HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PROGRAM AND BUDGET ORIENTATION BRIEFINGS ON FBI INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES, STATE DEPARTMENT IN

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OLC 78,0198
19 January 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence Subcommittee on Program and
Budget Orientation Briefings on FBI Intelligence
and Counterintelligence Activities, Department
of Defense Counterintelligence Activities,
State Department Intelligence Activities and
Department of Energy Intelligence Activities
1. On 19 January, the Program and Budget
Authoriz Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence was briefed by the FBI, State
Department, and Department of Fnergy and their respective
intelligence activities and by the FBI and Department of
Defense on their counterintelligence activities.
2.I The Subcommittee Members present were:
Subcomm Chairman, Bill D. Burlison (D., -NMo.),
Norman Y. Mineta (D., Calif.) and J. Kenneth
Robinson (R., Va.). Also present was Committee
Chairman, Edward P. Boland (D., Mass.); and Committee
Members Romano L. Mazzoli (D., Ky.) and Charles Rose (D.
were also present part of the time.
I I
Jim Bush
Duane Andrews
Marty Fega
Dick Giza
Annette Smiley
Pat Long
Mike O'Neil
N.Car.)
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Committee staff present were:
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4. I IWitnesses and agenda. were as shown in the
attachm .
S. The following items of interest occurred
during briefings:
a. FBI Intelligence: Mr. Burlison asked the
FBI to t adefinition of domestic intelligence
for the record, saying that the Subcommittee was
having some difficulty in determining just where their
jurisdiction should stop. Mr. Mineta asked who
besides the Attorney General monitors the FBI to
assure that they obey the law. Response was internal
Justice Department audit and the General. Accounting
Office.
b. FBI Counterintelligence: The FBI witnesses
said th cause of U.S. policies ermitting free
entry to the U.S. by foreign nationals, their counter-
intelligence task is made more difficult. They
suggested tightening up on issuances of visas and a
more restrictive immigration procedure plus quotas on
visiting and permanent exchan es. The also
complained about port callers
d. State Intelligence: The principal task
of State i. telfigence was described as producing
a daily current intelligence report for the Secretary.
Mr. Burlison said it looked like they had too many
boxes on their organization chart.
Mr. Robinson stated that the policy involvement
of INR makes them somewhat different from CIA and the
FBI, and suggested. that maybe not all of INR was a
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House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
concern. Mr. Rose asked about State's participation
in the Community Online Information System. Rose said
many intelligence agencies don't put information into
this system and don't use it and he hopes to find out
why. The witness was not prepared to discuss it.
provide assessments for the Secretary's use in carrying
out his statutory responsibilities regarding export of
nuclear materials.
hey also
e. Energy Intelligence: The witnesses
describe apartment t Energy intelligence functions
ranging from the production of current intelligence
on n dnily basis for the Secretary of EnerLyy. to 25X1
Mr. Mineta asked of DoE will be represented in
the National Intelligence "Tasking Center. Witnesses
said they did not know how NITC would be organized.
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