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ALLEGATION:
+ In a variety of ways it has bean alleged that CIA is working within
the United States, with particular attention towexiremist groups. LT
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1. Section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947, subparagraph
. D3, states, "The Agency shall hava no police, ‘subpoena, law-enforcement
: powers, or internal security functions, R :
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. : In hia speech to tha Amorican Society of Newspaper Editors on
14 April 1971, the Director stated: . :
. 1 can @ssure you that axcapt for the normal responsibilities’
ha for protecting tha physical security of sur own parsonnel, our i
facilities, and our classified information, we do not have any
such powers and functions; we have never sought any; we do not .
exercisa a2uy. In short, we do not target on Arerican citizens,”
". In the Director's "5iate of the Agency" speech to employeas on’
v 17 September. 1971, he said: ~ EE —. )
E - "I gave a talk to the American Saciaty of Newspapar Editors ’
Lo last winter, as you kdow, and I did it for only ona purposs. That
: was to try 2nd put in the record a fow of these denials that we've
} all wanted to sse pul in the public record for soms Hime, And H
- you can rely on those denials, Teey're true, and you can use !
that 2s any text that you may need to demonstrate that we're not Co
in the drug traffic, and that we're not trying to do espionage on ° -
: American citizens in the United States, and we're not tapping ‘
. telephone lines, and that we're not doing a lot of other things :
which we're accused of doing. One of the things that tends to
: perpetuate soma of these silly ideas ara jokes that exe mads
: about them, particularly about domestic espionage. Although
© the jokes have no basis in fact they nevertheless give us a nama
which we don't deserve. I don't say that that makes all that much
difference, but it does make some difference, and this tends to
spill over, so I would like to suggest that if you have it in your
. hearts to do-so that you speak up when the occasion arises and
try and set the facts straight. ® |
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