REDRAFT OF HPSCI COVERT ACTION REPORTING PROCEDURES

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2008
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• Publication Date: June 25, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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ARTICLE' A' NEV YORK TIMES
ON PAGE 13 June 1984
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By MARTIN TO.LCHIN
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WASHINGTON, June 12 - Leaders
.of the House Select Committee on Intel-
ligence said today that they planned to
.press for stringent legislation that
would require the Central Intelligence
:Agency to inform Congress of a broad
,range of covert activities.
. The House Intelligence Committee
;,staff has recommended a nine-point
.plan that far exceeds the agreement
,signed last week between William J.
WAt-Sey, Director of Central Intelli-
gence, and members of the Senate In-
Kelligence Congmitt X9pse_ Xommit-
tee leaders said they might also seek Representative Norman Y. Mineta,
such h memorandum of understanding, Democrat of California, who is also a ?.
but one that exceeded the-Senate-C.I.A. senior member of the committee, said,
Under the current law,'the agency is
required to keep Congress "fully and
currently informed" of"significant an-
ticipated intelligence activities."
According to the staff report, "Clear.
ly, the committee's concept of what is
'significant' has not been shared by key
intelligence officials."
The Senate Intelligence Committee
complained recently about not being in.
'A Certain Set of Mind'
"You have a certain set of mind in
the C.I.A. unlike any other I've encoun-
tered in the bureaucracy," Mr. Hamil-
ton said;
He said that although the legislation
was needed, "the problem is attitudi-
nal, not legal."
"If you have a spirit of consultation
and they look upon the Congress as
partners and not an adversary," he
said, "these problems won't arise."
The legislation was initially proposed
by Representative Wyche Fowler Jr.,
Democrat of Georgia, who said it en-
joyed some bipartisan support because
l experience had shown "that the legal
apparatus is inadequate."
"It would be very helpful if there were I
some standardized, stricter reporting !
requirements placed on the C.I.A."
The committee staff report, which
was classified until Monday, recom-
mended that the agency be required to
notify the committee of any activity ap-
proved by the President. This recom-
mendation was the crux of the agree-
ment between Mr. Casey and the Sen-
ate Intelligence Committee. .. , \?
In addition, the House committee
staff recommended that the committee
be notified on these matters: ? --
gAny transfer of United States mili-
tary equipment that could alter the na-
ture of American relations with the re-
civient countrv. .. .
Wilke use of any means, specincauy
including but not limited to the employ-
ment of force, that departs from the
scope of the program putting into effect
a covert action finding. +
9Material changes in the objectives
of a covert action program.,
9The use of United States military
personnel or equipment or other non-
Boland as chairman, of the Intellieence The staff also urged that the commit-
I Committee at the end of the current tee be notified o! the use of C.I.A. staff
session, or contract employees or "unilaterally
Democrat of Indiana; said in an inter-
view that he and Edward P. Boland,
Democrat of Massachusetts, planned
to offer a package of legislation in-
tended to place strict controls on the
agency.
Mr. Hamilton, a senior committee
member, has been ,desigrAted by Rep-
resentative Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., the
Speaker of the House, to succeed Mr.
elections. .
Representative Lee H. Hamilton,
notification of its role in the Salvadoran
formed of the agency's role in the min-
ing of the Nicaraguan harbors, and the
House Infelligence 'Committee
said
controlled U.S. persons or foreign na-
tionals in the support or conduct of,
paramilitary operations." i
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