AMENDMENTS TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R001800050136-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2004
• Sequence Number: 136
• Publication Date: January 14, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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Acting Deputy Director for Administration
MEMORANDUM FOR: Office of Legislative Counsel
FROM Michael J. Malanick
SUBJECT Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act
REFERENCE OLC 775748, Same Subject, dtd 30 Dec 77
1. In addition to the suggested legislative modifications
(Tab A) that were considered in preparation for the Administra-
tive Practices and Procedures Subcommittee of the Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing in September, one major exemption
for the Intelligence Community should be considered. It is
requested that Congress consider revisions to the Freedom of
Information Act that would exempt intelligence organizations
from a review and release of documents involved in the
collection of intelligence and other covert operations and
place the effort on search, review and release of the analysis
product. It was the intent of Congress that,the Freedom of
Information Act would provide enlightenment of the public
regarding the activities of the federal government. However,
experience to date has shown that most worthwhile documents
involve sources and methods, are sensitive or classified
and must be denied or sanitized in a manner which may result
in a very incomplete or distorted release of information
.to the public. Further, raw intelligence reports do not
necessarily represent an accurate evaluation of the subject.
The CIA product from a FOIA request often only provides
the requester with a few pieces to a puzzle or information
that is misleading or may not reflect the true CIA evaluation
of the material. Because of the nature of FOIA, as a matter
of policy, we have avoided editorializing on the value of
the information released through this channel.
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