European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday november 16, 1985 Casey criticizes conduct of intelligence panel Washington a Cia director William j. Casey has accused the chairman of inc Senate intelligence committee of unfounded Public criticism of the Agency saying congressional oversight has caused repeated com Promise of sensitive intelligence sources and the head of the Central intelligence Agency issued a Public letter to sen. David r-minn., thursday evening saying the intelligence panel has conducted intelligence oversight off the cuff through the news Media and adding that it is Lime to acknowledge that the process has gone seriously calling some of s criticism of the Quality of Cia intelligence tragically wrong Casey said inc chairman s remarks have had a disheartening Impact on our officers overseas and at what arc they to think when the chairman of inc Senate select committee offhandedly publicly and inaccurately disparages their work Casey wrote. Casey s unusual letter apparently was in response o a Washington Post Story in which was critical of Casey and the Cia. Saying the Agency lacked a sense of direction and failed to take a Long Range View of trends in the soviet Union and elsewhere. But wrote to the Post on thursday complaining that the Story was factually the committee vice chairman sen. Patrick Leahy d vl., Friday called Casey s letter an unfair attack and said any intelligence disclosures have come from the administration not the Senate intelligence committee. The director should not have done that Leahy said in a meeting with reporters. I would much rather if he had a concern that he come Over to talk to us about Leahy said members of the intelligence panel frequently gel first word of intelligence operations through the press and said intelligence leaks have been worse in inc Reagan administration than at any time in his two terms in the Senate. Week after week after week we pick up the paper and read intelligence information we be never heard of William j. Casey before Leahy said. A spokeswoman for Duran Berger Karen Donc did not immediately return a reporter s Calls for comment. Duran Berger told the Post that he continues to support Casey and i m confident that we can continue working toward our Long Range Casey director of the Cia for five years said the published remarks by Duran Berger contradicted statements the chairman and other committee members had made in private. I can Only wonder at the contrast Between what you say to us privately and what you say to the news Media Casey an interview with a Small group of reporters on thursday praised Casey As a pro who has done a Good Job Overall. But he said the intelligence Community must assign accountability for recent embarrassments such that of v Italy Yurchenko who re turned to inc soviet Union after being described by . Intelligence officials As a Kab defector. Earlier the Post had quoted As saying sup port for Casey on inc Senate panel would probably be 8 to 7 divided along party lines with republicans backing the director if it were Pul to a Vole. In his later it scr to the Post however Duran Burger denied saying the committee would vote on the dismissal of Casey or that such a vote would be split along party lines. The newspaper also quoted As saying he would recommend legislation downgrading Casey s Job. But Friday the newspaper corrected that to say the chairman had actually Saij he would consider a recommendation not legislation that restricted Casey to professional intelligence work with no policy formulation role. In his letter Casey said Duran Berger s staff had on this and previous occasions said he was misquoted. But Casey said that s not the Point. Public discussion of sensitive information and the views revealed of a closed session of an oversight committee is always damaging and if the oversight process is to work at All it cannot do so on the front pages of american newspapers Casey said. The Cost and Compromise of sources damaged morale and effect on our Overall capabilities is simply Loo High. When congressional oversight of the intelligence Community is conducted off the cuff through the news Media Anco involves the repeated Compromise of sensitive intelligence sources and methods not to mention unsubstantiated appraisals of performance it is time to acknowledge that the process has gone seriously he wrote. Judge refuses of dismiss charges in la. Trial new Orleans a a Federal judge refused Friday to throw out any of the racketeering or fraud charges against seven men standing trial with gov. Edwin Edwards. This 8out merely acted As a businessman engaging in business practices that Are very common " said Richard Simmons Falgout s attorney. Risley Triche arguing for Mijalis. Outlined Piialii business career telling jurors that the Shreveport million Aire was honest and hard working Tom Rutler. Lawyer for Segura. Had scgura1. Adopted daughter. Colleen stand and told jurors How in 1968 then cd a Ned n Edwards p"1 a bring the child into the us cd states from her native Ireland. That As the basis of a Long standing Friendship and subsequent business relationship Between Edwardi and parents who gave up girl for adoption lose custody bid Albany. . A the parents of a Down s syndrome child who gave up their daughter for adoption a few Days after birth can t regain custody new York s highest court ruled thursday. Warren and Christine Kosher wailed Loci Long in Chang ing i hair minds the court of appeals ruled unanimously. But the court warned the legislature that it would be highly desirable to review Laws thai govern about 7,000 adoptions a year in the nation s second largest state. A lower court had ordered Timmy and Lisa Ann Sta Matis inc adoptive parents of 2-year-old Marissa to re turn the girl to the natural parents because the Koshers weren t Given proper notice about the revocation deadline. Stamatis of Suffolk county on Long Island said he received news of the court s ruling from his attorney. We be been jumping around the House hugging and kiss ing each other he said we re numb said mrs. Stamatis. We can t believe it. We be been hoping for inc Best and preparing for the Sta Matics who have another adopted Down s syn drome child said i hair Legal Battle for Marissa has been traumatic. I d rather die than give up one of my kids mrs. Stamatis said. The Koshers won t have any comment said i hair attorney John Halpin. In Kilter who was Origi during the adoption proceedings he Koshers dec ded they wanted their child Back. The it said Koshers weren t i
