HARRINGTON v. BUSH

No. 75-1862.

553 F.2d 190 (1977)

Michael J. HARRINGTON, Appellant, v. George BUSH, as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1977.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Krinsky, New York City, with whom Eric Lieberman, New York City, and David Rein, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

John K. Villa, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., Leonard Schaitman, and Thomas S. Moore, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellees.

Before TAMM, MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by WILKEY, Circuit Judge.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, a Member of the United States House of Representatives,1 filed suit in the District Court seeking both a declaration that certain foreign and domestic activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (hereinafter the Agency or the CIA) are illegal and also an injunction prohibiting the Agency from using the funding and reporting provisions of the...

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