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...demanded a roll-call vote on this proposal, and to the dismay of congressional leaders the measure carried by a solid 245 to 153. "There's an election coming up," explained Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin. "People are trying to cut spending and there's been a lot of bad publicity about that building...
...Aspin, Congressman from Wisconsin: "The CIA can't be the only arbiter of what is or isn't classified. There ought to be somebody you can appeal to -an arbitrator set up by an act of Congress...
...might be Brown's most remarkable achievement so far. His confidence that America can maintain deterrence and the military balance without crash programs has quieted all but the most hawkish voices in Congress. His performance has won praise from both ends of the political spectrum. Says liberal Democrat Les Aspin of Wisconsin: "Brown seems to be doing all the right things." Says conservative Republican Barry Goldwater of Arizona: "He is doing much, much better than many of us expected...
...Once the dust has settled and the CIA is no longer Page One news, many members are likely to lose interest. Closed-door meetings don't allow Congressmen to make speeches or issue press releases or titillate their constituents with inside stories." So argues Democratic Representative Les Aspin of Wisconsin. His cynical point is that a congressional committee to oversee CIA operations would be a washout in five years because its members would lose their enthusiasm as soon as the CIA was no longer a big story...
...Aspin may be right, but last week the CIA was Page One news practically every day, thanks to a steady flow of leaks, apparently from members and staff of the House Intelligence Committee. The committee is scheduled to issue by next week a report on its six-month investigation of the CIA-but there may not be much left to reveal by then. Bits and pieces of the 340-page report were leaked to newsmen...