LETTER TO WILLIAM H. WEBSTER FROM DAVID L. BOREN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2012
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: May 6, 1988
• Content Type: LETTER

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DAVID L BOREN, OKLAHOMA. CHAIRMAN
WILLIAM S. COHEN, MAINE, VICE CHAIRMAN P;C'eeTVii#V,'/Pf
LLOYD-BENTSEN, ArAs WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., DELAWARE
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ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, SOUTH CAROLINA FRANK MURKOWSKI, ALASKA
BILL ii,RADLEY, NEW JERSEY ARLEN SPECTER, PENNSYLVANIA
ALAN CRANSTON, CALIFORNIA CHIC HECHT, NEVADA
DENNIS DECONCINI. ARIZONA JOHN WARNER, VIRGINIA
HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, OHIO
ROBERT C. BYRD, WEST VIRGINIA, EX OFFICIO
ROBERT DOLE, KANSAS, EX OFFICIO
SVEN E. HOLMES, STAFF DIRECTOR AND GENERAL COUNSEL
JAMES H. DYKSTRA, MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
KATHLEEN P. McGHEE, CHIEF CLERK
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SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-8475
The Honorable William H. Webster
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Judge Webster:
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May 6, 1988
As you know, the Committee requires each of its
employees, as a condition of their employment, to execute a
non-disclosure agreement. As part of this agreement, the
employee agrees to submit to the Chairman and Vice Chairman
of the Committee "any writing" which he or she may intend to
publish for the purpose of ascertaining whether it contains
information which the employee has promised not to divulge.
Such information includes any classified information to which
the employee had access during his tenure on the staff as
well as any information discussed in Executive session of the
Committee (whether classified or not). The employee promises
not to take any steps towards publication, e.g. discussing or
showing the manuscript to editors or publishers, until he or
she has received the permission of the Chairman and
Vice Chairman of the Committee. This obligation extends to
former employees of the Committee for an indefinite period.
It has come to our attention that former employees of
the Committee have been sending manuscripts intended for
publication to agencies within the Intelligence Community for
classification review, and that, indeed, agencies are
complying with requests for such review.
From the standpoint of the Committee, however, this does
not relieve the former employee from his obligations to the
Committee. Indeed, agencies within the Intelligence
Community are not in a position to make the determinations
called for by the Committee's non-disclosure agreement.
Accordingly, in the future, when this situation arises,
the Committee asks that the following actions be taken:
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The Honorable William H. Webster
May 6, 1988
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(1) No classification reviews of "writings" prepared by
former staff members of the SSCI should be undertaken except
at the request of the SSCI.
(2) Any such request made to your Agency should,
together with a copy of the manuscript in question, be
referred immediately to the SSCI, to the attention of the
Staff Director.
(3) The former staff member making such a request should
be advised at the same time that his request is being
referred to the SSCI, which must direct the agency to
undertake such review. Any questions which may arise in this
regard should be referred to the Staff Director of the SSCI.
If, upon review, the SSCI determines that the manuscript
in question may contain classified information which appears
to have been originated by your agency to which the former
employee concerned had access during his tenure with the
Committee, the manuscript will be furnished for your review
and subsequent report to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of
the Committee.
We ask that this policy be instituted immediately, and
be applied to any "writings" of former SSCI staff members
which may currently be pending review by your agency.
We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
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David L. Boren
Chairman
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
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OCA 88-1474
9 May 1988
SUBJECT: Weekly Meeting with SSCI Senior Staff,
9 May 1988.
The meeting was held at 1600 in SHOB-211. Sven Holmes, Jim
Dykstra, Keith Hall, Dave Holliday and Britt Snider attended
for the SSCI staff. The Office of Congressional Affairs was
represented by John Helgerson,
The following issues were raisea:
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--The SSCI plans to file the Authoriation Bill on
Wednesday.
-- There was
a brief discussion of the request for
documents. Holmes laid down a marker
that if there were to be redactions he would want it
agreed to in advance that the Committee could see
unredacted documents if necessary.
-- The SSCI will conduct an inquiry into allegations
resulting from Senator Kerry's investigation of
internation narcotics trafficking. Holliday will lead
the inquiry. He will be assisted by Britt Snider and
Jim Currie. Holliday provided a memorandum from
Senator Kerry's aide containing questions in
connection with the testimony of
-- The staffers raised the recent letter
and said the 1 June deadline had been insisted on by
Senator Bradley.
-- Snider, Holliday and probably Jim Dykstra want to
visit Headquerters during the week of 16 May to discuss
Senator Cohen's concern
Deputy Director, Senate Affairs
Office of Congressional Affairs
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