said. said.
other agencies in response to 'foreign 'foreign to response in agencies other intelligence requirements," Church Church requirements," intelligence
said the agency has "selected about about "selected has agency the said
150,000 messages a month for NSA NSA for month a messages 150,000
available to it. it. to available
form or another were distributed to to distributed were another or form
analysts to review" from all of those those of all from review" to analysts
Truman and his top military and legal legal and military top his and Truman
cooperation of three giant international international giant three of cooperation
telegraph companies— RCA Global, ITT ITT Global, RCA companies— telegraph by the committee in a 7-3 vote, Church Church vote, 7-3 a in committee the by
advisers, Church said, and involved the the involved and said, Church advisers,
Union International. International. Union
the approval of President Harry S. S. Harry President of approval the World Communications and Western Western and Communications World
operations that would be similar to the the to similar be would that operations
the Central Intelligence Agency. Agency. Intelligence Central the
write a basic law governing NSA NSA governing law basic a write
demonstrates that Congress needs to to needs Congress that demonstrates
legal charter which is intended to govern govern to intended is which charter legal
defended by Sen. Frank Church, D- Church, Frank Sen. by defended
security. security.
Idaho. He said the information information the said He Idaho.
Goldwater, R-Ariz., as completely completely as R-Ariz., Goldwater, immediate comment Wednesday. Wednesday. comment immediate
committee staff members said. said. members staff committee
John Tower, R-Tex., and Barry Barry and R-Tex., Tower, John
release of the report but had no no had but report the of release
unjustified and dangerous to national national to dangerous and unjustified
Shamrock" was the first time a Senate Senate a time first the was Shamrock" executive branch wanted to keep secret, secret, keep to wanted branch executive
disclose classified information that the the that information classified disclose
committee has acted on its own to to own its on acted has committee
year. year.
to 1.8 million international telegrams a a telegrams international million 1.8 to
National Security Agency's "Project "Project Agency's Security National
administration protests, the Senate Senate the protests, administration
Thursday a highly secret arrangement arrangement secret highly a Thursday
by which U.S. spies, for 30 years, read up up read years, 30 for spies, U.S. which by
Intelligence Committee disclosed disclosed Committee Intelligence
At the beginning of the operation, he he operation, the of beginning the At
"Thousands of those messages in one one in messages those of "Thousands
Reading from a statement authorized authorized statement a from Reading
Project Shamrock began in 1947 with with 1947 in began Shamrock Project
The decision was attacked by Sens. Sens. by attacked was decision The
White House officials have objected to to objected have officials House White
The disclosure was made and and made was disclosure The
The release of information on the the on information of release The
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ignoring Ford Ford Ignoring — (AP) WASHINGTON
Senate panel reveals secret info info secret reveals panel Senate
suddenly last May, just when the the when just May, last suddenly
C. Clark, Church said. said. Church Clark, C.
arrangements had the approval of of approval the had arrangements
President Truman and Atty. Gen. Tom Tom Gen. Atty. and Truman President
as long as the current administration administration current the as long as
was in office." office." in was
liability and no public exposure, at least least at exposure, public no and liability
were promised that if they coopera- they if that promised were ted "they WOuld suffer no criminal criminal no suffer WOuld "they ted
with Secretary of Defense James James Defense of Secretary with
country." country."
the traffic itself and provided NSA only only NSA provided and itself traffic the
Forrestal, company representatives representatives company Forrestal,
foreign targets and all the traffic to one one to traffic the all and targets foreign
traffic of foreign intelligence targets. targets. intelligence foreign of traffic
great bulk of their international message message international their of bulk great Communications provided NSA with the the with NSA provided Communications
with copies of the traffic of certain certain of traffic the of copies with
traffic, which NSA then selected for for selected then NSA which traffic,
this is how the operation worked: worked: operation the how is this
said, the companies were told that that told were companies the said,
Americans as well. well. as Americans was reading the telegrams of many many of telegrams the reading was
agents would read only those telegrams telegrams those only read would agents
But he said that when it ended, the NSA NSA the ended, it when that said he But related to foreign intelligence targets. targets. intelligence foreign to related
Project Shamrock was stopped stopped was Shamrock Project
Forrestal told the firms the the firms the told Forrestal
Church said that during a 1947 meeting meeting 1947 a during that said Church
"Western Union International sorted sorted International Union "Western
According to the Church statement, statement, Church the to According
"RCA Global and ITT World World ITT and Global "RCA
THE POST, Frederick, Md., Friday, November 7, 7, November Friday, Md., Frederick, POST, THE
any of NSA's secret communications communications secret NSA's of any
Shamrock involved a "simple transfer of of transfer "simple a involved Shamrock
ment" disclosure would not compromise compromise not would disclosure ment"
the telegraph traffic to the govern- the to traffic telegraph the
seeking a ruling from the Senate parlia- Senate the from ruling a seeking
Senate rules. rules. Senate
Communications Act and the Fourth Fourth the and Act Communications
forbids unreasonable searches and seiz- and searches unreasonable forbids
apparently violated the 1934 1934 the violated apparently
ures. ures.
Alnendment to the Constitution which which Constitution the to Alnendment
surances that what they were doing was was doing were they what that surances
make the information public after after public information the make
parliamentarian said Project Shamrock Shamrock Project said parliamentarian
mentarian that disclosure did not violate violate not did disclosure that mentarian
approval, Church said. said. Church approval,
of the companies involved ever asked as- asked ever involved companies the of
it, Church said. said. Church it,
committee began asking questions about about questions asking began committee
proper or had toplevel government government toplevel had or proper
Church said that because Project Project because that said Church
Church said he was authorized to to authorized was he said Church
Since 1949 there is no evidence that any any that evidence no is there 1949 Since
In making that finding, the the finding, that making In
National National
scene scene
I I
strength and weapons are being being are weapons and strength
subpoena U.S. intelligence reports to to reports intelligence U.S. subpoena
distorted. distorted.
determine whether estimates of Soviet Soviet of estimates whether determine
intelligence committee voted 7-2 to to 7-2 voted committee intelligence
surveillance in the future "unless it is is it "unless future the in surveillance
of a foreign power." power." foreign a of against domestic or internal threats," threats," internal or domestic against
clear that, the American citizen is an an is citizen American the that, clear
Levi said. said. Levi
not be conducted for purposes of security security of purposes for conducted be not
active, conscious agent or collaborator collaborator or agent conscious active,
surveillance techniques, saying only that that only saying techniques, surveillance
directed against any American citizen." citizen." American any against directed
questions from those posed by domestic domestic by posed those from questions
these present somewhat different legal legal different somewhat present these
bugging and wiretapping. wiretapping. and bugging
warrantless electronic surveillance surveillance electronic warrantless
citizens. citizens.
ability to eavesdrop on overseas tele- overseas on eavesdrop to ability
legality of the NSA's sophisticated sophisticated NSA's the of legality
Fourth Amendment ban on on ban Amendment Fourth
technology. technology.
phone calls might be subject to the the to subject be might calls phone
Levi told the committee that the NSA's NSA's the that committee the told Levi
unreasonable searches of American American of searches unreasonable
In another development, the House House the development, another In "Surveillance without a warrant will will warrant a without "Surveillance
He said he will not authorize any such such any authorize not will he said He
At present, Levi said, "there is no no is "there said, Levi present, At
He avoided a direct statement on the the on statement direct a avoided He
Meanwhile, Atty. Gen. Edward H. H. Edward Gen. Atty. Meanwhile,
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