From:         cdp!christic%labrea.stanford.edu
Subject:      BUSH VETOES COVERT OPS BILL

/* Written  4:34 pm  Dec 31, 1990 by christic in cdp:christic.news */
/* ---------- "BUSH VETOES COVERT OPS BILL" ---------- */
-----------------------------------------------------------------
ACTION: HELP CURB COVERT OPERATIONS

Convergence Magazine, Christic Institute, Winter 1991, p. 14

The Christic Institute urges its supporters to continue the
campaign to curb covert operations. We made a good beginning with
the Boxer amendment. Now we encourage you to:

--Write letters to Congress. Send letters of thanks to Rep. Barbara
Boxer and to your own member of Congress if she or he voted for the
Boxer Amendment. [The complete list of voters for the amendment is
posted at the end of this message.]

If your representative voted against Boxer, write to ask for an
explanation. Urge him or her to support future legislation to
prohibit use of private companies and foreign governments to
finance and conduct covert operations.

--Send copies of your letters to the Institute's Organizing
Department and to the chair of the House Intelligence Committee:

                     Hon. Anthony Beilenson
           Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
                  U.S. House of Representatives
                     Washington, D.C. 20515.

-- Order the Boxer debate video and show it to your friends and
colleagues. For $25 you will receive a video copy of the
congressional floor debate on the Boxer Amendment, plus a
background analysis of covert operations and a transcript of the
debate. This information packet is a useful tool to help you inform
the public about the dangers of covert operations and what can be
done to stop them.

The 70 following Members of Congress voted for the Boxer Amendment
to the 1991 intelligence authorization bill. The amendment would
have required Congressional consent for covert operations and
restricted the use of foreign government or private companies for
these operations. Although it did not pass, the amendment puts on
record the concern of Members of Congress that the President still
has broad powers to conduct secret paramilitary actions despite the
end of the Cold War.

California

Glenn M. Anderson, Long Beach
Jim Bates, San Diego
Douglas Bosco, Santa Rosa and Eureka
Barbara Boxer, San Francisco
Ron Dellum, Berkeley
Mervyn Dymally, Compton
Don Edwards, San Jose, Fremont
Matthew G. Martinez, Montebello
George Miller, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, Antioch
Norman Y. Mineta, San Jose
Leon Panetta, Monterrey, Salinas, Santa Cruz
Nancy Pelosi, San Franciso
Pete Stark, Hayward
Esteban Edward Torres, Pico Rivera

Other states

Les AuCoin, Portland, Ore.
Charles E. Bennett, Jacksonville, Fla.
David E. Bonior, Mt. Clemen, Port Huron, Mich.
Terry L. Bruce, Olney, Champaign, Danville, Ill.
John Bryant, Dallas, Tex.
William L. (Bill) Clay, St. Louis, Mo.
Cardiss Collins, Chicago, Oak Park, Ill.
John Conyers Jr., Detroit, Mich.
Peter DeFazio, Portland, Ore.
Byron Dorgan, Bismarck, Fargo, N.D.
Thomas J. Downey, West Islip, N.Y.
Richard J. Durbin, Springfield, Decatur, Ill.
Lane Evans, Moline, Galesburg, Monmouth, Macomb, Ill.
Floyd Flake, Jamaica, Far Rockaway, N.Y.
Thomas M. Foglietta, Philadelphia, Penn.
Sam M. Gibbons, Tampa, Brandon, Fla.
Henry B. Gonzalez, San Antonio, Tex.
Charles E. Hayes, Chicago area, Ill.
Dennis M. Hertel, Detroit, Warren, Mich.
George J. Hochbrueckner, New York City area, N.Y.
Andrew Jacobs Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.
Jom Jontz, Kokomo, Valparaiso, Ind.
Robert W. Kastenmeier, Madison, Wisc.
William Lehman, North Miami Beach, Fla.
John Lewis, Atlanta, Ga.
Nita M. Lowey, White Plains, N.Y.
Edward Markey, Boston, Mass.
Frank McCloskey, Bloomington, Evansville, Ind.
Jim McDermott, Seattle, Wash.
Kweisi Mfume, Baltimore, Md.
Patsy Mink, Eastern half, Hi.
Jim Moody, Milwaukee area, Wisc.
Robert J. Mrazek, Huntington, N.Y.
Austin J. Murphy, Washington, Uniontown, Charleroi, Aliquippa,
Waynesburg, Penn.
Mary Rose Oakar, Cleveland-Euclid area, Ohio
Major R. Owens, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Donald M. Payne, Newark, N.J.
Carl Perkins, Ashland, Pikeville, Morehead, Ky.
Charles B. Rangel, New York, N.Y.
Gus Savage, Chicago, Ill.
James Scheuer, Flushing-Bronx, N.Y.
Pat Schroeder, Denver, Colo.
Jose Serrano, New York City area, N.Y.
Louis Stokes, Cleveland, Ohio
Al Swift, Bellingham, Everett, Port Angeles, Wash.
Edolphus Towns, Brooklyn, N.Y.
James A. Traficant Jr., Youngstown, Warren, Ohio
Jolene Unsoeld, Olympia, Vancouver, Wash.
Craig Washington, Houston, Tex.
Ted Weiss, New York City area, N.Y.
Alan Wheat, Kansas City, Independence, Mo.
Howard Wolpe, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Mich.
Ron Wyden, Portland, Ore.
Sidney Yates, Chicago, Evanston, Ill.

>>From Christic DataBank BBS, Washington, D.C., 202-529-0140<<