Word: nbc
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...after Reagan's declaration, Weinberger told reporters who accompanied him to West Point for a commencement address that "we are no longer bound by that flawed agreement." On NBC-TV's Today show he stated that the U.S. will take whatever steps it feels necessary for national security, and never mind what the treaty says. Said he: "Our security requirements will be the primary, indeed, the only concern. Whether you're technically in compliance (with SALT) or not is a totally irrelevant factor...
...first report to rouse Casey's ire came on Monday's edition of NBC's Today show. Giving a preview of the Pelton trial, Correspondent James Polk reported that the accused spy "apparently gave away one of the NSA's most sensitive secrets--a project with the code name Ivy Bells, believed to be a top-secret underwater eavesdropping operation by American submarines inside Russian harbors...
Casey formally asked the Justice Department to consider prosecuting NBC for its report. Meanwhile, the Washington Post on Wednesday published another sensitive story on the Pelton case. The front-page article, however, had been abridged after numerous discussions with Casey and other Administration officials. The published story, written by Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward and Reporter Patrick E. Tyler, provided a relatively innocuous account of Pelton's encounters with Soviet agents. Removed were any technical details of the spying techniques that Pelton allegedly betrayed...
...week's activities did little to clear up confusion among news editors over just what constitutes a breach of the law in Casey's book. NBC News President Lawrence Grossman said the CIA's move "caught us by surprise," since the network had aired virtually the same report last November, when Pelton was arrested. Indeed, details on similar submarine eavesdropping operations were revealed in articles in the New York Times and Washington Post as early as the mid-1970s, and the code name Ivy Bells was used by Pelton's attorney in a pretrial hearing...
...bragged that her ratings as Tonight's host are higher than Carson's (actually, they are slightly lower when his reruns are factored out) and claimed that she had to fight to get offbeat guests like Boy George on the show. "I always felt I was a stepchild at NBC," she said. "In all the time I was there, I never met (Chairman) Grant Tinker." Carson, through a spokesman, said he was miffed that Rivers had negotiated a deal behind his back. NBC, meanwhile, pointed out that Rivers is joining a lengthy list of late-night hosts, including Merv Griffin...