THE "ANTI STONEWALLING ACT" AMENDMENT TO THE OMNIBUS DRUG BILL

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 25, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE WHITE HOUSE
August 25, 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR THOMAS M. BOYD
ACTING ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
JOHN L. HELGERSON
DIRECTOR OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
FROM: DAVID S. ADDINGTONW7VT
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
SUBJECT: The "Anti-Stonewalling Act" Amendment to the Omnibus
Drug Bill
When the House begins consideration of the "Omnibus Drug
Initiative Act of 1988" (H.R. 5210) immediately upon its return
from the August recess, Congressman Bill Alexander (D-AR) plans
to offer an amendment entitled the "Anti-Stonewalling Act of
1988." The amendment deals with (1) access by Congressional
committees and the General Accounting Office to information
possessed by executive agencies cone rning illegal foreign drug
activities and (2) inter-agency sharing of such information.
We would appreciate it if the Justice Department and the CIA
would prepare joint letters to the House leadership and
Congressman Alexander from the Attorney General and the Director
of Central intelligence expressing the Administration's views on
the proposed amendment. The letters should address the
intelligence and law enforcement operational concerns with the
amendment, its constitutional and other legal flaws, and the
coat=ruing att=ars of tree Administration to combat international'
narcotics production and trafficking.
I will ask the Office of Management and Budget to expedite the
Circular A-19 clearance process for the letters to ensure that
they can be transmitted no later than September 6th.
cc: Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr.
Colin L. Powell
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