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Durenberger, who recently finished up a two-year term as chariman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, drew the attention of the Ethics Committee for disclosing that the United States spied on Israel. The covert operation against Israel's intelligence service violated an agreement prohibiting certain types of espionage by both sides. While Durenberger does not argue that America's violation justified Israel's decision to run Pollard undercover in Washington, the senator does say that it should dampen this nation's outrage at its ally's offense...
Among other charges, the Marine Corps alleges that Lonetree and Bracy provided the Soviets with the names, addresses and telephone numbers of "covert U.S. intelligence agents" in the Soviet Union. They offered embassy blueprints, floor plans and office assignments to the Soviets, turned over the contents of confidential burn bags and lied to security personnel about why alarms had been activated in the communications center...
...government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir plans to take steps toward tightening its control over Israel's intelligence agencies. In the past, the government relied heavily on the "X-Committee," a highly secretive Cabinet group that sometimes reviewed sensitive covert operations. The group fell into disuse in the mid-'70s because Israeli leaders thought there was no longer a need to maintain such broad supervision over covert intelligence. Its revival could prove a useful step toward reform, provided the group exercises the political judgment that lately appears to have been lacking in Israeli security matters...
While students said that racism, whether overt or covert, has always been a problem, this year has seen several incidents that have dramatized the problem and have motivated students and administrators to take action...
...make clear to Reagan that North, rather than the CIA, was running the operation. "The President does not recall ever being informed of this fact," said the commission. "Indeed, Casey should have gone further and pressed for operational responsibility to be transferred to the CIA. Because congressional restrictions on covert actions are both largely directed at and familiar to the CIA, Casey should have taken the lead in keeping the question of congressional notification active." Casey may also have had evidence that funds were being diverted to the contras at least a month before the diversion was uncovered...