CIA CRITIC FIGHT SHIELD COVERT AGENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00845R000100160041-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: May 13, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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By Lie. Gorrtes?
1-;arise udi yr one! u.~, aen?. his magazine;-and most'.lcritical writ
Aate+s3%judiciary. Committee ,
"about,Americanlintelligence
Iastipepr to vote on bill ing
k' t?of business t ~s
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u ccJ ,U~?,_ ,. Lllc Jaazaa , ..~1uuC1C1[XLaI~,.'
unexplained leaves'~of-absence or
ambiguous titles. given .for (stints.
with other govern ment. .;agencies-or-
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volving ?dts~eeoiure of information " ; `~3- ' with private companies ' .'. - f ' ?? .`? r:?
In,'an. interview -yesterday: Wolf's" I
.about- the:!eb14-a- member-'64L. the That section has,beerr called- reek=.
panel'turhedi its?,then-cha:rrran:;, said that he and his co-workers are!
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o to theaworkol .the:ClA_ in the,. ,less; treasonous--and life-threatening,:
Sen. Edwa Xennedy, and ,saippoJed' , tv -men and. woirren: serving their'
-Will this get.~tigre;" ' a~ c first place,because?it&-maim.busi:res count but the criticismsjfiave n r
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"Yeah;" Kei'xtedyreplied: f has little-to?-do with straightforward affected
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The-accotrPV-o?-tbe?-meets-g. , de- intelligence work ,.,.,,.' _ . al ne's statf.
,.Wolf said `,tVhat CIA agents know:
scribed abo+ -'waspubiishernin~t. theCIA,was doing;wascol.;
I they are involved in dangerous wor;t'Village Vaiea~a the Agee u- gee lectmg?inforination and passing it orr, -;when they takeit; and aid We ve
lion is Ph' ho was-aYdectir - to the--executive -branch sa: it could,
published more than ,000?`names1 1.
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for nearly a ade;..bui?whv left~tha,themwewould have-no. problem with
scratched;' The. CIA or .murdered `_ that, '~, agencyin 19s xen yearslate be 4ihat ; ~ ' _ i ~i ". 9 f +~j ' + -' 3-r}< 1
wrote abouthis: ex disputes saying':
periences rr-a=ir- 'sBut rthere's ample=evidence that there is a link between the 195 slay-
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book called "beside-the; Comaa~iy. ~'~h m ain basis for. CIA 'activities in. in
of Richard Welch, 'the C'IA sta
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ers::'. States-=is one'of:covert intervention, the year before. in, another magazine
,appee:red- at' a tim 'of anu manipulation ofinternalevents similar to Wolf s_ :' a;
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extensive..-"publ;iei`ty- abou F `The overiiding,concern of the
abuses, both=foreign_'arict- oirsestic agency has' always-been- covert ac- 'DEFENDERS of the idea of nam
it named names:ol=CTA agents over- group of. people, whether they be rs anti-American sentiment-in Greece.';
sting in foreign-countries, government. or . in .certain corpora.. and that upon, being transferred. to
partly out o a- ense_of_ g t de tr ' ,~ f ~s i 7'is 'r' CIA own advice;by-moving into. .a
scribing mernetiis ~o .-sitting in a' MONG- the tools"'of:.the,- CIA's' house-that had long been.known as
South'Atrrestea>-police' st-,tior: covert; action.-..; Wolf claimed. the residence: of-the- current-top.man.
"hearing -the- ea am,I`screarns _ are bribery, rigged- elections; :"de-? for the CIA 6
.of a toi ttirrvlc =ar+dknn~virrg shat -stablizing?. national economies kid ;"We oppose, unalterably, the CIA, ;
it was .I wl:ofew;davs.esr2iet ltad4 napping: torture and murder:, but we-also oppose; assassination-as
givenahat rnan's- uasia to~th pow ;::The magazine that is,Wolf's.main a means ofi?fighting,the:CIA,';: Wolf
?e ~?Iished:half adozen.times-a year, and status, of:. martyrdom,-::which., they{
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CIA agents?;b a.use-is beusgt gave?continuing coverage -to .:the at
carried onjb ra1L W'~sfezisgto tempts to-bring about the downfall of..'
?,p ? objective;is to, make it more
based: rriagazvse L "Cotrert cti Jamaica's; socialist: government, and;;
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difficult for them to:workhe said
Information`-8tsffetin '" :,k ; "'r .~ .the current: -issue includesa profile he' pot,- of: naming names is not
Agee. issti14ddndro1godfather2a of William ' Casey.. the new CIA direct; consistent;- hough. When;the;Ameri
the maga h e..-but .its; day_ta=days tor, and an article about the:involve can -Embassy. in,Tehran,.was, seized
work iscarried.oh_hy four pardons.,, meat:of_former intelligence: officers'. in- i9m, the. magazine ,, was; besieged
including?Louis Wfiltrwho-worlfed' irr' in last ' year' s: American election .with calls frorr>~reporters.Wanting- to
the::'fl(?s'as"a';Qnaker `volunteer:: m' ~'-Butlthe;sectlon. of the magazine. know who among,the;captive embas
Laos and who has. spent much of his!: that.has_received'the most publicity. sy employees-,,were.'CIA agentg-,,IL
time- sine&then- fighting the?CfA4 t ~ is usually only a few pages long, ,and; declined. to name them:.;,- r-.-i i rm--r :
-Wolf is.im awraii-to calk.about- ,is:called, appropriately Naming; O reason for~that decision.. Wolf;
IV - US_support-foc.the,-military. regime Names: "