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Word: factly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are few public institutions in history that have undergone such thorough public scrutiny as has the intelligence community of our country in the last four years--particularly, of course, the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA is and should be our most secretive government agency. The fact that it has undergone this public scrutiny is really extraordinary; perhaps it is the first time in history that the world has had opened up to it a major intelligence organization in almost all of its aspects...

Author: By Stansfield Turner, | Title: Accountability vs. Secrecy | 12/5/1978 | See Source »

...trauma also extends to the fact that it is more difficult to do our job in these conditions. It has damaged our capability to perform the intelligence function authorized by the laws of our country. When we cannot ensure adequate secrecy, foreigners who are willing to work in support of our country, foreign governments whose intelligence services are willing to work with us, are certainly much less willing...

Author: By Stansfield Turner, | Title: Accountability vs. Secrecy | 12/5/1978 | See Source »

...today, if we are going to protect our interests, and our pocketbooks, I believe that we must have good information about what is going on in the rest of the world. I believe it is, in fact, much more important today than ever before that we have such good information...

Author: By Stansfield Turner, | Title: Accountability vs. Secrecy | 12/5/1978 | See Source »

First, there is an assumption that although Brustein has displayed previously almost no interest in undergraduate theater, he will be transformed into a crusader for undergraduate rights when he arrives at Harvard. In fact, Brustein has expressed very negative views of undergraduate theater in such forums as The Yale Alumni News. Yet, The Crimson blithely stated that "if anyone can champion the cause of theater at Harvard, and open the doors for future recognition of the performing arts (and maybe no one can) it is Robert Brustein...

Author: By Stephen J. Toope, | Title: Brustein Boosters, Beware | 12/5/1978 | See Source »

Parker was really referring to the fact that his defending champions have been flat, not only last night, but also in last week's narrow victories over Providence and Dartmouth (the latter required a frenzied third-period comeback to achieve). To those who wonder how a coach with an undefeated squad can be so concerned, Parker says simply, "They don't know a thing about hockey...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Terriers Concerned Despite Success | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

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