ACTING DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89M00699R001701310034-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: August 14, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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14 August 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Executive Director
?_Director, Intelligence Community Staff
Deputy Director for Administration
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
General Counsel
Inspector General
Comptroller
Director, Office of Congressional Affairs
Director, Office of Public Affairs
Chairman, National Intelligence Council
Counselor to the DCI
Director, DCI/DDCI Executive Staff
Executive Secretary
Administrative Officer, DCI
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Acting Director of Central Intelligence
1. Both Mr. Gates and I will be absent 16-24 August. Mr. James H.
Taylor will serve as Acting Director of Central Intelligence for the
period 16-19 August. Mr. Evan Hineman, as the most senior Deputy
Director by date of appointment, will serve as Acting Director of Central
Intelligence beginning 20 August until the DDCI's return on 24 August.
2. The delegation of all authorities to the Executive Director and
the Deputy Director for Science and Technology excludes those reserved by
law as set forth in Attachment A. While serving as Acting DCI, these two
officers will neither assume the statutory office of the DCI nor accrue
powers of the office.
3. From 24-29 August, Mr. Gates will be Acting Director of Central
Intelligence and shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Director
as provided by the National Security Act.
William H. Webster
Attachments:
As stated
cc: Senior Duty Officer, Operations Center
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Authorities Not Delegated as a Matter of Law
1. The authority of the DCI to execute formal claims of states
secrets privilege. (See Reynolds v. U.S., 345 U.S. 1
(1953)).
2. The authority of the DCI to execute certifications under the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. (See 50 U.S.C. S 1801
and Executive Order 12139 dated 23 May 1979.)
3. Pursuant to Executive order 12333 as currently implemented by
procedures promulgated under Executive Order 12036, the
authorities of the DCI or DDCI which relate to intelligence
activities of the Central Intelligence Agency conducted
pursuant to Attorney teneral guidelines and subject to review
and approval of the Attorney General; such authorities
include:
? Authority of DCI to request Attorney General approval of
Central Intelligence Agency participation in foreign
counterintelligence activities conducted in the United
States (paragraph 1 of ? 1-805 Procedures).
? Authority of DCI to approve Central Intelligence Agency
participation in Federal Bureau of Investigation or
Department of Defense counterintelligence activities
conducted in the United States (paragraph 2 of S 1-805
Procedures).
? Authority of DCI to request Attorney General approval of
surreptitious and continuous electronic or mechanical
monitoring (paragraph 8 of ? 2-203 Procedures).
? Authority of DCI to request FBI to undertake surreptitious
and continuous electronic or mechanical monitoring
(paragraph 17 of ? 2-203 Procedures).
Authority of DCI to request Attorney General approval of
unconsented physical searches directed against United
States persons abroad (paragraph 11 of ? 2-204, 205
Procedures).
? Authority of DCI to request FBI to conduct a physical
search (paragraph 19 of ? 2-204, 205 Procedures).
Authority of DCI to approve each instance in which Agency
employees have undisclosed participation in an
organization within the U.S. in order to identify and
develop foreign nationals as sources or contacts
(paragraph 5.g of ? 2-207 Procedures).
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? Authority of DCI to approve categories of permissible
undisclosed participation (paragraph 8 o.f ? 2-207
Procedures).
? Authority of DCI to request Attorney General approval of
other types of undisclosed participation (paragraph 11 of
S 2-207 Procedures).
? Authority of DCI to request FBI to undertake electronic
surveillance in the United States (paragraph A.3 of ? 2-
208 Procedures).
? Authority of DCI to request Attorney General approval of
electronic surveillance (paragraph A.5 of S 2-208
Procedures).
? Authority of DCI to approve classes or categories of
covert procurement (paragraph 6 of ? 2-303 Procedures).
? Authority of DCI to request Attorney General approval to
assist federal, state or local law enforcement agencies
(paragraph 6 of S 2-309c Procedures).
Authority of DCI to designate subordinates to execute
various specified functions as specified in the Executive
Order 12036 Procedures (See, e.g., ? 2-206).
Authority of DCI to apply for Presidential exceptions to
the Executive Order 12036 Procedures.
4. Under Executive Order 12065, the authorities of the DCI which
relate to the classification of documents. Such functions
include:
? Authority of the DCI (or DDCI) to classify a document
after receipt of a request for such document under the
FOIA or Mandatory Review provisions of the Executive order
on classification. (See ? 1-606 of Executive Order
12065.)
Authority of the DCI to delegate Top Secret classification
authority (See ? 1-204 of Executive Order 12065.)
?
Authority
individual
of DCI to extend the classification period for
documents beyond twenty years (See S 3-401 of
Executive
Order 12065.)
?
Authority of the DCI to create a special access programs
to control particularly sensitive classified information
(See ? 4-201 of Executive Order 12065.)
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