The Michigan Daily Vol LXXXV, No. 25-S Ann Arbor, Michigan--Wednesday, June I'1, 1975 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Probe on CIA released. WASHINGTON 0P) - The Central In- telligence Agency (CIA) conducted a number of "plainly unlawful" domestic operations, including opening of mail and surveillance of U. S. citizens, which violated the rights of Americans, ac- cording to the Rockefeller Commission. In a 300-page report made public yes- terday, the panel headed by Vice Presi- dent Nelson Rockefeller, disclosed for the first time that the CIA had admin- istered drugs to unsuspecting human guinea pigs, monitored long-distance phone calls, infiltrated a congressional campaign and contributed its secret ftnds to a Nixon Administration project. SOME OF these activities, which are all reportedly terminated, "were initiat- ed or ordered by Presidents, either di- rectly or indirectly," the commission foutnd. Illegal domestic spying verified However, the eight-member panel such as the gathering of files on antiwar concluded that "the great majority of radicals and other domestic dissidents. the CIA's domestic activities comply" However, the report also described the with the agency charter barring it from following previously undisclosed domes- internal security functions. The com- tic activities which the commission said mission offered 30 recommendations, in- were either illegal or improper: cluding creation of a joint congressional s "A clearly illegal" program to teat committee to oversee all CIA opera- the influence of strong behavior-modi- tions, designed to prevent future viola- tions. fying drugs on humans, including the lions, Cadministration of LSD to persons with- comment CIA spokesman declined immediate out their knowledge. The program lasted comment on the report as agency of- from 1953 to 1963 and on one occasion an ficials studied the document. Army employe was killed when he THE REPORT, which is the result of a jumped from a 1oth floor window sever- five-month investigation ordered by al days after being given a dose of President Ford, described in detail a LSD. The commission received other re- number of already reported operations ports of test subjects becoming ill for hours or days and of one person requir- ing hospitalization. * The infiltration of a CIA agent into the campaign of an unidentified congres- sional candidate sometime during the 1970s. The agent furnished the CIA with reports "of behind the scenes activities in the campaign." . The collection of information on long-distance phone calls in 1972 and 1973 between Western Hemisphere coun- tries. The agency contended that no use was ever made of the information, which did not include the content of conversa- tions, but the commission cited a March, 1972, memorandum which "in- dicates that the names of the Americans participating in such calls were at least checked against other CIA records to de- termine if they were of 'possible opera- tions interest."' See ROCKEFELLER, Page 5 Atty. Gen. to review assassination charges WASHINGTON NP)--Atty. Gen. Edward Levi will review the allegations of Central In- telligence Agency plots to assassinate foreign leaders before charting the Justice Depart- ment's course on the matter, an aide said yesterday. Robert Havel, the department's public in- formation director, said Levi was awaiting a copy of the Rockefeller Commission's secret report on the assassination-plot allegations and additional information promised by President Ford. LEVI ALSO was considering how to proceed on the public portion of the Rockefeller Com- mission report, dealing with allegations of illegal domestic CIA activities, Havel said. A department task force, including repre- sentatives of the department's criminal and civil rights divisions and the deputy attorney general's office, has been investigating allega- tions of domestic wrongdoing by the CIA for about five months. The President said Monday night he was referring both matters to the department for possible prosecution. DEPARTMENT officials have begun an in- formal review of the laws which might apply to the allegations. Questioned about the statutes which might bear on the assassination allegations, depart- ment spokesman Robert Stevenson said, "We're just looking into them. This is all ex- ploratory and hypothetical." But he said the possibilities include: -The Logan Act which makes it a federal crime for an unauthorized person to influence the foreign policy, of another nation. -A statute making it a federal crime for an American to mount an illegal expedition against a foreign country. ANOTHER potentially applicable statute is the federal law making it a crime to conspire to violate a state law, in this situation state laws against murder. But federal prosecution under that statute requires proof that interstate facilities were used in the conspiracy. The possibility of applying state laws or the federal statute prohibiting conspiracies to vio- late state law is based on the assumption that the planning of any assassination attempts took place within the U.S-even though any a c t u a I assassination attempts presumably would have taken place outside the U.S. The Logan Act and the laws against illegal expeditions and conspiracies to violate state laws are restricted by the standard five-year federal statute of limitations, meaning that an individual cannot be prosecuted for an offense he committed more than five years ago. 'U' women win right to qualify for intercollegiate sport award By ANN MARIE LIPINSKI In a resounding 17-1 vote, the University Board of Intercol- legiate Athletics moved last night to make women eligible for the letter "M" award-a prize traditionally available only to male athletes. The controversial action, which has been hotly contested by a myriad of University coaches and alumni, culminates over two months of debate between proponents who have defended the equality of female and male athletes, and op- ponents of the action who have argued that awarding the yellow block "M" patch to varsity women would "dilute" the value of the award and "make it worthless." ALUMNUS BOARD member Roger Zatkoff, former line- backer for the Wolverines in 1952, and a former all star See WOMEN, Page 9 'If this comes to pass, it w i I I minimize the value of the 'M' in the eyes of not only our players, but the public who places such a high value on it.' -Bo Schembechler (before the vote) Light living The newest thing in nest lighting and heating systems is dem- onstrated here by a robin who has set up housekeeping on a traffic signal in St. Paul, Minn. Offspring are provided with extra protection in this abode where caution flashes every few seconds.