CONCERNS REGARDING SAFE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R003300160019-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 21, 2005
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: March 21, 1980
• Content Type: MF

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21 March 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for National Foreign Assessment
Deputy Director for Administration
Director of Data Processing
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Concerns Regarding SAFE
1. One of the subjects addressed at the recent Science and
Technology Advisory Panel (STAP) meeting was the SAFE system and
its implementation. Several concerns were expressed at the meeting
regarding SAFE, including the fact that there are no plans at present
to connect CIA and DIA SAFE systems so that they are mutually accessible.
I share several of the concerns expressed by the Science and Technology
Advisory Panel, and accordingly would like to meet with you to address
several of the issues that were raised by the Panel. I attach for your
information and response a list of questions and concerns prepared by
the STAP relating to SAFE. While I would appreciate your being prepared
to address all of these questions at our meeting, I personally am
especially concerned about the following:
-- What actions are under way to ensure that the Intelligence
Community has access to CIA SAFE and that CIA SAFE has access to
DIA SAFE as well as such systems as COINS and
-- How will SAFE deal with open source material?
-- As described in some detail on page 3 of the STAP paper,
what actions are being taken to identify the real needs of the
SAFE user community and will they be satisfied by the system?
-- How can CIA make a reasonable evaluation of the current
status of SAFE with major portions of the proposed operational
capabilities either unspecified or not communicated to the
Agency?
CIA INTERNAL USAE
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2. I will schedule a meeting to discuss these issues toward the
end of next week. In'the meantime, I would appreciate your responding
to all of the questions in the attached paper and providing such responses
to me by the middle of next week for my use in preparation for the meeting.
CIA INTERNAL USE ONLY
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MEMO FOR: Deputy Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
Attached are my suggested alterations.....
(This package filed "DCI EYES ONLY")
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