Warm Barrel

CIA Director Casey is accused

William Casey's work depends upon secrecy. But ever since he became director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1981, he has been plagued by disclosures about matters ranging from his stock holdings to his handling of the covert mining of Nicaragua's harbors. Last week he was once again under fire for his alleged role in another undercover operation: a House subcommittee accused Casey, who headed Ronald Reagan's election campaign, of receiving purloined briefing papers from the Carter White House. After a ten-month investigation, the House Human Resources subcommittee headed by Democrat Donald Albosta of Michigan found that...