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. , 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

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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