SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE PROCEDURES AND WORKLOAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00983A001500090018-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 6, 2005
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: September 3, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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3 September 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR.: George L. Cary
FROM:
SUBJECT:
7 7- 0337
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Procedures and Workload
1. In preparation for your conversation with Bill Miller regarding the
Committee's establishing some reasonable procedures for requesting informa-
tion and documents,= has asked me to forward my views regarding how
things have developed thus far as well as my ideas for optimum Committee,
as well as office, procedures.
2. It is apparent that many in the Agency are becoming exasperated
at the number, depth, and apparently lack of inter-Committee coordination
of Committee requests. I certainly agree that things could be better, but I
am confident they will as soon as the Committee is fully organized. I think
we must realize that the Committee is going through a trial and error formula-
tion stage and we cannot expect them to be as fully organized as for example
the Appropriations Committees which have been around for generations. It
seems to me the Committee is making a concerted effort to make a break. with
the attitudes and practices of the Church Committee; as a result that Committee's
procedures do not offer them a great deal of guidance. According to a list
supplied me by Ben Marshall yesterday, the Committee now has 31 employees.
I believe their goal is between 40 and 50, and until they reach their goal
there will be a considerable shuffling of assignments and general confusion.
Once everybody is on board and has definite assignments, I believe the
present confusion will ameliorate.
3. Following is a rundown on the organization and work of the
Subcommittees thus far:
A. Subcommittee on Intelligence and Rights of Americans -
The activities of this Subcommittee thus far have been entirely
devoted to the wiretap legislation, S. 3197. Senator Bayh is
Chairman of this Subcommittee; his designee, Tom Connaughton,
has not yet even been cleared. Mike Epstein, Senator Hathaway's
designee, will also be a pivotal staff man on this Subcommittee.
Now that the wiretap legislation has been reported from the
Committee, I expect this Subcommittee to begin organizing on
their modus operandi.
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B B. Subcommittee on Budget Authorization - I discussed tins
Subcommittee's work at length the other clay with George Pickett.
He believes he will be the only permanent staff man ass. ned o ally
to this Subcommittee's work. Assisting him will be 25X1
a consultant basis (Pickett expressed very high regard or 25X1
and the designees of the Subcommittee members. The designees ar
Mike I pstein (Ser_ator Iiat}'a