Word: leaks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leak dramatically illustrated the difficulties that Congress and the Administration face in working out guidelines for legislative oversight of the CIA. The decision to help finance anti-Communist forces in Italy was strongly endorsed by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Said a Government official: "Henry's attitude toward this one has been 'Damn the congressional critics and leakers-full steam ahead...
Angry Ford. Under a 1974 measure requiring the CIA to tell Congress about its covert operations, Colby briefed six separate House and Senate committees in December about the agency's plans for Italy. The leak sprang quickly. On Dec. 26, the McClatchy newspaper chain in California reported part of the story, which attracted no attention. Following their own leads, the New York Times and the Washington Post published more detailed versions last week. President Ford authorized Press Secretary Ron Nessen to describe him as "angry" about the leak...
...three-game winning streak, which included an easy victory over Cornell, but the Bruins have a habit of capsizing in big games. Against a Harvard squad, though, which has yet to get its act together, Brown not only remained afloat, but whenever there was any danger of springing a leak, the holes were filled quicker than you can say Thurston Howell...
...problem is that the tunnel has sprung a $200,000 leak, and city manager James L. Sullivan said this week he will initiate a suit against Harvard to recover the costs of the repairs...
...Administration's effort to sell Capitol Hill on the Sinai accord worked out between Israel and Egypt continued last week, some unpublished portions of Henry Kissinger's negotiating handiwork began to leak out. There appeared to be no devastating time bombs hidden among the private "assurances" the Secretary of State had given the Israeli government that might jeopardize the deal's seemingly good chances of winning congressional approval. Most of what criticism there was seemed to focus on the sophisticated and costly weapons that Kissinger had used to sweeten the pot for an agreement...