SUBVERSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE GATHERING OPERATIONS - HEARINGS BEFORE THE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT AND OTHER INTERNAL SECURITY LAWS, MARCH 26, 1976

• NCJ Number: 43752
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 67 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Publication Type: Legislative/Regulatory Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR A FIFTH ESTATE AND THEIR IMPACT ON U.S. INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN TESTIMONY BY LARRY P. MCDONALD, U.S. CONGRESSMAN FROM GEORGIA.

Abstract

THE TESTIMONY WAS PART OF THE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE'S INQUIRY INTO ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE SUBVERSION OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR A FIFTH ESTATE MADE PUBLIC THE IDENTITY OF RICHARD S. WELCH, A CIA AGENT IN ATHENS, GREECE, IN ITS PUBLICATION ENTITLED 'COUNTER-SPY.' LATER WELCH WAS SHORT AND KILLED BY UNKNOWN ASSASSINS. SUBSEQUENT NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND EDITORIALS SUGGESTED THAT THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WAS MORALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ASSASSINATION. REPRESENTATIVE MCDONALD, DESCRIBED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AS ONE OF THE LEADING CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITIES ON TERRORISM AND SUBVERSION, DESCRIBES THE ORIGINS, ACTIVITIES, AND PUBLICATIONS OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS FIRST KNOWN AS THE COMMITTEE FOR ACTION/RESEARCH ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ARE IDENTIFIED, AND THEIR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ARE DISCUSSED. REFERENCES TO TIES WITH RADICAL GROUPS ARE MADE. EXCERPTS FROM 'COUNTER-SPY' AND COPIES OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1973 AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS ARE AMONG SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.