S. 3418, FEDERAL PRIVACY BOARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76M00527R000700130025-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2001
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: May 14, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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CONFIDENTIAL
14 May 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR: Special Assistant to the ADDO
SUBJECT S. 3418, Federal Privacy Board
1. The Agency would appear to be exempt from subject
bill under the provision (Sec. 202) which states that
"The provisions of this title shall not apply
to personal information systems --
(1) to the extent that information in such
systems is maintained by a Federal agency, and
the head of that agency determines that the
release of the information would seriously
damage national defense."
2. A blanket exception for the Agency under Sec. 202
assumes, of course, that our foreign intelligence operations,
including covert action, are directly related to "national
defense." If there is doubt, the point could be clarified by
adding the phrase "or foreign intelligence efforts of the
United States" to paragraph 1 of. Sec. 202. If this exception
were not operable, the consequences of the proposed legis-
lation would be devastating to the Directorate of Operations
and the Agency.
Chief, Information Services Group
CONFIDENTIAL
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