Call for a single national intelligence chief sparks debate
The Carter era debate over Adm Stansfield Turner proposal to place major US agencies under one director pits efficiency against concentration of power. Proponents say cost savings and streamlined priorities. opponents warn of risks to oversight, morale, and reporting lines. The issue to be debated by the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Carter Administration next month.
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Brouhaha
Adm Stansfield Turner
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Senate Intelligence Committee
Carter Administration
Hondo mayor mocks federal grants over unemployment rules
Hondo mayor Woodrow Glasscock Jr. riffs on federal aid in a tongue in cheek protest about qualifying for a civic center grant. He suggests importing unemployed residents to meet unemployment thresholds and jokes about a President calling to discuss the scheme.
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Woodrow Glasscock JR
Hondo
Feds
Washington
Glasscock
President Garter
Texas
Canada
Centralization of U S intelligence face off in debate
John P Roche argues against turning all U S intelligence over to the CIA and creating a single, centralized “intelligence community.” He warns of bureaucratic power, political turf fights, and the risk of a police state, advocating multiple independent information sources reporting directly to the President.
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Adm. Turner
Watergate
CIA
Oval Office
Buckley Aid Gathers For FBI Defense Fund Signs Drive Against Kearney
A letter signed by 50 prominent Americans including Simon and Clare Boothe Luce calls for funds for William F. Buckley Jr. and a committee to defend FBI agent John J. Kearney facing charges of illegal telephone tapping amid protests over government harassment of the FBI and CIA. The appeal lists many notable figures and questions the justice department action, noting cross‑party support from figures on both the Left and Right.
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William &. Simon
Secretary of the Treasury
Clare Boothe Luce
James L. Buckley
Citizens Legal Defense Fund
FBI
Johm J. Kearney
Weathermen's
Simon
Justice Department
Kearney
CIA
Madison Ave
New York
N.Y
Sen. Goldwater
Lloyd Ducher
Phyllis Schlafly
Charles Addams
Murray Baron
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John Kearney Defense Fund
Liberal Party of New York
Allen Drury
Loren Eiseley
Eric Hoffer
Frank Barman
Eastern Airlines
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Dina Merrill
Leon Jaworski
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