OMNIBUS ANTI-TERRORISM ACT OF 1977

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• Publication Date: December 19, 1977
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
19 December 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Ambassador Heyward Isham
Director for Combatting Terrorism
Department of State
FROM . Cord Meyer, Jr.
Special Assistant to the Deputy Director
SUBJECT . Omnibus Anti-Terrorism Act of 1977
REFERENCE . Draft dated 12/16/77
1. (U) This memo is in response to your request for CIA-comments
on the changes and modifications recommended to Senator Ribicoff's bill,
"The Omnibus Anti-Terrorism Act of 1977" by the Executive Committee for
Combatting Terrorism.
2. (U) As we had noted in our previous memos to you, the exemp-
tion to the disclosure requirements in section 104 of the Ribicoff bill
is too narrowly drawn because sources and methods may be seriously
affected and compromised by an indirect danger or threat. We therefore
propose that the following language be added to section 104 (c) (2) on
page 14 to read:
"(2) directly or indirectly compromise a covert information
gathering program, project, task force, or source of informa-
tion; or"
3. (U) Although the definition of terrorism is an improvement
over that contained in the Ribicoff bill, the Committee might want to
consider the definition agreed to by the Special Coordinating Committee
and set forth in the proposed executive order to replace E.O.11905.
That definition reads as follows:
(f) International terrorist activities means any activity
which:
(1) involves:
(i) killing, causing serious bodily harm to,
or kidnapping one or more individuals, o,
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(ii) violent destruction of property, or
(iii) an attempt or credible threat to commit
acts specified in subparagraphs (i) or (ii) above; and
(2) appears intended to endanger a protectee of the
Secret Service or the Department of State or to further
political, social or economic goals by:
(i) intimidating or coercing a civilian population
or any segment thereof; or
(ii) influencing the policy of a government or
international organization by intimidation or coercion;
or
(iii) obtaining widespread publicity for a group
or its cause; and
(3) trancends national boundaries in terms of:
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(i) the means by which it is accomplished,
(ii) the civilian population, government, or
international organization it appears intended to
coerce or intimidate, or
(iii) the locale in which its perpetrators operate
or seek asylum.
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