| ‘ ~ Me. W. R. Wannall - Mer. W. A. Branigan Jadune E29 + yOysCr eer oo ye) ¥ bevel a wt Eee 1 1 i 1 1 1 see nm ENATE SELECT CONNLITTER gO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATIGN AND STUDY OF GOVERNHENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Inasmuch as the captioned Committee, to be referred to hereinafter as the S&C, will, of necessity, be concerned an part with highly sensitive information relating to national security, this Bureau sugpsests that agreement of the SSC be sought for the adoption of the following security measures and procedures, both in the interests of national security anid of protection of privacy of individuals: in the resolution establishing thé SSC it was established that ng employee of the SEC or pérson performing tasks for the BSC on a contractual basis chould be piven access to classified material unless appropriately cleared for access: to such material by the SSC. It was indicated that the type of clearance would be commensurate with the type of infermation to be nade available to such persons under conditions agreed upod by the SSC. In this repard it would be desirable for the SSC to stipulate that no stase nenber who is to be given access to any raterial, testimony, or inforration received or generated by the committee other than that which is, in essence, public information be granted such aceess without pricer receipt of a security clearance based on a full field investication. Consideration might alco be given by the SSC to assuring itself that its members ore appropriately cleaved to receive all material to which they may have access. The SSC should adept rules to insure that the | Assoc. Dir, _. S@CPecy OF any sensitive information received cr renerated Dep. ADAdm. BY Lt bE preserved and that these rules be made known to the Dep. AD inv. — $naividuals and agencies who will be calied upon to present Asst. Dir.: Admin, C@BtAmony or materiais Comp. Syst. Ext. Affairs —_ Fi ies & Com. ORIGINAL AND ONE FURNISHED TO DIRECTOR COLBY, ory BY LIAISON JPT: bkbbkb : vie Inspection Intell. APM ek Pee amet yg on vs {lf Laboratory a oremae (:)) Sal Sabsfoo.- .S' Pe " ALW We SEE NOTE PAGE 3 A} | Spec. Inv. at % Treining , y) ye Legal Coun. Telephone Rm. Director Se'y MAIL ROOM{—]__ TELETYPE UNIT [—] GPO 954-846 HW’ s S073 Docld: 32989530 Page 275
\ = 55073 Docld:32969530 Page 2776 SENATE SELECT COmIETTER TO CONDUCT AN INVESTICATION AND STUDY or GOVERNMENTAL, COIRATIONS VITA RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIV iTIES — Ft should be stipuiated that those arencies which WEIL present deosuments to the sommittee be autherized to excise from those documents, prior to their presentation, the nares Of théir personne] ac well as those of any other individuals whose safety or individual privacy wight be jeopardized by unauthorized disclosure of their identities, It should be stipudated that, ac has been cuctomry in other Congressional proceedings regarding sensitive mitters, witnerses shall have the right to request that testimony be Given in executive secaion, that in som ingtances testimony be "off the record," and that certain testimony be heard only by menbors of the cd, Xt should further be stipulated that witnesses be afforded an opportunity to review and comment of and/or cerzoct the record of thoir teetinony prior to any pubiieation of Lt. — Zt should be understood by the committees that the “Third Agency Rule," binding upon members of the United States Antelligence community, may oblige a witness representing. one menber of the intelligence conmunity to decline to testify concerning matters within the proprietary purview of another community member. it is the intention of this Burean to cooperate fully with the SSC. It will be requested that in attempting te satisfy requirements of the SSC we be afforded aufficient time to research these requirenents in order to insure that our answers will be totally responsive and accurate, Provision should be nade for the safeguarding of information and docuventary matériais received or generated by the BSC, consistent with their substance, and, at the conclusion of the Committee's investigation and study, for scoure disposition of such reeords, including return te contributors of materials submitted by thon.
SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND. STUDY OF GOVERNUENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES NOTE: See memorandum W. Q. Cregar to Mr. W. R. Wannall, 1/28/75, prepared by WOC/ebe, captioned as above. 55073 DBocld:329899530 Page 277
> Mr. N. BP. Callahan Mr. J. B. Adams J. A. Mintz ‘ ; Mr. W. R. Wannalil " mS L Ll Ll 1 itt ss a] ° ! pf het 7 January 29, 1075 lo - ~file wo 1~- Mr. We. A. Branigan om 1 - Mr. W. 0. Cregar . SENATE SELECT COMITTTEE arc-ilt TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF WN GOVERNHENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. There have been public charges that the FBI has operated for 50 years without oversight or any external coutrols. This is not accurate. In the Congress, several bodies have had juvisdiction over matters affecting FRI prograus and activities. These include the Appropriations Committees of both Houses, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights and on Administrative Practice and Procedure, a special Senate Forcien Relations Subcommittee on Surveillances, the Uouse dudiciary Committee, the forner Youse Committee on Internal Security, the Government Operations Committees of both the Uouse and Senate and the Senate Sub- committee on FRI Oversight. During 1972 the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, with the full cooperation of the FBI, con ducted detailed and extensive examination of the TRI's activities as a menber of the United States intelligence conmunity. The Voreign Relations Authorization Act of 1972 ereated a Commission on the Organization of the Governnent for the Conduct of Forcisn Policy, That committee made inquiries of nenbers of the intelligence comaunity regarding the role of intelligence as it affects the conduct of our foreign policy. In its research the committee looked into certain pertinent FBI activities and had contact with TBI representatives both in the United States and abroad. By direction of Chairnan Petex Rodino and the House Assoc. Dir. of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee, the General Accounting Der AD Aim OFF ice (GAO) is currently reviewing the domestic intelligence ep. AD Inv. Asst. Dies operations of the FRI, concentrating on policies, prograns, Admin, procedures and case management. Comp. Syst, Ext. Affels —— ORIGINAL AND ONE FURNISHED TO DIRECTOR COLBY, CIA, Gen. Inv. ~~ BY LIAISON 16. at 4 at Ident. g}. a). pepection JPT: j1lb On ame ar em al? (Ca SEE NOTE PAGE TWO at Leboratory — (9) “98 n £C. . reget 4 po" eo WS ¢ Training i Z Legal Coun, —__ A Telephone Rm. GPO 954-546 Wes 564s- DoMTESssh BELETIRR UNTO .
WN SENATE SELECT COMMITTED TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT ‘To INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITINS GAO's audit is covering Headquarters and ten of the FBI's field offices where a representative number of the Surenu'’s domestic investigations ore conducted. NOTE: See memorandum W. 0. Cregar to Mr, W. R. Wannall, 1/28/75, captioned as above, prepared by WOC:ebc. HW 55073 DBocld:329899530 Page 279