Background for Meeting with Director, Information Security Oversight Office

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25X1 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 U UNCLASSIFIED U -1 "1 StKNAL ONLY U CONFIDENTIAL U SECRET' Approved For F Q&Wr6/ M : M 6 ff R000300120001-3 SUBJECT: (optional) Background for Meeting with Mr. Michael T. Blouin, Director, Information Security Oversight Office FROM: Don I. Wortman EXTENSION NO. ut De Director for Administration y p 7D-24, Hqs. DATE TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building) DATE OFFICER'S COMMENTS (Number eoch comment to show from whom RECEIVED FORWARDED INITIALS to whom. Draw a line across column offer each comment.) DDCI 4110 The attachecl is background for your meeting on 2l June with 2. Mr.. Blouin, Director, IS00. It lso recommends that you affirm the position we have taken to 3? date with respect to ISOO's DGT', request for on-site inspection of classified documents. In 4? essence, our position has been that we need to work out pro- cedures and a schedule for such 5. a review. We also recommend that you reaffirm the need for the third-agency rule. 6. - The DDCI was made aware of and 'approved of the position 7. taken with respect to CL4 material at INS outlined on page 4 of the attachment to the memorandum. 8. OGC has seen and approves of the position taken herein. 9. 10. t Vi t 0. n S 12. 13. h lti 14. 15. FORM 3-62 610 uSEDITIONSSU SECRET ^ CONFIDENTIAL ^ USE ONLY ^ UNCLASSIFIED AT SEC ;E T Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300 19 JUN 1979 ME?DRANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence VIA: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence FROM: Don I. Wortman Deputy Director for Administration SUBJECT: Background for Meeting with Mr. Michael T. Blouin, Director, Information Security Oversight Office 1. Action Requested: See paragraph 4. 2. Background: You are tentatively scheduled to meet with Mr. Michael T. Blouin, Director, Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), on Thursday, 21 June, at 1645 hours. It is our understanding that he wants to discuss with you compartmentation systems and the third-agency rule. Attached hereto is a background paper on general CIA relationships with ISOD. is forwarding separately a memorandum and draft letter on Agency compliance with E.O. 12065 with respect to special access programs. 3. Staff Position: a. As you can see from the attached paper, Air. Blouin is unhappy with the third-agency rule when applied to ISOO activities. He and his staff are inexperienced and somewhat naive and must be handled in a manner which is based on procedures agreed to and understood in advance. While E.O. 12065 grants you the authority to refuse ISOO access where such "would pose an exceptional national security risk," it is more in our interest to work with and educate dir.. Blouin and his staff. When we have stood firm with Mr. Blouin in the past, we have found he will back off and try to work things out.. We feel we can work out procedures that will allow access to most of our material without jeopardy to sources and methods. b. Mr. Blouin may also ask about our systematic classification review pro am of material 20 years of age or older. In that regard, we have dedicated to this review but, even so, at the current rate it will take us 45 years to review the material E.O. 12065 gives us until 1988 to review. In this connection, you recently signed a letter to Mr. Blouin requesting a waiver of the UNCLASSIFIED on S paratod From :nclo3ure Approved For Release 2006/04/19? ~ P86-00674R000300120001-3 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 time limits on a second review required to be conducted 10 years after the first review. We are exploring, several ways which will allow us to better cope with the tremendous effort E.O. 12065 requires. 4. Recommendation: I recommend that in your meeting with Mr. Blouin you: a. Confirm our desire to cooperate; b. Enlist his help in working out procedures which will allow him to satisfy his needs while at the same time offer protection for sensitive material; and c. Reaffirm the wisdom of and necessity for the third-agency rule. I also recommend that be invited to the meeting. He is the Agency officer responsible for implementation of E.O. 12065 requirements. He is also the officer responsible for dealing'with-IS00. His presence at the meeting will help convince Mr. Blouin that you approve of the position we have taken with ISOO to date. DON WORTMAN Attachment: a/s Distribution: Original - Addressee w/att 1 - DDCI w/att 1 - ER w/att 1 - OGC w/att 1 - SA/ a/att 1 - DDA Subject w/att 1 - DDA Chrono- ?1 - 'ISS '-Subject w/att 1 - TI-IWV Chrono C/ISS/DDA: ydc (18 Jun 79) 2 Approved For Release 2006/q4.1 AA:. RDP86-006748000300120001-3 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 BACKGROUND ON INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE (ISOO) The responsibilities and authorities of ISOO are set forth in E.O. 12065 (Tab A) which took effect 1 December 1978. This Executive order is, essentially, the Executive branch's guidance on the classi- fication and declassification of information. Section. 5-2 creates ISOO and sets forth its responsibilities and authorities. Among those are: 1. To oversee Agency actions to ensure compliance with E.O. 12065; 2. To review all Agency implementing actions and guidelines for systematic declassification reiriew;-" 3. To have the authority to conduct on-site reviews of the Information Security Program of each agency covered; and 4. To require of each agency such reports, information, and other cooperation as necessary. The order further provides that the NSC shall provide overall policy direction for implementing E.O. 12065 and also sets forth procedures for appealing to the NSC decisions of the Director of ISOO. II. DIRECTOR, ISOO AND STAFF E.O. 12065 places responsibility for implementing and monitoring programs under the order on the Administrator of General Services but further specifies that this responsibility shall be delegated to an Information Security Oversight Office. A. Director, ISOO 1. The Director is appointed by the Administrator of General Services, subject to approval by the President. The person that has been appointed as Director is Michael T. Blouin, a 33-year-old former two-term Congressman from Iowa who was defeated for reelection last year. Mr. Blouin graduated from Loras College in Lebuque, Iowa, in 1966 with a bachelors degree in political science. Prior to being elected to U:1CLASSIFIED Whorl Separated From Enclosure - Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 S EC lT Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 Congress, he was an elementary school teacher, an advertising consultant, and served terms in the Iowa House of Representa- tives and Senate. 2. Shortly after taking office, Mr. Blouin visited a number of Federal installations in the southeast part of the U.S. Upon returning from this trip, he met with a member of the media and made the following comments which appeared in a UPI ticker in late March. The article (Tab B) makes the statement that Mr. Blouin "is the only man in the U.S. - - except for his boss at the White House -- with the right to read every Government document, no matter how secret." The article also quotes Mr. Blouin as saying, "It's scary having all that power-" and that he can "walk into any Government office anywhere in the world, read anything I want -- no matter how secret -- and order it declassified." The article also attributes to Mr. Blouin the following: "I'm basically an open-Government man. If I err, I prefer erring in favor of openness." "The biggest single hurdle I have to clear is one of ego. You're not a kingpin anymore." I 3. On 19 April during an overview briefing given by Agency personnel, Mr. Blouin made the statement that his primary objective in his new job is "to make President Carter look good prior to the elections in 1980." He likes to refer to alleged close contacts in the White House. Mr. Blouin has a staff of 14 people, some of whom worked for the predecessor organization, the Interagency Classification Review Committee. The remainder have been culled from a number of places. His close, confidential assistant is John Forkenbrock, Mr. Blouin's legislative assistant from 1975 to 1977 who later worked as a staff member on the House Committee on Education and Labor on which Mr. Blouin sat. III. ISOO APPROACH TO RESPONSIBILITIES Soon after the appointment of Mr. Blouin as Director in. early 1979 and the formation of his staff, it became clear that, except for a couple of exceptions, Mr. Blouin and staff lacked overall knowledge of the responsibilities and functions of many principal Government agencies. More importantly, it became clear that they had little experience in the field of classification of information. As a result, the Agency invited Mr. Blouin and his chief staff people out to the Agency for overview briefings. It was hoped that during 2 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : Cl -RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 SECRET Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 these briefings the procedures that IS00 would follow in fulfilling its responsibilities would become clear. Such was not the case. While we now know a little more about how they plan to accomplish their task, there-are many aspects which remain to be determined. Two important steps they plan to take are on-site review of classi- fied material and the preparation of a report. A. On-site Review On 12 April, Mr. Blouin sent a letter to approximately 80 agencies setting forth a schedule of on-site inspections that Blouin hoped to accomplish over a period of 6 months. When we received the letter, we made informal inquiries to determine what IS00 wanted to see, the reasons therefor, and what procedures they would follow. We were dismayed to learn that ISOG had developed no procedures. It was indicated to us that about all they had discussed was that they would ask for access to the building, would pop into any offices which seemed interesting, and would ask to have safes opened at random and be allowed to review the contents thereof. On 19 April, we invited Mr. Blouin to work with us to develop a set of procedures which would ensure that he could satisfy his responsibilities while at the same time would also ensure that the DCI could fulfill his responsibilities for protecting sources and methods as required by the National Security Act of 1947 and the CIA Act of 1949. We also advised Mr. Blouin that there was some material in CIA that was extremely sensitive which we did not feel he would have a need to review. No such suggestions were forthcoming from ISOO. As a result, on 13 June, at our request, two CIA officers met with Mr. Blouin and his staff and for the first time were able to discuss, tentatively, procedures which would satisfy the concerns of both parties. While there is considerable detail left to be determined, we feel we have a good start towards a meeting of the minds. B. ISOO's Report ISOO plans to issue an unclassified report relating its findings during the on-site reviews of the 80 agencies. (The on-site inspections will be accomplished by five ISOO staffers.) In their report, ISOO intends to cover the following: -regulations; interviews with classifiers; the Agency declassification program; physical security; and any problems which may arise. Their report is to follow Congressional committee reporting format. Blouin hopes that his report will convince everyone, including GAO, that IS00 has been everywhere and seen everything and that the classification process is not being used to cover up inappropriate activities. Approved For Release 2006/04/193: CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 P 'ET Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 As mentioned above, ISOO is just now beginning to cooperate with us to outline appropriate procedures for on-site inspections. In the meantime, ISOO staffers have been to other agencies conducting on-site inspections. During the inspections at Treasury and INS, the third- agency rule was invoked with respect to C Lk material. V. CIA EFFORTS TO WORK WITH ISOO From the beginning, we have approached ISOO in a spirit of cooperation while at the same time attempting to impress upon them the sensitive nature of our activities and records relating thereto. We have arranged several briefings to help Mr. Blouin and company more fully understand CIA's activities. We have tried to impress upon them that we felt procedures could be worked out that would enable them to fulfill their responsibilities and at the same time would allow us to Approved For Release 2006/04/194: CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 SECRET Kr* }ann Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 protect sensitive intelligence sources and methods- However, we have insisted that before any on-site inspections can, be performed we need to work out an understanding as to what they want to see, how they will use any knowledge they gain, how they will protect sensitive intelligence matters, and how they will handle their reports and notes, etc. We have also conveyed to dir. Blouin and company that these pro- cedures must be worked out for review of CIA material. regardless of whether it is physically located in CIA or in the custody of some other agency. Once procedures are set, we believe we can allow them to review a large majority of CIA holdings. 5 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 SECRET '1 .th 1'q r S (,t Ap?proved}g6r.Klaaj0 06/D47 2OIA3R[)I86-00674R0A03A0120001-3 AD!t FO, -.,^r1T) 0 I::i C}I ter:-25 G 1i2,r1 .U (C3O-?'~CTC') "IT'S SC,.:Y Hr",'; I'?G ALL' TI{f:T PO7Z i SID: :T'j SLC:'_EGY 4;'i~~C}IIIOG BY S T I:'.T I''LL' YY' I . : ?? .. .? ?+t ? . !'T ? . .r r+ r ?< r ::.Sr.~ TOT CUP!) -.. ? 0 A T fiI NIGHT Iii I:l.. C} I I I.T ELC)JI.I I}:?O?L G0' ?A % -' :-`.T CAR 1::70* ='L0 .I" .rJ.,'S PT.T.ICt, c '? r (1::C:~L' s ? C} - ':_C,.~D T 7I (.Iii{ 1 i,:" JGJS co :':.if: vLr.:Z P!D P1.OCE:D_7'D 10 PLO.i T'INROU:..i PILS OF DP .,~C t :'ICES. Lt TER Tf A T (%--~i'. HE FUI?3LED P.~''T Tt SE"'T::Y- POST AT A tTEST PALS ACS is 'L B,L' TPAI-P*D I!:TO T L T!':.TALL.r.TIO: T::=G=;~::::?.LED DOCU; =': T VAULT A .:D PULLED OUT SE:S ITIVZ FILES ON I,i;SI{-ii USiL ~:F.APO:IS "STS I'! T::: CARIBEEA'I. - 1! 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STAFF PROHIBITED FROii E VF.;: D1SCy3SI:IG S,''SITIVE' IOCU;?:-- , TS . UITH I;. "I T VAS A.--H'?ARD AT FIRST," KE SAID. "(TE' D BE' TAL'-;I?.C ABOUT SOME R:ODLEI?I A';D I' D ASI: F Oa A:! E\A11PL=. BUT EVERY 0:E Ti?EY Tr:OUGHT OF t.'AS CLASSIFIED SO THEY COULD':'T T LL IZ AT=OUT IT." ?' - BL0'JIS '1 :OU?LES t'- -11 `T 6V ER HIS C I EA r:''GE F INALI.Y CAN T ROUGH AT T::E START OF t~.i:CH. HE STILL HAD TO DEAL UI TH THE - EEIiI!lGLY E';DL SS FED TAI... IT I V:.'! ;:.n A TYP..~'i I (;'"1S A CO'IG:':=SS ' L'?~ ALL T HAD TO 110 C LL 7 CA LLAA DOZ='.;AFL S C?SOJUS Tr1TO FI.:D OUTTWHAT~F0Ri;r I HAVE TO FILL OUT JJST TO AS:, F02 A T:'PEr?'EI TLS?." BLOUIN. A' LTDi?J,L DE::OC.'A T' V'-'10 LOST HIS HOUSE SEAT TO A' BJDCE T-CU TI`.+G REPUZLICA'! I" t'Ol~,-:3E?. SU-VEYEID IS SPARTAN 07FICE f'?2 T:E SIA'TH F LGOR' OF GE';E.R.'` T S`' VICES A";;I`.'IST :ATIO'I 't EADOUARTE RS. "IT'S HU:3LI'+G TO FE PAT OF T:.E BLEACD!:rY I;E SAID; ProPFED ON A_S;'Oi::1._ a^.G;^!, A :TLFICIAL ,LEATHER~CHALR. "THE IGG T".SI`:GL I-:URDLr r I HAV_.':.TOL, CLEA . IS 0' OF-EC0. YOU'RE t:OT.;`.A-KT':a?I':' INY BLOUIN HAS 0''E Or T} :. TO'=,= JOBS I (:AS}iI`:GTO:: -- TO FIND A :?'AY M CUT DO N 0 THE ESTI TED HU.:DR-DS OF MILLIO':S OF DOCU: NT$ CLASSIFIED S:=.CRET' BY DOZENS OF GOV_?'_:7''T AGENCIES. . "I THI"' L " - ; ' CAN f A A DENT IN IT HE SAID. BUT THIS TIHING IS SO THAT IT VILL PROBABLY TAKE A DECADE 0? TWO TO REALLY TIPN' YT Anirin." - 1 , . - Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RQP86-00674RO90300120001-3 t C..~ I': Ci.!".:/:)I: I,7I', 1 ,'? i i. G: TJ CUT t-rIyvt UJJJ 1 E'rC:'.,c ' 1.''D ,t.r. .2 1.Y' l CLA ('? J I.-.=^..,~n`t1.-. .. ., .. ~'l' .' Ir t 1 10 ~~:~f~Rl F'.;1 i !F. i prbv~c# brsi~eTeas~ b06Z64L E~ :'/CIIAt'l ,$ =0~T67? RUSO OPCh OQO 3 L T,~: TI~;.TII'. ^f'?:i 11:S C1:D: T T.: CIr'~ ....D F' Z' IAGG:' Or r", t: I U icl: U'c' i} t ? TriE GAO SAID THE E,G :'CT S C LL.- I ='YI'=G '0:1LY~ 'i.5 MILLIJ`I I:. 1977 KE AC1UT'.L 1'U,2 "COLLD ?? n.+,.. F '..:.. .T ~ :.UT T" .._,~ 1~:et_:u ^Lf^C; 7t? i~:ILLIO:F TJ 1'60 CG::T"':7_,1I';G "Tf;' PU::LIC IS E:.:TITLrD TO =':.O:T Al 1;:.1C?f Ei5 t'~iSIF'F~." MR 77P ISS"UrD A t:-t-[; P. SID=:~ T IAL O I;ER LAST SJ:::::r? TO D E rY EMT FILIAL' Pr.?E::S I:: SI:: YEARS. ELOUI';, t:?:O:~L' 103 t.'f S CF: LT D BY THE Ct?',T=:? Qa1r'? Grt-rATLY /CREED l: I T:! THE_ GAO REPORT AND VOUED TO 1.:-AVZ IF hE COUL11:' T Ir:Pa_OVE I-CE S ITUA T X01?. - - "YOU 'D:'.' T FI`?'D 1,:E DETE; IDP G ANY A E'JEL'S " HE SA III. "i4Y J0113 IS TO ID SOIZZT.iIi:C ABOUT T- t . AND IF I DO::' T SUCCEED I'LL QUIT." z. BLOUI DOVE L .:E ^t' T-LE t'O'I.D '_READ NO I,.4Ti~.R , KO:~ SLG ? Q3D..3, 31 DECKA., BUT T.'EFE'S- 0"E CATC'-' AND ;.?- ., ~,, .IT'S A ^c TG 0':' ? TIO.AT SEC1J ITY CoJ:.CiL c,,: 0;=? ULS A.-FY o=' VIS 02D_ns.T IN ADDITIO HIS wy50, 000-A,-`ir E:1 B JGET F-:G I:3E3 FO 0-.-T7 A STAF F 5 -- EI'' CF 1 A . 'a'CJLE A...:~' FOR T:~r :! =::L L JOB OT S A`: :;S Of CL '_3SIf Ir.D DOCU:,~:ITS FOR An-USES. ~E t ' LL. O 'MY FI'..'D S 0' I':G B LIIU CO:CE JED. "BUT T E ,CT.S I:r1VE TO },^.'0r' I:~?%z. LOO'r:I:.:G OVER T,;-1.!P, SHOULD .RS 02 THEY I0,1'T FOLLO'T T:-:E P::ESIDT'S G:'.DER." BLOUI:;' '~"? BLUE' t_2._S D~.?TIi:G DO:: A LIST Or' ~0'? ,-AL Tn r!.ey .r-.. T1 T. FOR HIS AN O I; cT IC; ' r , C y Sr.I D };E E L1t"Os - '' i Ds.Y : S L._I ,~ .,... I, t o T_.. 5 CALL FOR. , C.. 0 - -r,-. I: GOV .?;T. Sri t,A',T TO I'~%F;E SURE THAT L'HAT't:L'pE P..0_ECTS'"G IS t:TORTH F.OTyCTI';G" L_. SAID. "I- DON'T '.*A ':T TO SEE ~VI G- USED FOR S`LF--P: ES;r ti t,TIO::. I' ,i'"EA,S ICALLY. A?J o?'r.V-C0V' R?t:;;EFcT I'IAir'. IFZ ERR F:EF#R IN FAVOR= OF OPEN;Y ADV'FO t:^E}',r.:~D OF F:ARCH' 2!~-25 OR TEEREAF TER - - UPI 03-I9 09:5: 0011% ~, Approved For Release 2006/44rCIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 2 5 riA'( 1979 Mr. Leon Ulman Deputy Assistant Attorney General Office of Legal Counsel Room 5131 Department,of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 Mr. Michael T. Blouin, Director, Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) requests that he be provided a briefing on the Iirnigration and Naturalization Service (INS) on June 19, 1979 at 10:00 a.m. Accompanying Mr.-B-1orrin will be Mr. John Forkenbrock,Confidential Assistant and Mr. Robert.W,Wells, Deputy Director, IS00. tir. Blouin STAT would appreciate a briefing on the organization, function and security procedures of the INS. He would also like to review some of the Mr. Bernard Gattozzi has been contacted regarding the proposed visit. The above ISOO members have been granted Top Secret, SI and TK access clearances. The TS access clearances may be verified through General Services Administration (GSA) Security and the other access through normal channels. Proper credentials will also be carried by the visitors. Sincerely, ROBERT W. WELLS Deputy Director On File GSA Release Instructions Apply Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 25X1 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP86-00674R000300120001-3