RELEASE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION TO CONGRESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000100140002-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: REPORT

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RELEASE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION TO CONGRESS
1. I-low to control release of highly classified intelligence
information to Congress.
Z. How to ensure against false confirmation when the same
information is released to members of Congress and their staffs at
different levels of classification (e.g., when items of codeword
classification are sanitized and disseminated at a lower classification).
.B. Proposed Solutions
In no case will National Intelligence Estimates be
identified to members of Congress or Congressional Staffs
without the specific approval of the Director of Central
Intelligence. Statistics and judgments reached in National
Intelligence Estimates may be cited provided no specific
estimate is identified as the source, and subject to the
arrangements outlined below with respect to sensitive sources
or methods.
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a.. Intelligence briefings of members of Congress
or congressional staffs which involve sensitive sources or
methods, e. g. TKH, will be provided only after coordination
with the Director of Central Intelligence or his representative
or in accordance with guidelines which may be established by
the Director of Central Intelligence. (This does not apply to
AEC release of Restricted Data. )
b. In cases where departmental superiors of members
of the community wish to make such sensitive releases, every
effort will be made by the intelligence component concerned to
assure that the DCI is consulted in advance, bearing in mind
his statutory responsibility for protection.
3. False confirmation:
Whenever a member of the community briefs a member
of Congress or of a congressional staff on an item of codeword
classification, and such item is later sanitized and disseminated
at a lower classification with a differing source description,
it will be the responsibility of the original briefer to ensure that
the congressional representatives concerned are advised of the
true facts and warned against false confirmation.
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4. General:
It is suggested that all USIB members take a hard
look at the procedures within their own agencies for deter-
mining what intelligence information is passed to Congress.
C. Channels
My Legislative Counsel, Mr. John M. Maury, will serve
as my primary point of contact for the relationships envisaged above.
I encourage you to get in touch with me directly if you wish, or through
the legislative liason channel.
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