EDITORIAL
CIA bill good start,
but more necessary
Covert intelligence operations carried out by the
Central Intelligence Agency may become a little less
covert because the U S. House on Wednesday ap
proved an intelligence bill that includes reforms.
Many of the reforms on the new bill, which is re
ported to allocate close to S.'IU billion to the CIA. .ire in
response to the Iran/Contra scandal that took place
more than 4 years ago
The efforts was stalled somewhat when George
Bush vetoed a similar bill last year. The new bill that
just passed the House is a compromise that Bush is ex
pected to sign into law
One section of the bill would apply oversight re
quirements to any government agency involved in a co
vert operation overseas, not just the CIA Ollie and the
folks of Iran/Contra justified then operation because
they were outside of the CIA. and therefore exempt
from tin' law.
Another requirement of (lie bill mandates ,i signed
presidential "finding" stating the goals and methods ol
anv operation be done in advance of any covert opera
tion.
The trill also tries to close loose ends in the current
laws by redefining some of the vague wording The law
requiring notification of Congress in a "timely fashion'
has been more specifically defined as within a tew
days rather than being left open to interpretation of the
j president.
The new bill also puts into law , ti.m on using i n
vert actions to influence dome .in I S. politic ., pub:a
opinion or the media Covert a< turns ate defined by the
bill as acts "to influent e political, ec onomic 01 military
conditions abroad so that the rob- ol the t'.N. govern
ment is not intended to be apparent or acknowledged
publicly."
While this new bill is step in the right direction
trying to make presidents more accountable lor the at ;
tions ol their intelligence agencies it simply does
not go tar enough. The Congress tried to pass a tougher
intelligence-limiting tjill last year but it didn't get past
the ((resident.
However, the CIA remains an agency out ot control
and above the law. Until there are better means ol
monitoring the agency's activities, new bills and laws
will be easily sidestepped by the spooks ol l.anglcy
The Congress should set up a full-time investiga
tive hotly to report on what the CIA is up to. An agenev
that has twice the budget of NASA will not he deterred
bv a few now laws passed by pencil pushers in Wash
ington unless those laws cun be enforced.
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H.I.'.I.'.HJtETIE
uasuai sex cheapens intimacy
By Mat! MacArthur
Imagine turning on the TV
ami rinding that almost every
show was about people who
were ( onstanllv eating, talking
about food or wishing about
food Imagin'! that every movie
in the theaters showed chiirac
ters Ireijuentlv pausing to pork
out. d not downright obsessed
with the idea Imagine that
nearly every advertisement
Used visual suggestions of fcxiel
to get \ou to buy a product
Sound i ra/v' The reality is not
too lar away from this si enario
Just substitute food'1 with
sex
The obsession our soc iety
has with sex is outrageous He
hove me, I am not one of those
people vs ho thinks sexual rela
tionships are "bad” or "evil ” I
think they are of profound sig
niiic am i! to humans But to me,
tiie important:!! ol it means it
must in saleIv guarded Besides
the tact that suc h singlemt
ndedness is a discredit to our
intelligence, 1 resent the lac t
that something whic h will be
came verv important to me and
the person I share it with is
i heapened and made light cd in
(tie world around me
II it wore just ,i matter ol my
offended sensibilities, I
wouldn't bother complaining
Hut the widespread false im
pressions c aused by the c heap
uning of sex are muc h more
damaging Sex carries high
emotional, physical and ps\
etiological price lags How
many people are now shoulder
ing a burden that they were not
prepared lor, lier iiusc they wen'
either ignorant, hlinci nr just de
linnt of the r usts of sex ' Many
admit that despite the momen
tary gratification, they .ire left
with a residue of confusion and
emptiness
Who would assume a mort
gage on .1 house when they
knew they couldn't make pay
moots7 Sexual commitment re
quires similar preparation Ifoth
partners should he ready not
just one, or neither It it un
thinkable that some among us
would pressure another person
to have se\ with them against
their bolter judgment How self
ish' Our bodies are not toys
and sex is not a game The el
feels are too significant and en
during to treat it as sm h. For
me, marriage is the perfect in
stitution to loster the prepare
lion, commitment and trust that
I want to go along with my sex
ual relationship
Media hnxe also desensitized
us to the lai t th.it sex is a mech
anism to procreate There is no
such thing as "free" sex There
are contraceptives, yea. but il
they are the answer then why
are there so many abortions
and unwanted children? I know
many young people who are
angry his ause they know they
were the product ol lust not
love or even common decency
They are an inconvenience
This knowledge leads to iovs
sell esteem, drugs and other
forms of self-degradation
The privileged high schooler
who goes "too far" with a con
vineing Ikivfriend is no less tor
tured by the decision she has to
make Shi; is not emotionally or
financially ready for a child,
the thought ol abortion justiH
abh horrifies her and she finds
out that Iter "grown up" boy
friend is really a gutless liar
when he treats the matter .is a
joke, or, worse, she never hears
from him again How much
abuse, rape, pornography, sin
gle parenthood and a host ol
other problems will we try to
patch up legislatively before we
attack the problem at its root'
I think three things must hap
pen 1) Let's take away the Vn
lorian stigma attached with se\
It is too big of a problem to he
sniggering at under the table
Talk about it honestly and
frankly Don't romance away
the responsibilities that go
along with the pleasure .1)
More people should not tie
afraid to save sex tor a time
when fxith partners are ready
.1) Advertisers, TV and movie
studios, book and magazine ed
itors, etc , need to get tile mes
sage that we are tired ol being
degraded and manipulated
Don't let a perceived popular
opinion further ruin our socie
ty.
All ol us at the University
have a great potential to alfect
society lor good Let's he lead
ers, not followers Maybe when
we learn to control our inner
selfishness, our outward hehav
lor toward others will improve,
too Outward peace will never
happen without individual sell
control
M.ill M.it Arthur is a Univer
si tv student.
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