NO ASSASSINATIONS AUTHORIZED, WHITE HOUSE SAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000301310017-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: September 29, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/08/24: CIA-RDP99-01448R000301310017-3
WASHINGTON POST
SEP291981
No
Assassinations Authorized,
White House Says
Spokesman Avoids Answering Queries on Reagan s Knowledge of Casey s Covert Activities
By David B. Ottawas The first 500,000 copies of the When the CIA resisted usin the con and Lou Cannon book, "Veil. The Secret Wars of the units, Woodward wrote Casey agenressiorial activities of the
WA*MV I%w Staff Wro" A. CIA. 1981-1987, went on sale yes- went `off the books' and 'arranged agency's covert activities,
The White House, reacting to a terday. He said the Senate Rules and
privately for the Saudis to take ef- ministration Committee list week
pabfished account of U.S. involve- Central Intelligence Agency fective control of the
eek
meat in a covert operation to kill a spokeswoman Sharon Foster said without telling anyone. dent Cuaa operation dent finencel unit cal unit within n the Int he intel l-
prominent yesterday, "We don't see an -
Lebanese Shiite leader, Y vaiare - On March 8, 1985, a car bomb ligence panel to audit CIA covert
said yesterday that President Rea, in debating the authenticity of the exploded 5o yards from the
gm never authorised that or book, so we're not making any merit buildein where Fadlalla lives to stren of a general effort
any hadr avrsination strum statements." --- g 8t hen oversight.
This effort l
'The president newt .t a~..e_ One of Wootjw t'. ^e~. ? -- in a Beirut suburb, killing 80 per. will
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sreaoons,' said White House ' Casey, just before dying last spry- -- The auditing unit. involving three
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? . swu(C[. .ua. ,c anew a the hemently denied Woodward's -- - -' V~z 4uNIN was M UP to stave
Fitawater, pace other administra- diversion ,of funds to U.S.-backed count of its m
introducedco) thattroduced by Sea.
tian spokesmen yesterday, sought Nicaraguan rebel from the secret to kilt the Shiite lea rma the ac- John ohn Glenn legislation
o avoid
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eagan knew about -. Sophia, has denied that her House leaders of the isle congressional investigating body. to
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the covert activities of the late CIA hu"d said such a thing to Wood? oversi t
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discussion of whether Reagan had (D-Ind.). chairman of the House circvent their pa l soffit to Bores said the committee also
signed a National Security Decision Iran-Contra investigating panel, said Several echoed the adopted rues to stop unauthorised
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ashington committee said hld b CIA d
e.ector.e wou note sur- fore ma king any detailed comment.Posts assistant managing editor for prised if Casey had known, but Senate committee _ men has been eager to repair
investigations, writes in a new book added, "We'll never know because rid L. Boren (D-Okla.) rissued Da. ON- about the the damage and to establish a good
C he's no longer with us.' working relationship with the men
had Athat seta statement saying he did not think it CIA director. William H. Webster.
t with the Saudi intelligence FadlaUah's life. Reagan had signed a
Hussein adia9ala. the ciflc allegations in the hook. Boren s" in tese had made
assassinate Sheik Mo- Cod eeingLebanauthoriesesatdg the CIAuto train said he felt that the i great strides" in reestablishing
trust between the a
main F nits mp- tra gertcy and his
spiritual leader of the extrem- thr now, gaming out of the Iranrsntwonra committee
and that this had led to
tat Sluice group, Hesbo0ah. ve atrikwfve-magainst terror- affair and Casey's oantmorversia! CIA `a very candid sharing of sea>9itive
stewardship. is to establish better inforratatioa.' ists.
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a
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unerpartenate wanted to read the entib
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set
n motion a Primary actor
ii f d di
toc.n arrangngor it. Select Committeeeepstrust between
Lions leading to the assassination Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii). who said _tee on Intelligence. Casey and the intelligence panels
attempt.
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co-versonut was "a vice chai rman ofSver actvtes, an issue that
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/08/24: CIA-RDP99-01448R000301310017-3