THE DCI WAS RECENTLY ASKED FOR AN UNCLASSIFIED "ON THE RECORD" STATEMENT ON THE INTEGRITY AND OBJECTIVITY OF THE INTELLIGENCE PROCESS BY NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER STEPHEN ENGLEBERG.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89T01032R000100090022-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: August 18, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE DIRECTOR OF
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
The DCI was recently asked for an
unclassified "on the record" statement on the
integrity and objectivity of the intelligence
process by New York Times reporter Stephen
Engleberg.
After considering inputs from the NIC and
DDI, the DCI penned the attached himself. It is
a good example of his thinking and his
style--which Public Affairs has indicated we
might circulate to you for your information.
We have been told Engleberg's article should
appear within the next few days--it will be
circulated when it becomes available.
Barry Horton
cc: VC/NIC (Fuller)
VC/NIC (Hutchinson)
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14 Aug 1987
I am convinced that intelligence activities vital to the
protection and preservation of our national security will be
counterproductive unless conducted objectively, professionally,
and lawfully, with absolute fidelity to our Constitution and to
our laws. Intelligence must be timely and relevant to the
consumers to whom it is distributed--the President and his
policymakers and the Congressional oversight committees. We
try to address consumer needs, both what they ask to know and
what we believe they need to know. Important estimates are now
fully addressed at senior levels throughout the entire
Intelligence Community and divergent points of view are
disclosed in the finished product. The reports are furnished
without regard to whether or not they support a particular
policy line and they may not be altered for that purpose.
Truth, as best we can discern it, is both our end product and
our strongest weapon.
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