LETTER TO DAVID A. STOCKMAN FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R000701190031-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2008
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: January 11, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Director of Centro! Intelligence
Wnshin,;Ion. D. C. 20505
21 JAN
Honorable David A. Stockman
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, D.C. 20503
This is in response to your request for the views of the Director of
Central Intelligence on Enrolled Bill H.R. 3963, the Violent Crime and Drug
Enforcement Improvements Act.
The Central Intelligence Agency strongly supports enactment of section
305 of the Bill, the "Federal Intelligence Personnel Protection Act." This
legislation would amend 18 U.S.C. ? 1114 to provide federal criminal penalties
for acts of violence directed at United States intelligence personnel
engaged in the performance of their official duties. Federal law currently
provides no such criminal liability despite the compelling federal interest
in assuring the physical safety of Intelligence Community officers and
employees. Section 305 would correct this serious anomaly by according
intelligence personnel the protections already available to many categories
of federal workers.
We are, however, concerned about section 307 of H.R. 3963, the "National
Narcotics Act of 1982," insofar as it would establish an Office of Director
of National and International Drug Operations and Policy. The authorities of
the proposed Director of this Office, including authority to "coordinate the
collection and dissemination of information necessary to implement United
States policy with respect to illegal drugs" (? 307(d)(3)(D)), are broadly yet
ambiguously defined without reference to the authorities and responsibilities
of other senior government officials. In addition, there appears to be some
question as to whether the creation of this proposed new office would actually
have a positive impact on the fight against illegal drugs.
We understand that the Department of Justice and various federal law
enforcement agencies have very serious concerns with section 307 and other
aspects of the Bill. We must, therefore, defer to the judgment of the
Impartment of Justice and the law enforcement agencies as to whether there are
defects in the Violent Crime and Drug Enforcement Improvements Act that outweigh
its positive features.
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