MINUTES TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH MEETING WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 1978

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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Security Committee
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1 May 1978
Minutes
Two Hundred and Eleventh Meeting
Wednesday, 26 April 1978, 0930 Hours
Room 7D32, Langley Headquarters Building
Robert W. Gambino
Chairman
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
National Security Agency
Mr. Dennis Southern, Department of Treasury
Mr. David Ryan, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Merrill T. Kelly, Department of the Army
Mr. Maynard Anderson, Department of the Navy
Col. Russell T. Newman, Department of the Air Force
ALTERNATES PRESENT
I National Security Agency
Maj. Henry och, Department of the Air Force
Defense Intelligence Agency
Mr. Edward Griga us, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. David McCabe, Department of State
ALSO PRESENT
Mr.
Mr.
Jack E. Blake,
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Executive Secretary, R&D Subcommittee
Chairman, Computer Security Subcommittee
Donald Stigers, Department of State
Roger Teska, Department of Energy
DCI Security Committee
DCI Security Committee
DCI Security Committee
*Present for part of meeting.
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Special Briefings
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a. 0 The Chairman introduced Mr. John Blake, Deputy Director
for Administration, CIA, who welcomed the members. Mr. Blake said he
was becoming increasingly concerned about leaks of sensitive intelli-
gence, and said he believed the Committee had an important role to play
in dealing with this problem. He advised that he would be looking to
the Committee for the clear identification of issues and options on 25X1
security matters.
Preliminary Comments
a. 0 The Chairman noted that members of the Committee had been
sent the following documents:
(1) A report of the Foreign Disclosure Working Group.
He commended the thoroughness of the report, and asked
members to be prepared to discuss it at the next Committee
meeting.
(2) Two R&D Subcommittee studies, and a memorandum to
Congressman Boland accrediting a room at the Capitol for
SCI storage and handling.
(3) Draft update of the Committee's Harassments and
Provocations Study against Americans travelling abroad.
He noted that the Navy and DOE had concurred, and he
solicited other responses on a timely basis.
b. 0 The Chairman advised that the next meeting would include
discussion of the Air Force request that a particular contractor be
considered as a government-owned, contractor-operated laboratory for
purposes of DCID 1/7 controls.
c. 0 The Chairman asked Mr. McCabe, State, the status of the
SF-86 Loyalty Questions issue, which was tasked to the Investigative
Standards Working Group for further study. Mr. McCabe said he was not
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yet prepared to provide the members with a report on the pending deletion
of these questions bearing on loyalty.
ITEM 1: Approval of Minutes
S II The minutes of the 8 February 1978 meeting, distributed in
EGO 210, were approved with the deletion of the next-to-the-last
sentence in Item 4 thereof.
ITEM 2: Reports of Subcommittee and Working Group Chairmen
a. F TSCS, Deferred due to absence of Chairman on emergency
leave.
c. Comartmentation-Subcommittee. Chairman,
advised of the following actions on assigned tasks:
(1) The Subcommittee has reviewed the policy in DCID
1/7 on release of data to contractors, and suggests that
directive be changed so as to make SCI subject to its pro-
visions, which would make all foreign intelligence treated
the same with regard to contractor release.
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(2) The Subcommittee has reviewed the list of countries
within which duty and travel restrictions apply, and they have
developed criteria for making changes to such a list. The
criteria will be provided members at a later date.
said the Subcommittee s working group on education and training was
examining desirable curricula on computer security. He noted that he
was working with the Department of Defense to develop computer securit
standards.
He noted that Community comments on the draft revision o
DCID 1/16 showed that there was a need for more thorough policy guidance
on networking.
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Chairman, provided members a summary report on eaks. He noted that
there was high-level concern about recent leaks of sensitive information
1 Mr. Gambino advised that the DCI had asked for and
een given a briefing on how leaks are investigated. He noted that the 25X1
high frequency of leaks impacted on efforts to increase the dissemination
of information held in codeword or other restricted channels.
f. Foreign Disclosure Working G
roup. Mr. Anderson, Navy,
noted that their report had been disseminated to members earlier, and
that the non-concurrence of the Group's NSA member would be provided for
information to the Committee members.
9. 0 Investigative Standards Working Group. Mr. McCabe,
Chairman, advised that he had assigned some of their tasks to members
of his group in the interests of timely handling. He said 25X1
CIA, was their focal point on standards for investigations; and Mr. O'Neill,
Air Force, on reviewing how the Community handles adjudications. Mr. McCabe
said the computer cards needed to resume the statistical study of DCID 1/14
scope investigations were being printed. He said it appeared that the
proposed revision of E.O. 10450 had a low priority at OMB. Mr. Anderson,
Navy, noted that Defense's draft of an E.O. on military personnel security
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cerned about the impact on security of restrictions placed on the Military
Services in investigating misconduct allegations against Service personnel.
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h. 0 SCI Turndown'Workin Group. No report due to absence
of Chairman. Mr. Ryan, FBI, said he a ieved we had proper authority
to maintain a record of SCI turndowns. Mr. Gambino said he thought we
needed standards for adjudication to ensure that turndowns were made on
a uniform basis.
ITEM 3: Executive Session
0 The Chairman called the meeting into executive session to
discuss objectives and organizational arrangements approved by the DCI
for the DCI Security Committee.
ITEM 4: New Business
a. NSA, asked about the results of CIA's program
to administer follow-up polygraph examinations to cleared contractor
personnel. Mr. Gambino said they had examined 0 such personnel, 25X1
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information. Mr. Gambino said he would arrange forl CIA, 25X1
to brief the Committee on CIA's new industrial security program.
b. 0 Mr. Stigers, State, rioted that the security procedures
for the Imagery Transmission System - Washington were giving them some
problems. He asked what was being done about them. SECOM 25X1
Staff, said those procedures had been developed in consultation with
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very recently provided comments on them for the Compartmentation Sub-
committee. said preliminary analysis suggested that the
procedures might be more restrictive than necessary, and that the issue
would be dealt with further.
ITEM 5: Next Meeting
0 The Chairman scheduled the next meeting for 1000 hours on
24 May 1978 in Room 4E64 Langley Headquarters Building. Mr. Kelly,
Army, suggested that some of the Committee's future meetings should
be hosted by major member agencies, with hosts providing short briefings.
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