LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM JACK BROOKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001703340013-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2008
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: March 11, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ROOM B-373
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
March 11, 1983
Honorable William. J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.. 20505
Dear Mr..Casey:
.
I recently learned of the Administration's proposal to sell
our Government's civil remote sensing satellite systems known as
LANDSAT and METSAT. This proposal is of considerable concern to
me for many reasons, including its potential impact on our security.
I would appreciate your providing the Subcommittee information
on all uses of the data obtained from these satellt'tes by your Agency
and on its importance to national security, whether this data could
be obtained from other sources, the current cost to your Agency for
the data, and the estimated cost of procuring this information
following implementation of the Administration's proposal. In
addition, I would appreciate receiving your Agency's view of the
proposal and any underlying documentation to support that position.
Moreover, if your approval of this proposal was conditioned upon
the inclusion in a possible contract of certain stipulations which
would bind the purchaser, I would appreciate receiving a.copy of
those stated conditions.
Because of the extreme importance of the issues involved, I
would appreciate receiving this information as soon as practicable.
Meanwhile, with every good wish to you, I am
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