Overt Actions, Covert Worries

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While such a bill stands almost no chance in the Senate, it could pass in the full House despite strong Administration opposition. Even in the Senate, the Select Committee on Intelligence, led by Chairman Barry Goldwater, has approved a measure designed to provide Congress with a mechanism to end funding for all covert operations against Nicaragua. A compromise with the Reagan Administration is not out of the question. But some kind of direct congressional veto over the Administration's covert actions seems closer to reality than ever.

—By Kurt Andersen. Reported by June Erlick/ Managua and Johanna McGeary/ Washington