THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1981
Page 11
Reagan asking
to put lid on files
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WASHINGTON — The
Reagan administration asked Con
gress Thursday to allow the gov
ernment to exempt its files on ter
rorism, organized crime and fore
ign counter-intelligence from the
Freedom of Information Act.
Under the proposal submitted
to the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee by the Justice Department,
the attorney general would be
able to decide to make the files
public, either in broad categories
or in specific cases — but other
wise they would remain secret.
“This procedure would allow
the attorney general to continue to
permit access to such files where
disclosure would not endanger
personal safety or impair law en
forcement,” a Justice Department
statement said.
The administration says the
Freedom of Information Act has
seriously hampered intelligence
gathering and law enforcement by
making potential informants afraid
of their identities being disclosed
under the act.
Assistant Attorney General
Jonathan Rose presented a broad
overview of the proposal in testi
mony before the Senate Judiciary
subcommittee on the Constitu
tion, but the bill itself wa? not im
mediately available.
Jack Landau, director of the
Reporters’ Committee for Free
dom of the Press, said without the
j Freedom of Information Act, the
massive public disclosures of the
FBI’s undercover counter
intelligence program in the mid-
1970s would have been impos
sible.
The disclosures, as a result of
media requests under the act, re
vealed the FBI had spent millions
of dollars on dirty tricks to thwart
extremist organizations under its
Cointelpro program in the 1960s.
Landau testified amendments
already proposed by Sen. Orrin
Hatch, R-Utah., chairman of the
subcommittee, and other senators
would mutilate the act.
He testified neither the CIA
nor the FBI can point to the forced
disclosure of the identify of a con
fidential federal government
source in the 15 years of the act’s
existence.
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United Press International
NEW YORK — The March of
Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
said Thursday a new guidebook
will aid health detectives probing
environments for possible hazards
to unborn babies and hopefully
prevent future Love Canals.
The book, “Guidelines for Stu
dies of Human Populations Ex
posed to Mutagenic and Repro
ductive Hazards,’’ is dedicated “to
the residents, past and present, of
the Love Canal of New York S tate:
Lest you think it was all in vain.”
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coordinate scientific efforts to de
termine whether toxic chemical
wastes and other environmental
agents present significant risk of
causing spontaneous abortion,
birth defeccts, fetal and newborn
deaths, early childhood cancer or
inheritable genetic damage.
The toxic waste dump at Love
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disorganized or delayed assess
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of exposed residents and govern
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“The 163-page special report
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as a basis for prompt, rational ac
tion in emergencies, and for long
term preventive planning and
public policy,” Foundation offi
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agencies — the Centers for Dis
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