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John Young <jya@pipeline.com>Sat, 17 Feb 1996 04:12:48 +0800
Two TWP reports on the future of US intelligence and
use of nonofficial cover (NOC):
"Don't Hobble Intelligence Gathering," 2-15-96.
An op-ed by Richard Haass, principal author of a just
released report on the future of intelligence by the
Council on Foreign Affairs, which, among other things,
proposes lifting the ban on use of journalists and
clergy as cover. [We expect to get this report shortly
and will offer it here; CoFA says the first printing was
snapped up so there should be more news reports.]
"Loophole Revealed in Prohibition on CIA Use of
Journalistic Cover," 2-16-96.
Which reports that by special waiver the CIA continues
to use journalists as covert agents despite the 1977
ban. Ex-National Security Council staffer Haass and
an ex-DCI panelist of the CoFA study claim they were
unaware of the loophole OKable only by the DCI. Hmm.
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