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Committee criticizes way CIA handled spy case WAMIIW.IUN (AF) In a new round of criticism of the CIA. a House commit• I(h> said Wednesday the agency was guilty of "a negligent attitude" in its handling of tins Aldrich Ames spy case The panel also complained the FH1 was “inexplica bly passive" dunng the early stage* of the biggest spy case in U S history Issuing the report. Rep Dan Click man. D-Kan., chairman of the House Intelli gence Committee, said the CIA handling of the Ames affair “was a i ase of sloppi nesa in big capital letters " I'he panel also expressed particular displeasure at the CIA’s failure to tell Congress when it first suspected that a Soviet mole in the agency was betraying US spies in Moscow A* for the FBI. the committee n*< urn mended that it conduct nn internal inves tigation of it* handling of the caat* C'JA Director R James Wooiaey issued a brief statement laying the report ' refit* t* a careful and professional examination of the issue* raised by the A me* case " The FBI said in on unsigned statement that it ha* taken significant step* to improve counterintelligence and that it "will continue to work closely with Con gress on any new effort* that must be made," The House panel was easier on Woolsey than it* Senate counterpart, whit h issued ils report on the Ames c ase on Nov 1 The Senate report said Wool««y S reprimand* of 11 senior man agers for their handling of the Amos mat ter were “seriously inadequate" for a "disaster of unprt* edented proportions," Arrested last February, Ames admitted to selling U S national security se< rets to Mos< ow for more than eight years, start ing In 198$ A 11 year veteran of the OA, Ames was sentenced last April to life in prison The House report said the OA failed to keep Congress “fully and currently Informed" of the intelligence losses and of the efforts to determine the t ause "This was despite several instances of [Minted questioning bv committee mem Imrs." it said Rep. Ijirry dumbest of Texes, ranking Republican on the committee, said tliut tiad the CIA kept the committee informed about intelligence losses, “we would have lawn relentless" in making sure the CIA and FBI were pursuing the investiga tion at the highest levels. Comliest said he was one of those who had asked the agency about possible problems Asked if he was lied to by the CIA. Combust replied, “1 would not go so (nr as to say that It could have been igno rance NBC says FCC waiver of rules favored Fox WASHINGTON (AP) - NIK , staking what it descrilx's as the same regulatory footing as rival Fox. wants federal regulators to make it easier for media companies to get Financing from foreign investors NIK. filed a petition Wednesday to the Federal Communications Commission, asking the agency to "either enforce the rules on the books or change them to allow everyone the benefit," \'B(' senior vh e president and general counsel Richard Cotton said in an interview The rules NBC is referring to limit a foreign company or individ ual from owning more than 25 percent of a broadcast station. If the agency decides to give Fox a waiver from sm h restrictions, Cotton said, all broad< ast companies should !*• allowed waivers A pro< ceding under wav at the FC( will determine whether Fox's acquisition of six TV’ stations that made up the foundation of the net work violated foreign ownership limits The FCC approved the w qulsition o( thow stations frots Metro* media Inc in 198f> The stations an* m Washington, DC . New York, I.os Angeles. Chicago, Dallas and Houston The NBC petition builds on a complaint filed earlier this year by the National Association lor the Advancement of Colored People, which asserted that F’ox violated federal foreign ownership restrn tions. I he NAAC.P claimed that Fox masked its true corporate structure and that its foreign ownership denied opportunities to U S minori ties. The FCC has said since May that a ruling is imminent According to Fox disclosures to the FCC this summer, all hut one percent of the SHOO million used to purchase the stations wns put up by News Corp , which is based in Australia CUTS Continued from Page 1 plan for a reduction of 3 pen tml. or $4.9 million. Proposed for possible elimina tion in the college of arts ami sciences are the communica tions school, and the depart ments of applied mathematics, Slavic languages and literature, speech communications, fiber arts in the School of Art and Svstematu Musicology in the School of Music Other programs that could be eliminated include radiological sciences in the School of Public Health and Community Medi cine. and the previously announced proposal to cut the Institute for Environmental Studies in the Graduate School. Under university rules, the programs will be reviewed by faculty and student committees, and a final list of programs to be eliminated will be issued in late spring. Meanwhile, no students will be allowed into programs that may be eliminated or reorga nized Students in programs identified as being eliminated will be given reasonable oppor tunity to complete their current programs of study in a timely manner." The university said tenured faculty in terminated programs will retain their positions and will be reassigned to other acad emic units. In addition to cutting the Si,* million from its budget, the school said it would set aside $H,4 million to meet commit ments and cover other costs in the two-year budget period that begins July t. 1995, Universities and community colleges had been told to plan for budget reductions of 2 4 per cunt for the biennium. The UYV smd that if the reduc tion planned for is fully imple mented, the school's total state funded budget reductions since 1992 will total $f>5 million, or about 10 percent of its state bud get In that time. 600 jobs will have been eliminated. The UYV said the round of budget cuts is comparable to budget reductions ol a decade ago The cuts in the I98t)s were generally felt across all pro grams Cerberding said the $53 million in budget cuts since 1892 were handled the same way. but now it is time to elimi nate or reorganize whole pro grams rather than let quality deteriorate across rumpus ■ ET ALS MECTTNUS Afru •». Students Association w. . :;«*»! tonight •! ft in Room 13® Straub For more at format ton. tail .144 VO'S.* OffW* of Acadaauc Advising and Student Services will spun*or a National Student \ vthanga informational moating today at noon tn tin I Ml! 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