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Friday, October 30, 1992
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CIA knew of U.S. exports to Iraq
Documents reveal agency kept details from government
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The CIA knew before the Gulf War that at least five recipients of U.S. exports to Iraq were defense industries, but it did not tell the Commerce Department, which approved the sales, documents show.
The Commerce Department approved some $1.5 billion in exports to Iraq from 1985 to 1990, saying most were not designated for military use.
Information revealed yesterday on both sides of the Atlantic indicated that the CIA had information about Iraqi defense industry purchases both in the United States and Britain.
Many of the Iraqi companies that
bought U.S. technology legally turn out to have been military industries with innocuous-sounding names that didn't set off alarms at the Commerce Department. In any case, the department was under White House orders to encourage trade with Iraq.
But the CIA, and possibly the Defense Intelligence Agency, knew the true nature of some of the Iraqi companies, according to a congressional investigator's documents.
On Jan. 29, 1991, the senior congressional investigator met with CIA officials to ask what the agency had known about 25 of the Iraq end users listed on U.S. export licenses and whether the agency had notified the Commerce Department.
the notes made by the investigator, who was interviewed on the condition that he not be identified.
Whitehouse said he had come up with five companies that the CIA had information on, the investigator said. He said the CIA told him it did not supply the information to the Commerce Department because it was never asked to do so.
Complaints about the CIA's reluctance to share information with other government agencies are legion. The problem was recently underscored in the case of an Italian bank branch in Atlanta that approved unauthorized loans to Iraq.
The CIA — responding to congressional pressure — earlier this month said that it had failed to provide all the information it had to the judge in the case and that it had additional cables in its files in recent weeks.
this week, CIA Director Robert Gates said he had asked his inspector general to examine the records system of the Directorate of Operations — the agency's clandestine arm — and to recommend changes that would put an end to difficulties in promptly responding to congressional and other inquiries.
But critics of the CIA said that the agency had an instinctive mistrust of sharing information with outsiders, partly out of fear of compromising its sources, and that no amount of records reforms would help.
For example, congressional investigators say the CIA knew that Iraqi-owned companies were operating in the United States in 1989 and 1990 under the guise of civilian buying agents when in fact they were military purchasing fronts. Investigators want to know whether the CIA informed law enforcement agencies about that.
FDA approves injectable birth control drug
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The government yesterday gave women the option of using an injectable drug, Depo Provera, that provides birth control for three months but also may cause weight gain and menstrual irregularities.
"This drug presents another long-term effective option for women to prevent pregnancy," Food and Drug Commissioner David Kessler said.
"As an injectable, given once every three months, Depo Provera eliminates problems related to missing a daily dose," he said.
About a quarter of the women of childbearing age in the United States use the birth control pill, which must be taken every day.
The Food and Drug Administration's decision followed the advice of an outside panel of scientists who recommended unanimously in June that the drug be allowed for use as a contraceptive.
The FDA's Fertility and Maternal Health Drugs Advisory Committee heard a day of testimony on the drug's side effects before deciding that its potential benefits outweighed the risks. The panel considered whether the drug was scientifically linked to breast, liver or cervical cancer.
possible side effects, including weight gain and menstrual irregularities. It also can leave women tired, weak, dizzy and nervous and can cause headaches and abdominal pain.
However, the FDA pointed out that the drug has
In 1973, the FDA had announced its intention to approve the drug as a contraceptive, but protests from consumer and women's groups during congressional hearings prompted the agency to withhold the approval. FDA again denied approval for this in 1978, largely because animal studies suggested a link to cancers of the cervix, liver and breast. More recent studies, though, have indicated that the link may not be as strong as previously believed.
used as a contraceptive in 90 countries, including Britain, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Belgium, Sweden and France.
Michael Policar, vice president of medical affairs of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, estimated that the drug would cost about $25 per injection.
"We've been wanting to use Depo Provera in Planned Parenthood affiliates for years," he said. Until yesterday, the drug was approved for use in the United States only to treat endometrial and renal cancers.
The drug, manufactured by Upjohn Co., already is
Depo Provera is given in a 150-milligram dose injected into an arm muscle or buttock every three months. The FDA said it was more than 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy.
Upojhn has said it has found that most women who take the drug gain weight, usually no more than 15 pounds, although the gain increases with time.
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