MINUTES OF 1 NOVEMBER 1977 MEETING

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• Publication Date: November 1, 1977
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DCI/TC 77-6378
1 November 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Members, Intelligence Definitions
Working Group
Office of Policy and Planning
Intelligence Community Staff
SUBJECT: Minutes of 1 November 1977 Meeting
1. A summary of the 1 November 1977 meeting of
the Intelligence Definitions Working Group is attached
for your information. Also attached is a complete list
of definitions approved by the Group to date. The list
includes the definitions modified by the proposed Execu-
tive Order steering group for inclusion in the "Huddleston
List of 26," currently out to NFIB members for comment.
2. The next meeting of the Working Group will be-
gin at 0930, Tuesday, 8 November 1977, CHB Room SS09.
Attachments
As stated
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MINUTES OF THE INTELLIGENCE
DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP
1, I reviewed the four definitions
selected by the drafters of the new Executive Order to
replace those previously selected by the Working Group.
He also noted changes in two other definitions which were
made peremptorily by the E.O. drafters. These, and the
remainder of the Huddleston 26, are out to NFIB for
comment by 4 November 1977. The six altered definitions
are attached hereto (Attachment 1).
2. The Working Group reviewed the candidate defini-
tions requested by the National/Tactical Interface Study
Group. The 17 Group-approved definitions are shown in
the integrated list at Attachment 2. One definition--
CDIP-- was set aside by the Chairman for further clarifi-
cation. Also attached (Attachment 3) is a list of Acro-
nyms and Abbreviations associated with the terms approved
by the Working Group as of this date.
3. noting the absence of the
Treasury representative, again deferred two definitions
on the NIO list until the Treasury proposals could be
considered as well. He announced that the agenda for the
next meeting would include a clean-up of the NIO list,
the DIA list, the CIA list, and a new CIA definition of the
term "DCI," to wit:
DCI: The Director of Central Intelligence
iss the President's principal foreign intelli-
gence advisor appointed by him with the consent
of the Senate to be the head of the Intelli-
gence Community and of the Central Intelligence
Agency and to discharge those authorities and
responsibilities as they are prescribed by law
and by Presidential directives
4. A list of attendees is appended. The next meet-
ing of the Working Group will begin at 0930 on 8 November
1977.
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EXECUTIVE ORDER DEPN171DNS NDRKI"IG G~QUP DEFINITIONS
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE (FI): The product of collection, processing and
analysis of information relating to the capabilities, intentions and
activities for foreign powers, organizations or persons, but not in-
cluding foreign counterintelligence except for information on interna-
tional terrorist activities.
FOREIGN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE: Information gathered and activities conducted
to protect against espionage and other clandestine intelligence activities,
sabotage, international terrorist activities or assassinations conducted
for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations or persons, and activities
conducted abroad to protect national security information and its means of
collection from detection by or disclosure to foreign powers, organizations
or persons, but not including personnel, physical, document, or communica-
tions security programs.
INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTIVITIES: Any activities which
(1) involve:
(a) killing, causing serious bodily harm to or kidnapping one or
more individuals, or
(b) violent destruction of property, or
(c) an attempt or credible threat to commit acts specified in sub-
paragraphs (a) or (b) above; and
(2) appear intended to endanger a protectee of the Secret Service or
the Department of State or to further political, social or econo-
mic goals by:
(a) intimidating or coercing a civilian population or any
segment thereof, or
(b) influencing the policy of a government or international
organization by intimidation or coercion, or
(c) obtaining widespread publicity for a group or its cause; and
(3) transcends national boundaries in terms of:
(a) the means by which it is accomplished,
(b) the civilian population, government or international organi-
zation it appears intended to coerce or intimidate, or
(c) the locale in which its perpetrators operate or seek asylum.
COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY (COMSEC): The protection resulting from measures
taken to deny unauthorized persons information derived from the national
security-related communications of the United States Government and to
ensure the authenticity of such telecommunications.
SENT TO NFIB FOR COMMENT BY 4 NOV. 77
INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES: Those activities specifically
excluded from the National Forei n Intelligence Pro gram which respond
to departmental or agency tasking for time-sensitive information on
foreign activities; respond to national Intelligence Community advisory
tasking of collection capabilities which have a primary mission to
support departmental or agent missions or operational forces; train
personnel for intelligence duties; or are devoted to research and de-
velopment of intelligence or related capabilities.
COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE (COMINT): Technical and intelligence in-
formation derived from intercept of foreign communications by other
than the intended recipients. COMINT does not include the monitoring
of foreign public media nor the intercept of oral or written communi-
cation obtained during the course of foreign counterintelligence in-
vestigations within the United States.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE (FI): The product of collection, processing, and
analysis of foreign intelligence information relating to the national
security, to the foreign relations or economic interests of the United
States by a government agency that is assigned an intelligence mission.
with its resultant
FOREIGN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE: 'Intelligence activity,
product, devoted to countering the effectiveness of foreign intelli-
gence activities and undertaken to protect the security of the United
States, its personnel, information and installations against espionage,
sabotage, and terrorism. Foregin counterintelligence does not Include
personnel, physical, document, or communications security programs.
INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTIVITIES: Terrorism is the calculated use of
violence, or the threat of violence, to attain political goas through
fear, intimidation or coercion. It usually involves a criminal act,
often symbolic in nature, and is intended to influence an audience be-
yond the immediate victims. International terrorism is terrorism
transcending national boundaries in the carrying out of the act, the
purpose of the act, the nationalities of the victims, or the resolution
of the incident. These acts are usually designed to attract wide pub-
licity in order to focus attention on the existence, cause, or demands
of the perpetrators.
COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY (COMSEC): The protection resulting from the
application of any measures taken to deny unauthorized persons informa-
tion of value which might be derived from telecommunications or to en-
sure the authenticity of such telecommunications.
WORKING GROUP DEFINITIONS
INTELLIGENCE- RELATED ACTIVITIES: Those military activities,
specifically excluded from the Consolidated Defense Intellinence
Program, which respond to operational commanders' tasking for
time-sensitive information on foreign activities; respond to na-
tional Intelligence Community advisory tasking of systems whose
primary mission is to support operating forces; train personnel
for intelligence duties; or are devoted to research and develop-
ment of intelligence or related capabilities. Intelligence-
related activities do not include programs which are so closely
integrated with a weapon systm that their primary function is to
provide immediate data for targeting purposes.
COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE (COMINT): Technical and Intelligence
information derived from intercept of foregin communications by
other than the intended recipients. COMINT does not include the
monitoring of foreign public media nor the intercept of oral or
written communication intercepted during the course of foreign
counterintelligence investigations within the United States.
(This is a colloquial term.)
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