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To: Cboldt

So most of the "carried out" happened before Clinton got into office ..??


878 posted on 11/13/2005 2:08:20 PM PST by CyberAnt ( I believe Congressman Curt Weldon re Able Danger)
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To: CyberAnt
So most of the "carried out" happened before Clinton got into office ..??

I believe the Torricelli Amendment (whatever it contained) was part of a bill passed during President Clinton's first term. I'm still looking for an authoritative link.

I found -> This Article <- to be interesting and informative, as it relates the Senate (Church) and House (Pike) committees of the 1970's, and the hostility between Congress, the President and the intelligence community.

920 posted on 11/13/2005 3:53:37 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: CyberAnt
So most of the "carried out" happened before Clinton got into office ..??

The so-called "Torricelli Principle" was implemented in 1995. The summary below will facilitate more detailed research.

Another significant blow to U.S. human intelligence-gathering stemmed from a June 1995 congressional hearing led by then-Rep. Robert Torricelli, D-NJ. Critics had accused the CIA of conspiring with the Guatemalan Army in the murder of a Guatemalan who was the husband of an American citizen. Subsequently, the then-Director of Central Intelligence, John Deutch, decreed a new policy banning agents from using "unsavory individuals" as sources. No local police department interested in successfully fighting crime would institute such a policy, but it became the rule at the CIA.

The phrase "Torricelli Amendment" is incorrect in the context of modification to intelligence gathering practices.

http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/IACHR/2000/7.html <- "The case"

967 posted on 11/13/2005 5:06:16 PM PST by Cboldt
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