WHAT COULD WE DO TO STRENGTHEN THE ESPIONAGE ACT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05T00644R000601740009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 4, 1977
• Content Type: MEMO

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41~AY 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: General Counsel
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
1. What could we do to strengthen the Espionage Act to
make it feasible to prosecute people for "industrial espionage"
as opposed to pure military espionage?
2. I've heard it stated that under the Espionage Act
we could convict people for sending information to a potential
enemy about the disposition of military forces but that we
could not prosecute for sending information about the charac-
teristics of new weapon systems, etc.
STAT
_.' ANS IELD TURNER
~..A~miral, U.S. Navy
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