[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 21704]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09022]
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Notice of Decennial Review of Operational Files Designations
AGENCY: Central Intelligence Agency.
Authority: 50 U.S.C 3141
SUMMARY: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA or Agency) is soliciting
comments regarding the historical value of, or other public interest
in, the CIA files designated by the Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency (DCIA) pursuant to the CIA Information Act of 1984.
DATES: Comments must be received by 1 May 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments in writing to Joseph W. Lambert, Director,
Information Management Services, Central Intelligence Agency,
Washington, DC 20505, or by fax to (703) 613-3020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph W. Lambert, Director,
Information Management Services, Central Intelligence Agency, telephone
703-613-1379.
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The CIA Information Act of 1984, codified in section 3141 of title
50 of the United States Code, authorizes the DCIA to exempt operational
files of the CIA from the publication, disclosure, search, and review
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. The statute defines
operational files as:
1. Files of the National Clandestine Service that document the
conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence operations or
intelligence or security liaison arrangements or information exchanges
with foreign governments or their intelligence or security services;
2. Files of the Directorate of Science and Technology that document
the means by which foreign intelligence or counterintelligence is
collected through scientific and technical systems; and
3. Files of the Office of Security that document investigations
conducted to determine the suitability of potential foreign
intelligence or counterintelligence sources; except that files that are
the sole repository of disseminated intelligence are not operational
files.
The CIA Information Act of 1984 requires that, not less than once
every ten years, the DCIA shall review the exemptions in force to
determine whether such exemptions may be removed from any category of
exempted files or any portion thereof. The last review was completed in
April 2005. The following represents a summary of the general
categories of operational files that have been maintained within the
National Clandestine Service, the Directorate of Science and
Technology, and the Office of Security since the first decennial
review:
1. Files of the National Clandestine Service that document the
intelligence sources and methods associated with various operational
and foreign liaison activities, that document the conduct and
management of various operational and foreign liaison activities, and
that document the assessment of the viability of potential operational
and foreign liaison activities and potential intelligence sources and
methods;
2. Files of the Directorate of Science and Technology that document
the use of scientific and technical systems in the conduct of and in
support of various operational and intelligence collection activities;
3. Files of the Office of Security that document various aspects of
the investigations conducted to determine the suitability of potential
foreign intelligence or counterintelligence sources proposed for use in
various operational activities.
The CIA is in the process of conducting the 2015 decennial review
of its operational files to determine whether any of the previously
designated files, or portions thereof, can be removed from any of the
specified categories of exempted files. The CIA Information Act of 1984
requires that the decennial review ``include consideration of the
historical value or other public interest in the subject matter of the
particular category of files or portions thereof and the potential for
declassifying a significant part of the information contained
therein.'' In accordance with this requirement, the CIA hereby solicits
comments for the DCIA's consideration during the decennial review of
the CIA's operational files regarding the historical value of, or other
public interest in, the subject matter of these particular categories
of files or portions thereof described above and the relationship of
that historical value or other public interest to the removal of
previously designated files or any portions thereof from such a
classification.
Dated: April 15, 2015.
Joseph W. Lambert,
Director, Information Management Services, CIA.
[FR Doc. 2015-09022 Filed 4-17-15; 8:45 am]
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