CLASSIFICATION REVIEW PROCEDURE INFORMATION INDICATIVE OF QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP93B01194R000900010064-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 2002
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: August 8, 1979
• Content Type: REQ

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Classification Review Procedure CRP 79-33
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INFORMATION INDICATIVE OF QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES
1. A serious responsibility rests on every reviewer to be alert
during classification reviews of CIA material for any information on
activities which have been challenged as questionable, or which appear
to provide evidence of possible wrongdoing or of suggestions and recom-
mendations for actions which could have led to wrongdoing had they been
carried out. This may include information not only on actions readily
recognizable as potentially illegal, but also on any which the majority
of Americans might view as immoral, unethical, or reprehensible according
to present standards and beliefs. The Agency has been criticized for
alleged involvement in attempted assassinations, testing drugs on un-
witting subjects, seeking ways to affect human behavior (often referred
to under the umbrella cryptonym MKULTRA), mail censorship, operations
involving student organizations, and the operational use of American
journalists. n
2. Reviewers should be alert to information concerning such
activities as well as others which might also be considered questionable.
All such cases should be noted, even those involving recommendations
turned down and never implemented. This often happened, and in one
sense has a positive connotation for the Agency by demonstrating that
such ties were not acceptable as a policy matter even at the
time. u
3. If information concerning such activities is uncovered, CRD
must ensure that the responsible Directorate or Office is advised so
that action can be taken to notify senior Agency management and intel-
ligence oversight bodies as appropriate. Reviewers finding such infor-
mation, or having questions as to whether certain information might fit
within the defined categories, should bring it to the attention of the
Branch Chief representing the Directorate involved. Branch Chiefs will
be responsible for advising C/CRD and taking action as may be required
with the appropriate Directorate or other component. Should a document
requiring transmission to a component be found, the CRD Branch Chief
concerned will forward a copy thereof to that component and obtain a
receipt. ^
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Classification Review Procedure CRP 79-33
INFORMATION INDICATIVE OF QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES
1. A serious responsibility rests on every reviewer to be alert during
classification reviews of CIA material for any information on activities
which have been challenged as questionable, or which appear to provide
evidence of possible wrongdoing or of suggestions and recommendations for
actions which could have led to wrongdoing had they been carried out. This
may include information not only on actions readily recognizable as poten-
tially illegal, but also on any which the majority of Americans might view
as immoral, unethical, or reprehensible according to present standards and
beliefs. The Agency has been criticized for alleged involvement in attempted
assassinations, testing drugs on unwitting subjects, seeking ways to affect
human behavior (often referred to under the umbrella cryptonym MKULTRA),
mail censorship, operations involvincudent organizations, and the opera-
tional use of American journalists.
2. Reviewers should be alert to information concerning such activities
as well as others which might also be considered questionable. All such
cases should be noted, even those involving recommendations turned down and
never implemented. This often happened, and in one sense has a positive
connotation for the Agency by demonstrating that such activities were not
acceptable as a policy matter even at the time. Reviewers should be partic-
ularly alert to the following list of cryptonyms, names of companies, and
types of activity set forth below. While the great majority of activities
conducted by the Agency in these areas have been legitimate, information con-
cerning them is of special interest because of questions raised about them
in the past:
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3. If information concerning such activities is uncovered, CRD must
ensure that the responsible Directorate or Office is advised so that action
can be taken to notify senior Agency management and intelligence oversight
bodies as appropriate. Reviewers finding such information, or having
questions as to whether certain information might fit within the defined
categories, should bring it to the attention of the Branch Chief representing
the Directorate involved. Branch Chiefs will be responsible for advising
C/CRD and taking action as may be required with the appropriate Directorate
or other component. Should a document requiring transmission to a component
be found, the CRD Branch Chief concern will forward a copy thereof to
that component and obtain a receipt.
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