LIDDY FOR THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000200010038-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2007
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: November 18, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ACCORDING to pe?ess~repocts Pve rtadf President-elect Ronald - ~ ~ ~ At-this writing I am nol` av:are of;an ~'
Rea an is vin ,serious thou Y particular fndfvid-
g gi g ~. ght~;to replacing Stansfield':: ual who might be selected by ,the Reagan administration to as-
Turner as head of ~the~ CIA, a-Prospect which is reportedly ~ . some the awesome responsibilities of the CIA. And not having
viewed in dismal?fashioa by Turner ~,.---; _ _ ' ;read of anyone, I want to project mg own, choice for_ head of
.-~?yIt seems.,thatsrAdm. 'I~rner,,wants- to stay on,? which ~ ~: the CL1-not that that means an b ..
undeistandable.~~fterall, being,head of the CIA is a rests ous ~ ~ g - ~? ~ ;?
p g3 ?A logical choice; in.my view,?would be G. Gordon Liddy: ~,
and rewarding job:-Buk there ~s;'certaialy nothing in the record . _ ,~.:: ~ Now. there are those: who might; think I'm~engaging ?a jest
to~justify hisaetentiom. ~~~~ ~. ~ ~ or? heir ~ frivolaus? or, indul '
g~~4 ~ `?. '`~ ;' .. t g gmg ins the+ bizarre: After all, - i4ir.
..> ?Ia. the~aftermatb of Seni:Franlr Chnrch's?'pohtically-moil ~ ~:.I;iddy:speat an unwarranted.length~of time?in'prisoir,`and was'
vated emasculation oi; ~~thc r:CIA;:~newly-installed president :subjected to gross and unconscionable treatment, far his Tole in
Juamy. Carter-'came uF `with the :novel idea that =Theodore- ~:the celebrated Watergate affair. And ins terms-.of= political'reral-:
Sorenson,. a~cIassical liberal's Uberal,: should take ?charge of the: . ities; it is a bit farfetched~? to regard. him; as= a~ contender' for
intelligence.organization:~The, net effeet,of sucis,a move' would' : hi office ; ::?=~,kY ; ,;.: Y ~ r ~ ~ , -~,
have been+to: do nothing_more than provide, the con -de ~ ~'~y '~~ `'~~" , `~
what.had been as effective and de ndable hod ,-gip ~~ to ~" ' ;rIE is approprfate~`ab this pornt;'tou, to give credit where:
Pe y'3 ?. x,? ~~ .:.credit is due.:Itwas.President Carterwho~eztended coiripassion?
s sFortunately~ the outcry- was of `."sufficient timbre' to give' on h1r.:;Liddy'and who "in the interest of? equity and fairness"'
Mr. Carter pause: And:;so be reachedinto the ranks of?_the it.S_' reduced:Mr::Liddy's prison term.'During the: Past? four years~l~
' Navys; and tapped~a! crony of Naval= academy days, Adm.. supposeI have lashed out at President Carter~wfth more`tFrac?a:
Staasfield.Turner.,,,,?,;,4 .? ~' ~: - ?~, x : fair'share of criticism, but he certainly ileserves?fnU-reco
:.::That Turaerattained ihe'rank-oi admual with ao help of~ tion for?his commendable move irr the Liddy-case: {
Mr.=Carter should??indicate.-he hasaa;measure?of competence ,:;:...Reading dir. Liddy's autobiography,?"WiU,'~~which'I')+e`rz=_
insofar as the 13.91 Navy is concerned ?;. :.,. ~ .w ~~--,- Gently done is a rewardin and movin a ,.
" Bnt:it is not. a competence which. has been evrdent is hrs ? - and . ~ his _. g g zperferce: His 4baclr
1~ determination,:?,;; -his - understanding,.. >- ins
role as head of the.CTA. He has beea::controvers-al, which in resourcefulness are all most impressive. And -they shoula~~e'
:itself is not negative. But in being controversial be has not pro- utilized by the nation in this critical period.. ~ - - ? `? ':=.-?'?':
?duced the sort of;orgaaizatton we once had, and which we seed . G. Gordon:Liddy is the sort of person who would-EranS-.
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once again. -_, t ,~;. ~ ~; form: the present CIA into the effective instrument which' vte~
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. so urgently. He would be a> demanding leader who? would
gekresul~~but at. the same time he is not without.a-sease?ofL
humor and?-possesses a high degree of understanding. ~ .-' a?-~.
--. A,few-.days ago'there.was~a newspaper accounti of bin
Liddp's~new-and amaring=-role as.foUc hero oa the nation's
college campuses, He does not emulate others on the Watergate
affair. in caterwauling. about his; guilt,.:ia~~wailing men; culpa.
Rather, heir a refreshing contrast to;the-sleazy John Dean and
sku~.?p~~`p~ who woe~d say. o~ d ythmg, to sav their
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.. ; . In his talks: on the'catnpuses, Mr. Liddy-gives -the ~s~f of
perception= of :the world.of.today that:is so~sorelq,needed~uy~a;
:, organization: sorb as the CLL. * ; : ~, ~ ~, ~ r?r~,,~~,,~ ? , :~,.6 ~ ;,
..: :: A Washington Poststor}r~oted thaE at one:college appear:.:,
ante Mr.-Liddy said-theworld~reality">s a.bad'neighbarhobd-?
at.234,fa the: morning; and if pou're a;little old'lady out"sv~llc~~
:in?,g1;,:,~thea,~ ffie least thaE will ,tiappen is. your':Pnrse wil! be,;
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?- But~h~noted, ;~`if:you:.are..a Lnemaa from the APabama-'
footbal2_teanx with a~ clnb,ia ?one hand and a submachine'8ua Iri:-.
~:the:other; then nobody's going to.inesswith you:x..~~ ..~. ;a.,~, a;
,~ ?`~'hc.United States fs beeoaring the little-old lady:""~ ,. __`
N...Ia term3 of political realities:.I'm`aware that: tlieri~'ao ?
chance of G: Gordon-Liddy being'made head of the CIa;,>InYif ?
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