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...issue came to a head last Tuesday when the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence defied Reagan and recommended cutting off covert aid to the contras. The lawmakers decided that the Administration's professed goal of stemming the flow of arms to rebels in El Salvador could best be accomplished in the open. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence rejected this proposal on Friday, and the covert funds are likely to continue at least until the end of September. But the committee insisted that in the future it have the right to approve or veto specific covert activities...
When should an open society resort to covert action...
...over the activities involved, although they were indeed controversial. What caused greater worry was the fact that, at least in theory, the operation was secret, evoking disquieting memories of dubious CIA ventures that had backfired in the past. After a decade of discomfort over even the thought of using covert action to interfere in the affairs of other nations, President Reagan was unabashedly restoring the role of that weapon by supporting contra guerrillas fighting the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua...
...congressional committee voted to cut the military aid he requested for besieged El Salvador. Another sought to ban covert U.S. operations against the aggressive leftist regime in Nicaragua. Polls showed that few voters shared his critical concern over Central America and even fewer wanted the U.S. to become involved in the problem. Yet because he fervently believes his policies are vital to the future of the hemisphere, Ronald Reagan made a bold but politically risky appearance last week before a special joint session of Congress. "A number of times in the past years, members of Congress and the President have...
...Even the covert activity being directed by the Reagan Administration against the Nicaraguan regime is an extension of policies initiated by Carter, who authorized the CIA to provide financial assistance to opponents of the new Sandinista regime in that country. During his first year in office, Reagan considered options like establishing an American-organized commando force to destabilize Nicaragua. Instead, he decided on a strategy of placing pressure on Nicaragua by organizing the contras into a political and military force with U.S. training and assistance...