HELMS AMENDMENT ISSUE NO. 21

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89M00699R001000650029-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: September 4, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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DCI/ICS 0932-87 4 September 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR:I INIC/AG
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Director, Community Counterintelligence and
Security Countermeasures Office
Intelligence Community Staff
1. Advocates and opponents of government secrecy programs frequently
agree that the Espionage Act is poorly suited for seeking punitive action for
leaking of classified information. What is desirable is enactment of
legislation that would make unauthorized disclosure of classified intelligence
information by persons authorized to receive it a crime separate and distinct'
from that covered by the espionage statutes. Restricting the coverage of the
legislation to classified information and authorized recipients would narrow
the scope and make it more palatable and likely to be accepted by the Congress
on the whole. It would also make it more definable and prosecutable eit
administratively within the executive agencies or in the court system.
2. Implementation of the NSDD 196 proposal to obtain agreement to undergo
polygraph examination as a prerequisite to approval to receive sensitive
compartmented information and communications security information would
provide a means of aiding investigation of leaks or for revoking the access to
such classified information of those who renege on their agreement.
3. In addition, implementation of the security education provisions of
NSDD 197 would be useful in explaining to all personnel cleared for access to
classified information the rules to be observed in preserving the security of
classified information, why the sensitivity of the information requires
protection, and the penalties for violating security controls and procedures
regarding the protection of classified information.
4. Attached are pertinent portions extracted from the President's
report. They show action being taken by the executive branch in the area of
concern covered by issue no. 21 of the Helms Amendment.
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