11-1-95. NYPaper, Page One lead: "C.I.A. Tells Panel It Failed To Sift Spy Data. Disinformation May Have Led to Spending for Illusionary Perils." The C.I.A. admitted today that it knowingly gave the White House and the Pentagon inside information on the Soviet Union without warning that it came from foreign agents it knew or strongly suspected were controlled by Moscow. The information may have affected decisions to spend billions of dollars on military hardware. Even when the agency knew or suspected that its sources were double agents it never warned that its inside information was tainted. The agency thought it more important to protect its suspect Soviet sources than to tell the nation's leaders the truth. That disclosure threatens the C.I.A.'s foundation; its central mission is to speak the truth to those in power. "Something has gone terribly wrong," Senator Bob Kerrey said. OH?_bob (8 kb)