CIA Still Committing Same Abuses for Which It Was Called on the Carpet in the 70s

A July 10, 1970, account in the CIA documents refers to an inquiry from Rep. Richard Ichord, the chairman of the House Internal Security Committee about a leak concerning Cambodian leader Lon Nol's selling of rice to the "Communists" and his attempted deal making with Hanoi. General Lon Nol was put in charge of Cambodia by the CIA after a coup ousted Prince Sihanouk.

A December 10, 1970, account states that the Deputy Director for Central Intelligence found no links between the Black Panthers and the "fedayeen" as had been alleged by FBI director Hoover.

A July 8, 1971, account states that Nixon's assistant John Ehrlichman phoned the Deputy Director for Central Intelligence and informed him that the White House was appointing Howard Hunt as a security consultant.

A July 16, 1971, account states that the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) members, Franklin Lincoln, Dr. William Baker, and Frank Pace were conducting a damage assessment from the release of the Pentagon Papers.

An August 13, 1971, account states that information in the New York Times' Tad Szulc's article, "Soviet Move to Avert War Seen In Pact With India," contains "highly classified" CIA Clandestine Service material, an indication that a CIA mole was close to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.

Another Szulc article was the subject of an August 16, 1971, account. Szulc's "Attempted pro-Soviet coup in Yemen is Reported," was also reported by the CIA to contain information from a classified TSCS Clandestine Service report.

An August 19, 1971, account states that White House staffer John Lehman wanted to know what four volumes of the secret Pentagon Papers had been turned over to Beacon Press for publication by Alaska Senator Mike Gravel.

A December 20, 1971, account states that Jack Anderson's Washington Post column, "Hussein: Help or I'll Go on a Ghazou," contains information from an Exclusive Distribution (EXDIS) message from King Hussein of Jordan to President Nixon.

A December 28, 1971, account complains about another Anderson column the previous day. In it, there was material from three SALT EXDIS memos, a State Department Limited Distribution (LIMDIS), and two CIA Clandestine Service TDCSs.

A January 12, 1972, account states that the White House's Lawrence Houston noted that Nixon had nominated Henry Peterson to become Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. It is noted that Peterson was helpful in the "Itkin case." Herbert Itkin was a New York labor lawyer who had worked by Sen. Joseph McCarthy and CIA director Allen Dulles and soon became an FBI informer on the mob, while at the same time was a liaison between the CIA and the mob. Iktin made CIA payments to gangsters in Britain and the Caribbean in return for information and other "services."

A February 7, 1972, account indicates that Lawrence Housotn would take no action in the near future with respect to the Hans Tofte case. Hans Tofte was a CIA officer and a native of Denmark. The Chinese spekaing Tofte helped build the OSS's and CIA's clandestine network in Korea, China, and Japan. Tofte was a major CIA spy in Japan and Korea during the Korean war. Tofte also tried to send a one-man hit team into North Korea to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Il Sung. Tofte also had close links to Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai shek and the CIA's airline chief Gen. Claire Chennault.

In 1966, a number of Secret CIA documents stamped SECRET were found in Tofte's closet. It turned out he had other classified documents scattered in other locations. Tofte had also been a CIA source for journalists and authors. Tofte was fired from the CIA on September 15, 1966 and he died under mysterious circumstances in 1987.

A November 3, 1972, account states that the CIA director flat out denied to the Washington Star News' David Kraslow that the CIA was asked to report on the Democratic Party and that led to the Watergate incident "and others."

A December 13, 1972, account reports that the Washington Evening Star News' Thomas B. Ross suspected the CIA was involved in the Watergate break-in because a passport bearing the name Edward Hamilton was fond in the possession of burglar Frank Sturgis.

A January 15, 1973, account stated that Watergate burglar Eugenio Martinez had been on the CIA payroll until June 17, 1972, and was used to report on "Cuban exile matters." June 17 was the day of the last Watergate burglary.

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