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...behind us in every war we ever fought." Two weeks ago, Reagan officials were toying with the idea of inviting Prime Minister P.W. Botha to Washington after his expected victory in national elections later this month. The Administration has asked Congress to repeal the 1976 Clark amendment, which bars covert U.S. aid to rebel guerrillas in Angola. For its part, South Africa may have used the tough new U.S. stance against terrorism to accelerate a war against leftist guerrillas in Namibia, which South Africa has administered since...
...proposal, believed to have been drafted by mid-level career CIA agents, would permit the agency to undertake covert operations within the U.S. and, in fact, spy on American citizens. The CIA would no longer be required to collect information by the "least intrusive means possible," thus making possible warrantless searches, surreptitious entries and infiltration of political organizations...
...letter on race relations, he lists equality of opportunity as the first of three "pertinent objectives," and then adds, "We have come furthest in providing equal opportunity regardless of race; certainly, the University does not engage in any overt practice or policies of a discriminatory nature." But covert and unspoken discrimination remains an insidious reality. And if the aim of equality of opportunity is to eliminate hereditary privilege, as T.H. Marshall said, why are minority students with a small alumni pool not forwarded the funds for a Third World center? If, furthermore, equality of opportunity is the equal right...
...should have a greater capacity to react against Soviet-inspired subversion, which means removing some restraints on covert action by the Central Intelligence Agency...
...sinister handmaiden of Soviet military adventurism has been covert action and mischief-making by proxy. There are widespread reports, for example, that the Soviets encouraged Libya's Muammar Gaddafi in his recent annexation of the central African nation of Chad. Libya has long been a conduit for Soviet arms to the Palestine Liberation Organization, as well as revolutionary groups in the Philippines, Chile and Turkey. Congress should repeal or amend legislation that limits the ability of the CIA to conduct clandestine operations abroad...