COVERING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE MISSTEPS WERE PINPOINTED IN THE PAST.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000800070049-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 23, 2001
• Sequence Number: 49
• Content Type: NOTES

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r`'cov mrirag aac.h anu t+veary one oY the areas where missteps Were pinpointed in the past.
The special interest of this. subcommittee, Madam Chairwoman, concerns
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the collection and use of Agency information on American citizens and permanent resident
aliens. It is my belief that the June 1975 Report to the President y the
Commission on CIA Activities Within the United States covers this matter quite
thoroughly in Chapter 18, "Indices and Files on American Citizens.
That chapter recognizes: first, "that the.collection of information about
people is a major function of the CIA; " second, "the collection of information
about a person who may be American citizens is largely incidental to collecting
information about people generally; " third, the need of the Agency to possess
information on "individuals suspected of working on behalf of a hostile intelli-
gence service and persons of interest as actual or potential sources of
information or assistance; " and fourth, the need for information on U. S.
citizens who enter into some type of relationship with the Agency and in,
connection with the need to grant or deny security clearances before access
to classified Agency information is approved.
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