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...Director Casey is accused
...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 once again under fire for his alleged role in another undercover operation: a House subcommittee accused Casey, who headed Ronald Reagan's election campaign, of receiving purloined briefing papers from the Carter White House. After a ten-month investigation, the House Human Resources subcommittee headed by Democrat Donald Albosta...
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 to side with Baker, concluding that his "testimony is corroborated by a credible witness." That witness, Margaret Tutwiler, is a Baker aide who recalled being told by him that he had received the material from Casey. The committee also pointed out a memo written by Robert Garrick, a campaign aide...
...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 determine what laws were broken?" Reagan remains fiercely loyal to Casey, an old friend. While he has maintained his characteristic detachment from the mini-scandals in his Administration, the President last week attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a new building at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., where he praised Casey and his agency as "an inspiration to your fellow Americans...
...brief to the appeals court last week, the Justice Department defended its probe. Despite the admissions and contradictions of top officials who were questioned, including CIA Director William Casey and White House Chief of Staff James Baker, the department argued that there is inadequate "specific" information to warrant a further investigation. Argues the appeals brief: "None of this amounts to a crime, or even indicates the time, place or manner of a potential crime...