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50degied, you say postponed. I am curious as to how long the post-ponement will be. Will it be until the national security or privacyare no longer threatened? Do we want to require a mandatoryreview every two years?Going along, some of the language is fairly broad. We had theexchange here a few moments ago about an intelligence agent.Then there is another section that gives us an exception--"an in-telligence method which is currently utilized, or reasonably expect-ed to be utilized."The one that troubles me most, although I know there is areason for it, but I just am concerned about the doors it may open,is "...an invasion of privacy of a living person, whether thatperson is identified in the material or not." I am concerned aboutthat being used as a ground for requesting postponement of disclo-sure.So I think, consistent with all that you have said here, I hopethat you will give us the benefit of your second look at that Section6.of this proposed Act.Chairman GLENN. Thank you.Senator Cohen?Senator COHEN. No further questions.Chairman GLENN. Good. Thank you very much. We may have ad-ditional questions. It has been a long session this morning here,and we have additional questions from other members or questionsafter we review. We would appreciate an early reply so it could beincluded in the record. Thank you very much. We appreciate.Mr. STOKES. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.Senator SPECTER. Thank you very much.Chairman GLENN. The next panel is the Honorable Robert Gates,Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the HonorableWilliam Sessions, Director of the FBI. Gentlemen, you have beenvery patient here this morning. I know we had told you you wouldbe on by about 10:00 here. We are about an hour late on that, or alittle over. We appreciate your forbearance this morning. We lookforward to your testimony this morning..Mr. Gates, if you would lead off, we would appreciate it verymuch.TESTIMONY OF THE HON. ROBERT M. GATES, DIRECTOR,CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYMr. GATES. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am heretoday at your request to provide my views on S. J. Res. 282, theAssassination Materials Disclosure, Act of 1992, and to describe thenature of the documents held by the Central Intelligence Agencythat relate to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.Senator SASSER. Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the Director couldpull the mike just a little bit closer? Thank you.Mr. GATES. I very much appreciate the opportunity to speak onthis important matter.Let me begin by stating that I am in complete agreement withthe purpose underlying the joint resolution, that efforts should bemade to declassify and make available to the public as quickly aspossible Government documents relating to the assassination of51President Kennedy. We hope that opening up and giving journal-ists, historians and, most importantly, the public access to govern-mental files will help to resolve questions that still linger over 28years after the assassination. Further, I believe that maximum dis-closure will discredit the theory that CIA had anything to do withthe murder of President Kennedy.Even before the introduction of this joint resolution, I recognizedthe need for greater public access to CIA documents of historicalimportance. Two months ago, I announced the establishment of anew unit within CIA that will be responsible for declassifying asmany historical documents as possible, consistent with the protec-tion of intelligence sources and methods.This new unit, the Historical Review Group, in the Agency'sCenter for the Study of Intelligence, will review for declassificationdocuments 30 years old or older and national intelligence estimateson the former Soviet Union that are 10 years old or older.In addition to the systematic review of 30-year-old documents, Ihave directed the history staff in the Center for the Study of Intel-ligence to assemble CIA records focusing on particular events ofhistorical importance, including the assassination of PresidentKennedy. The Historical Review Group will then examine the doc-uments for the purpose of declassifying the records.Because of high interest in the JFK papers, I am not waiting forlegislation or other agencies to start declassifying documents be-longing to CIA. The Historical Review Group, at my direction, al-ready has begun its review of the documents related to the assassi-nation of President Kennedy, and I am happy to report that thefirst group of these records, including all ČIA documents on LeeHarvey Oswald prior to the assassination, has been declassifiedwith quite minimal deletions and is being transferred to the Na-tional Archives for release to the public.This is, I acknowledge, a small fraction of what we hold, but it isan earnest of my commitment immediately to begin review for de-classification of this material. Indeed, as I speak, the reviewers aregoing through a substantial number of documents and I anticipatethat many of these will be released shortly.As we carry out our program to declassify Kennedy assassinationdocuments, our goal will be to release as many as possible. In fact,I recently approved a new CIA declassification guideline for ourhistorical review program which specifically directs a presumptionin favor of declassification. I believe we can be very forward-lean-ing in making these documents available to the public, and I haveinstructed the Historical Review Group to take this attitude toheart. In this spirit, the Agency today will make publicly availablethese new guidelines for historical review and declassification.To understand the magnitude of the effort involved in reviewingthese documents for declassification, it is important to place themin some context. The CIA's collection of documents related to theassassination of President Kennedy consists of approximately250,000 to 300,000 pages of material. This includes 64 boxes ofcopies and originals of information provided to the Warren Com-mission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations, and 17boxes of material on Lee Harvey Oswald accumulated after Presi-dent Kennedy's assassination.