prerequisite for the . ition;
his record does - the fact he Morton, secretary of commerce management and ad--
has served his party' as - and secretary 'of interior: ministrative.skills are at least-
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? -. - = expertise which -can. always: be J'
found in an able .deputy..",. --..:'
The commission also ern
phasized that the best
assurance against misuse of the
CIA lies in the appointment of a
director "with judgment,
courage and independence to
resist improper pressure and
importuning, whether from the..
White House, within the agency,
or elsewhere."_
The integrity of the appointee
is more important than the role
he has previously played in .:~
politics. If Bush places the
duties of CIA director above all
else and 'is not influenced by
O
itions he should prove to b
one of Presiden t Ford's better :
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selections.
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