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Helms' sympathizers argued that the ex-director was the victim of a change in the rules in the middle of the game.
Walter Pforzheimer, who retired in 1974 as the CIA'S assistant general counsel, notes that from the time the agency was created in 1947, members were not required to answer any questions about operations-unless the questions were posed by the appropriate congressional oversight committee. When "outsiders" on other...
Not surprisingly, other former CIA directors were sympathetic to Helms.
George Bush said the case "should have been dismissed." William Colby said that "Mr. Helms was trying to keep a secret as he was supposed to" under presidential direction and was caught in a change in which "American intelligence is going to operate under American law." Energy Secretary James Schlesinger...
The debate is far from over. The law requires that witnesses testify truthfully before congressional committees-but it does not require that Congressmen keep their mouths shut. Even when testifying before the congressional oversight committee, a CIA chief might be uneasy about blowing the cover of a current operation or...