Article: Noriega Got CIA Data, Panel Told; Reports Are Said To Include Details On Kennedy, Helms

Panama's strongman, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, received "intelligence reports" prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council on the political and personal views of U.S. senators and their aides, Jose I. Blandon, a former top Noriega political adviser, told a Senate panel yesterday.

Blandon said the information included reports on two leading critics of Noriega, Sens. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), and on two of their aides. He said the data about Kennedy included material on the senator's "personal problems."

"We had all types of information on him," Blandon said, referring to Kennedy.

The CIA yesterday denied that it furnished any ...

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