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William Casey's work depends upon secrecy. But ever since he became director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1981, he has been plagued by disclosures about matters ranging from his stock holdings to his handling of the covert mining of Nicaragua's harbors. Last week he was...
When the story of the leaked papers broke last year, Casey told the House panel and the FBI that he did not recall seeing any Carter briefing materials. White House Chief of Staff James Baker, however, said that he remembered receiving a briefing book from Casey. The Albosta committee seemed...
The committee, which shied away from holding formal hearings, raised more questions than it resolved. "The subcommittee believes that it has received responses from some of these persons that were not candid," its 2,313-page report said. "This prevented it from fully resolving the briefing-book issue." In a...
Republicans sharply noted that the probe did not even determine precisely what briefing materials were involved. The two Republicans on the six-member panel refused to endorse the report, saying in their dissenting statement, "If we cannot ascertain exactly what was taken and who took it, then how can we...
The Justice Department reported in February that it had uncovered no evidence of criminal wrongdoing during its investigation of how Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign obtained briefing papers from the Carter White House. Accordingly, Attorney General William French Smith decided against appointing a special prosecutor. Press interest began to...