SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01481960
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: April 24, 1975

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Surveillance Activity Within the
United States
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Charles W. Kane
Director of Security
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2 4 APR 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. E. H. Knoche
Assistant to the Director
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Surveillance Activity Within the
United States
1. It is obvious as a result of my discussions with
Messrs. Roethe and Olsen of the Presidential Commission
Staff that they consider any surveillance activity within
the United States by CIA to be inherently wrong per se.
While there certainly are proper limitations on CIA surveil-
lance activity within the United States, there are limited
areas within which the Agency has a legitimate and proper
surveillance role. It is apparent that there should be
no surveillance activity by CIA in the United States with-
out the written approval of the Director of Central
Intelligence and appropriate coordination with other
federal agencies.
2. Noted below are a number of examples in which
future CIA physical surveillance within the United States
would be both necessary and proper:
a. Physical surveillance of CIA employees
suspected of engaging in unlawful acts to
develop sufficient information to enable the
FBI or other federal agency to assume juris-
diction. Example:
b. Surveillance of CIA employees in
coordination with the FBI in cases where there
is a reasonable belief that intelligence sources
and methods have been compromised. Example:
Agency surveillance initiated within an Agency
installation and continued outside to a point
where the FBI can take over.
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d. Surveillance to confirm or deny
allegations concerning CIA employees.
Example: Surveillance to determine where-
abouts of Agency employees.
e. Surveillances for operational purposes.
Example: Surveillances conducted at Area 51 to
determine if information concerning the YF-12A
should be publicly released due to deterio-
ration of cover; surveillance activity in the
vicinity of to determine if
that project cover had been compromised.
3. With respect to electronic or telephonic surveil-
lance, this type of activity may be conducted in the United
States without a warrant only with the specific approval of
the Attorney General. Needless to say no electronic or
telephonic surveillance request would be forwarded to the
Attorney General without the written approval of the DCI.
The electronic monitoring of oral communication where one
party to the conversation is aware of such monitoring does
not violate current statutes on this subject. Again, however,
this activity would not be undertaken without written approval
of the DCI.
4. As noted in paragraph 2 above, physical surveil-
lance activity is, in essence, an extension of the
investigatory or security procedures of the Agency and
is necessary to protect the Agency from penetration, to
support foreign intelligence operations and to preclude
and/or detect unauthorized disclosure by employees of
information concerning intelligence sources and methods.
The authority for this activity in the United States, while
not explicit, is implied in the National Security Act of
1947; CIA Act of 1949; Public Law 81-733 26 August 1950,
5 U.S.C.A. 7531, 7532; and Executive Order 10450.
harles W. Kane
Director of Security
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