INTELLIGENCE STRUCTURE AND MISSION

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 22, 1977
• Content Type: MEMO

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Presidential Review Memorandum/IVSC- 11
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February 22, 1977
The Vice President
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
ALSO: The Secretary-of the Treasury
The Attorney General
Director, Office of Management and 1_3~udcet
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Administrator, Energy Research
and Development Administration
The US Representative to the United
Nations
SUBJECT: Intelligence Structure and Mission
I have directed that the NSC Special Cooraination Committee undertake
a comprehensive review of major foreign intelligence activities and the
organizational structure and functioning of the Intelligence Conununity.
This review will be undertaken in the following manner:
1. A subcommittee of the SCC under the direction of the Attorney
General shall review the adequacy of existing laws, Executive Orders,
National Security Council Intelligence Directives and Departmental
Directives, including:
-- Legal sanctions for the protection of sources and
methods and the issues raised by the Privacy Act and
Freedom of Information Act.
-- Legislation that both protects the civil rights of U. S.
persons and provides for appropriate collection of foreign
intelligence and counterintelligence through electronic and
physical surveillance, and
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The need for statutory charters for all foreign intelligence
agencies.
2. Under the direction of the Director of Central Intelligence, a
subcommittee of the SCC shall review the responsibilities and powers
of the Director of Central Intelligence in his role as Foreign Intelligence
Advisor to the President, central authority for the production of national
intelligence and manager of the national foreign intelligence program and
budget. This examination should include an analysis of the mechanisms
for:
-- planning, evaluating and improving the Intelligence
Community performance;
-- identifying intelligence requirements and tasking all
sources;
- processing, analyzing, producing and distributing
intelligence for anticipated activities, warning, crisis
support, current and estimative intelligence and net
assessments;
evaluating intelligence production performance.
3. Based on the foregoing analysis, the Special Coordination
Committee should undertake a complete assessment of Executive
Order 11905 in light of the experience gained over the last year,
including:
-- Evaluation of the performance, capacity and procedural
problems regarding the former Committee on Foreign
.Intelligence and Operations Advisory Group, as well as the
Office of the Director of Central Intelligence and the Intel-
ligence Community Staff to act as effective instruments for
control, direction and management of the Intelligence
Community.
-- An assessment of the role and effectiveness of oversight
organizations and the impact of Executive Order 11905
restrictions, and associated guidelines promulgated by the
Attorney General on foreign intelligence activities.
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~- A critique of existing definitions of mission, division
of responsibility and management relationships in terms
of organizational structure, efficiency and utility. All
elements of the National Intelligence Program (NFIP) and
Defense Intelligence activities corning under the cognizance
of the Director for Defense Intelligence should be included
as well as the roles of the National Foreign Intelligence
Board and the DCI interagency committee structure.
-- An analysis of national counterintelligence policies and
coordinating mechanisms.
This assessment should present alternative options for dealing with
the above issues. These options should address, but need not be
limited to:
-- Preserving and improving present arrangements under
Executive Order 11905, as amended.
-- A-1ding to the line of authority of the Director of Central
Intelligence over national intelligence collection programs,
-- Separating the role of the Director of Central Intelligence
as community manager from the role of the Director of
Central Intelligence.
-- Separating Central Intelligence analysis and production
from all collection, operational and intelligence- related
research and development activities.
The final report should be completed by June 1, 1977.
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