IMPACT OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
AND THE PRIVACY ACT ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

APRIL 5, 1979

Printed for the use of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1980

PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

(Established by H. Res. 658, 95th Cong., 1st Sess.)

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CONTENTS

Statement of:

Frank C. Carlucci, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence_.

Accompanied by Lyle L. Miller, Deputy Legislative Counsel, Central

Intelligence Agency; Ernest Mayerfeld, Chief, Freedom of Informa-

tion and Privacy Law Division, Office of the General Counsel,

Central Intelligence Agency; George Owens, Chief, Information and

Privacy Staff, Directorate of Administration, Central Intelligence

Agency; and Robert Owen, Information Review Officer, Directorate

of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency.

Daniel B. Silver, General Counsel, National Security Agency-

AFTERNOON SESSION

Thomas H. Bresson, Acting Chief, Freedom of Information Act Branch,

Records Management Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation_

Accompanied by Michael Hanigan, Assistant Security Chief, FOIA

Branch, Records Management Division, FBI; and Dennis Miller,

Unit Chief, Research Unit, Records Management Division, FBI.

APPENDIX

A. FBI Statistics Regarding Freedom of Information Act and Privacy

Act

B. FBI Proposals to Amend the Freedom of Informaton Act__

C. Statement of the Honorable Richardson Preyer__.

D. CIA Submission Regarding the Freedom of Information Act_.

E. The Freedom of Information Act---.

F. The Privacy Act..

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