FEDS STALL PROF IN HIS SEARCH FOR INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100050066-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: April 19, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100050066-4
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r:FTIC~ .ApPE1',BED
THE NASHVILLE TEiI NESSEA`I (TE)
19 April 1981
Ia
i?;:':~5i?t2t1 Staff th r tter
Larry L Burriss di~cove:ed as a public affairs officer for the U. S. Air
Force that the government -nig .t have a dual standard for allowing
Classified InfoLrmation to be printed - one for "friendly" publications
ai d.another for "a. on-;errs=
No an instructor \tid"le
Tennessee State Bur
riss is writing his dct: cr31 t:1ess
\a bout gove _'! ent poilC`,! toward
n rdia that publish classified- ma-
ter ial. and he finds b:~mself in both
a bureaucratic and a financial
bin d?
Burris-, has run into his own
roadbtcckt -;,Eh The Dep-1-ft of
Justice and the CIA.
He is atzem pang to use t!:;!
T' i.ze.''.c: c.e Information AC. to re-
search those agencies files about
:Ie i apers. He wants to know
whs:- e. the government has ir.-
ve sugared, prosecuted, harassed
or stoaewalled newspapers con
cider a? the publication of classi-
fied in_cr::iatiOn.
INSTEAD OF in:or-r_atlon,
though. Burriss has run into obsta-
cies: ; u;=arcunds) fror;.,. ;overn-
mart bureaucrat; and eel: rds`
rc'r lv ge few jt.;:i to ::t} niu':t a
searca for the files L.e ws.:..Ind
e?. en it he pa, s for .he
}
_.documents ,he w aais s.til are sub-
ect to gov ernrl?ertai censorship
and an expensive d,:pi:cn.:c; fea.
Bu,ss was !old b the gavern'
at his rtzear h. whicL't. he
rileA L_
?..._. as ~ no ..t ofa
plans to use In a btv~
by :efi4 to the general public.
Hence. he was told, :arge search
4s-- ...z1A tia
H tG.1::s
oN+'ier. Bur i.~..~ r, :.: ii-+
te oublic interest if the tr '~=
? Cie be~-a "u
pubfc.'thus he is see:. ?t} :.:'
the sea: ch ffe s .f. An t, a. a
t~s? resort, he : go to ;.ou?
aey it-ve ccn uCta.. f -a.
If .;5, QSten--; fi = the
then the public , ouch t to iC :?.::
.>_ t~em.' i .
3-1 AS
tion of classified inicrmation. He
was' told the bill for the.search
woad be S~9 with no guarantee
-that the search would uncover
anything
Burriss also Quote the CIA ask-
ing for infor^.atioa on four. news-
papers. The CIA r e~pcnded that-'
this search would cost hire $100
per newspa_e,r. or S-'.)') -. a
rather ffoimid_bie SUM is come up'
with on YS et: Bul:.3a. __: n
re_.arch
Bur, .ss has s light help from b!s
Cl11Yi?,Jtg, his c n: ras$t a.^. and
ournaiisZn but
:'.ore .'_. beet t: to Provide r:
ncncial. or li_-?Isuclc r -
KI COva s :;W, ca Id be ex-
es- po:n' I?:are
to - y -~?. fOr Co'eri - ?f
B::r~'~'.. ---:.'. L~ ?'''-Sf~r :'3 fl it
o t t'+e: .., l.._-L~?~~ .athe? than
'"s Z)esz
- t cnk ?dce they are
!rut rszha:td'Owt:he
and the gov -
to delay or 10.1
stories:,-
h it ...: ii '" ss' IOb With
-s all
howl
~:.: s? tin , ey o: en or.
V- stcres. t trted to
did:i't wort
a 1 .'~ ~' 3u f Sill W e.it to See the
?,aY .... awn e r!."
v \. n 1S ''`~ _AS ~3 CII~ :? t in Air
'9-"' when
the dau-
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100050066-4