Chapter 16 - Other Legal Problems in the Intelligence Field.ppt

Chapter 16 - Other Legal Problems in the Intelligence Field Sample Selection Bias What intelligence cases do you hear about? WMD in Iraq Bay of Pigs What do these have in common? Why are the successes hidden? Breaking the German codes in WWII What policy problem does this pose, i.e., how can you know who is telling the truth about intelligence services? The Domestic Role of the CIA ‘‘the Agency shall have no police, subpoena, law enforcement power, or internal-security functions,’’ 50 U.S.C. [§403-4a(d)(1) The original order from President Roosevelt to J. Edgar Hoover to begin internal security operations was to investigate foreign communist and fascist influence within the United States. Were these investigations considered foreign intelligence? Did Congress intend for the CIA to operate in the US? Halkin v. Helms, 690 F.2d 977 (1982) (CIA) Who were the plaintiffs? Who were the defendants? What was Operation CHAOS? Operation CHAOS (1) the CIA letter-opening program, which was directed at letters passing between the United States and the Soviet Union, and involved the examination of correspondence to and from individuals or organizations placed on a ‘‘watchlist’’; (2) the Domestic Contact Service, a CIA office which solicits foreign intelligence information overtly from willing sources within the United States; (3) the CIA’s ‘‘Project 2,’’ which was directed at the infiltration of foreign intelligence targets by agents posing as dissident sympathizers and which, like CHAOS, had placed agents within domestic radical organizations for the purposes of training and establishment of dissident credentials; (4) the CIA’s Project MERRIMAC, operated by the Office of Security, which was designed to infiltrate domestic antiwar and radical organizations thought to pose a threat to the security of CIA property and personnel; and (5) Project RESISTANCE, also a creature of the Office of Security, which gathered information on domestic groups without any actual infiltration. The