MEMO TO(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00338R000200190005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 6, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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6 July 1984
Gary:
This will confirm our earlier conversation concerning the
provision in the, 1985 intelligence Authorization Bill
authorizing the Agency to provide effective physical security
at CIA installations within'the United States.
As I mentioned during our earlier conversation, the Agency
prefers the House draft of this provision. While both the
House and the Senate provisions provide this protective
authority directly to the Agency, the House version does not
contain the present limitation contained in the Senate draft
prohibiting the DCI from prescribing any rules or regulations
pursuant to this authority without the approval of the Attorney
General. The House report in addressing this provision instead
provides that the DCI is authorized to issue rules and
regulations with respect to CIA property and that designated
CIA security personnel will be responsible for enforcing such
rules and regulations. In this report, HPSCI simply notes that
the DCI is expected to "adopt regulations which are as similar
as possible to those promulgated by the Administration of GSA
with respect to other federal installations, consistent with
the functions and requirements of CIA installations." We think
that similar guidance from the SSCI concerning their intent as
to how this rulemaking authority will be utilized is much
preferable to inserting the Attorney General into this
process. Such initial guidance when coupled with the SSCI's
ongoing review of the implementation of these authorities
should provide sufficient safeguards against their potential
misuse, without unnecessarily fettering the DCI's flexibility
and discretion in adopting rules and regulations suitable to
the Agency's particular needs.
For the above reasons, we would like to see the House
version adopted in Conference or, at a minimum, the provision
requiring Department of Justice approval of any Agency rules or
regulations deleted from the Senate draft.
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