In Search of Enemies - A CIA Story - John Stockwell

Author's Note
th..eir public servants?" he asks-a remarkable question ~e wak~
oLWa~_e-E,.BI, and CIA revelations.
Director Turner and President Carter have it backwards. It is the
American people's unequivocal right to know what their leaders are
doing in America's name and with our tax dollars. My third reason.
For my fourth reason, I reclaim my constitutional right of freedom
of speech. The Constitution of the. United States does not read that
all citizens shall have freedom of speech except those that have
signed CIA oaths. Until there is such an amendment of the Constitution,
ratified by the appropriate number of states, the Marchetti
ruling rests as bad law, an unfortunate relic of the Nixon administration's
bullishness. If the CIA and its "secrets game" cannot live with
our fundamental constitutional rights, there can be no question, the
Constitution must prevail.
But if the present administration has its way, stories such as this
one would be suppressed and covered up. And the author would be
punished. I invite the reader to judge which is more important: CIA
misadventures such as this one, or our fundamental right to know
the truth about our public servants' activities and to keep them
honest?