2-17-96. TWP: "CIA to Retain Right to Use Journalistic Cover." DCI John M. Deutch told a forum yesterday that the agency maintained the right to use U.S. journalists or their organizations as cover for intelligence activities but only under restrictive regulations. The staff director of the Senate intelligence committee, said the panel considers questions about non-official cover to be "a great problem" and expects members will want to take "a hard look at what extraordinary circumstances led to the use of journalistic cover." "Ethics On-Line..." [Editorial] DOG_lyz