SECURITY CLEARANCE FOR STAFF MEMBERS OF CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000500130014-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2001
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: May 19, 1971
• Content Type: MFR

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19 May 19 71
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Security Clearances for Staff Members of
Congressional Committees
Compartmented Clearances
1. By USIB agreement (USIB-D-9. 6/17, 18 May 1970) each USIB
agency grants its own compartmented clearances, including clearances
for congressional staff employees. The clearance is registered in the
index of the Compartmented Information Branch, (CIB), CIA. which is
a central facility to facilitate certification of clearances. The only
"control" the DCI has in the compartmented field is the overall allocation
of the number of clearances in the TKH system. This is done once a
year and all agencies have always been allotted more clearances than
needed.
2. Unfortunately, the indices are not always accurate. The
computer does malfunction and at times the information given by an
agency may be inaccurate or inaccurately recorded. So if a CIB index
check is ever negative and you are quite sure the person has a clearance,
do the following:
a. Check if the name given to you is accurate.
b. If you can determine which agency sponsored
the clearance, ask Security to check with that agency.
c. If the agency cannot be determined, request
Security to recheck the name through DOD indices.
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3. A compartmented clearance can be granted based on a
certification by Security that a person holds the clearance. The
clearance need not be reprocessed. The CIB index includes clear-
ances and access approvals for congressional and staff members
for:
a. COMINT (SI)
b. TALENT/KEYHOLD (TKH)
c. Projects
Top Secret and Secret
4. Clearances for TS and Secret for congressional staffers
are mostly in DOD indices which Security can verify.
Office of Security Point of Contact
5. All requests for certifying clearances are to be made
through the office (DD/Personnel Security, ext. 6428,
R9450).
Distribution:
Orig. - Subj.
1 - Chrono
OLC (19 May 1971)
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