MEMO TO (Sanitized) FROM MR. ROBERT CARLSTROM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000800040005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 20, 1975
• Content Type: MEMO

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8/20/75
Attached for your consideration
are Justice's comments on your
proposed reports on H.R. 61 and
S. 1428.
Please advise ,,ii'
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Honorable James T. Lynn
c tor
ice of Management and Budget
Washington, Y -,.C. 20503
Dear Mr. . Lynn
Thi? is in response to your request for the views of
the Department of Justice on the proposed report of the
CIA on S. 1428, criminal justice privacy legislation.
In its report the CIA expresses concern that it might
be covered by the definition of 'criminal justice agency'
in S. 1428 although this is not the intention of the legis-
lation. It also expresses concern that the legislation
would deprive it of access to necessary criminal justice
information.
As the CIA notes, it was not the intent of the bill
affect that agency's foreign intelligence functions.
the language of the bill suggests that this is the
case, the Department would have no objection to amending
However, we do not believe that all of the amendments
gssted in the CIA memorandum attached to the report
are necessary or desirable.
CIA has proposed amending the definition of 'crimm inal
justice" to expressly exclude foreign intelligence collection.
n our view, such an amendment would confuse rather than
ify the scope of the bill and is unnecessary to accomplish
objective sought. CIA also requests that section 204
be amended to add a new provision expressly authorizing
agencies to provide criminal justice information to that
agency. We have no objection to such a provision although
we note that under the terms of the bill as now written,
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a could be accomplished by Executive Order. Finally,
CIA proposes to add a provision to section 103(b) expressly
excluding information relating to foreign intelligence
from the scope of the Act. We have no objection to this
provision.
Subject to the above camaents, we have no objection
to the proposed report of the CIA.
Sincerely,
ichael M. Uhlmann
Assistant Attorney General
office of Legislative Affairs
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