-Caveat Lector- Well, good to know he is conforming so well to the "conservative" agenda. While we're at it let's lift all those darned old restrictions, like the proscriptions against human experimentation, and operations against people in the USA. They're just such a damned nuisance, after all if your "law abiding" you shouldn't care if they are peering into your home and private life, should you? Remember that recent ruling by the courts that the police don't need a search warrant to scan your house with an infrared or heat sensing device (in order to look for illegal "pot" growing). Never mind that they could just as easily see you and what you're doing at the same time, but that's not an invasion of privacy. . . certainly not. Bauer Urges Easing CIA Restrictions .c The Associated Press By MIKE GLOVER NEWTON, Iowa (AP) - Conservative activist Gary Bauer called Wednesday for easing restrictions on CIA operatives working to gather information abroad about terrorist groups. ``I don't understand many of the restrictions in place for the CIA,'' said Bauer. ``They've got the ability to discover in foreign countries what might be planned or what might be happening with certain terrorist groups.'' Bauer pointed to recent arrests made of people who crossed into the country carrying terrorist material as evidence that intelligence-gathering needs to be strengthened. ``There are a lot of bureaucratic hurdles that the agency had to jump though now that they didn't in the past,'' Bauer complained. This caused, he said, ``a very bad decline in the morale of the agents and the sense they had to be so careful about how they used informants ... that we were missing out of a lot of very important information. There have been a number of embarrassments lately.'' Former CIA director James Woolsey has complained that rules governing how foreigners are used as informants have become overly restrictive, preventing operatives from using as informants human rights violators. As he opened a two-day campaign swing in Iowa, where caucuses Jan. 24 launch the presidential nominating season, Bauer pointed to the border episodes as evidence that intelligence gathering is lacking. ``I think we've got to be more serious about securing our borders,'' said Bauer. Bauer said he spoke with Woolsey about the issue and shares his concern. ``In the last 20 years we've put restrictions on both the CIA and the FBI on what they are allowed to do to counter situations like this.'' Bauer said he favored the restrictions on the FBI, but argued for loosening procedures for CIA agents abroad. He quickly added that he favors a ban on the CIA operating domestically. The CIA rejects suggestions that the restrictions interfere with intelligence gathering. Bauer's comments came during a town meeting in this city 35 miles east of Des Moines, attending by 10 supporters. Bauer is seeking the GOP presidential nomination and most of his rivals have taken the holidays off. The campaign was to underscore his commitment, Bauer argued. ``I decided I would work harder than anybody else,'' said Bauer, who conceded he had concerns about scheduling a campaign trip during the busy holiday season. ``I was afraid I'd be talking to myself,'' said Bauer. AP-NY-12-29-99 1622EST ****************************************************************************** *********************************** "Welcome to the desert of the real." Morpheus, "The Matrix". "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. 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