UPGRADING DIS REINVESTIGATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T00788R000100150020-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: April 5, 1979
• Content Type: NOTES

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5 April 1979 ~`Dcjo
NOTE FOR: DD/Security
FROM:
SUBJECT: Upgrading DIS Reinvestigations
1. Your request to address the upgrading of DIS Re-
investigations as an agenda item on 11 April arrived after
the agenda was sent out. I suggest it be brought up by you
under New Business.
2. For your background and consideration:
* As part of the APEX exericse,
headed a group that priced upgrading DIS
investigations at $150 million and 8 years
(roughly). This review brought attention
to the RIP program for SCIs. DIS was
represented by Admiral Murphy's office,
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy.
They came on very strong with the idea
that they were meeting DCID 1/14 minimum
requirements for reinvestigation but only
by the skin of their budget and resources.
There was no way they could see doing more.
While there is a large SCI population now,
I really think it will increase considerably
(rather than decrease) when APEX is adopted.
Reasons: The DCI will allow SIO's to set
their own limit on how many people will need
access; and there is a considerable backlog
already built up as a result of the DCI
freeze last year on additional access
approvals. This will result in almost a
tidal wave of requests for investigations.
There is a strong possibility that people
will have to lower their Reinvestigation
objectives. (CIA will not be affected as
much as DIS.)
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The SECOM is now conducting a review of
the investigation procedures for DCID 1/14
level cases. Going much slower than expected
because of other pressures on Dave McCabe at
State, we hope to have figure crunching done
by the middle of April and data analysis
completed by the end of April. Tentative
indications are that (CIA's) DCID 1/14
requirement for 15-year BI will be demon-
stratably modifiable downward without
detriment to results. The next step will
be to revise DCID 1/14 to reflect indicated
advantages and potential saving in manpower
efforts. The review will also have application
to the reinvestigation program and reinvesti-
gation standards and coverage requirements
could logically be incorporated in the sub-
sequent revision of 1/14. But this is not now
a specific task to the Working Group.
3. As a suggestion, you might consider presenting the
proposal to upgrade the DIS reinvestigations at the 11 April
meeting slightly differently than set forth in the paper.
Rather than propose to the Committee that a separate exercise
be initiated to review the reinvestigation of DCID 1/14, pro-
pose that the review being conducted by the Investigative
Standards Working Group incorporate as a specific task, either
separately reportable or uniquely identified in the final
report, a review of the reinvestigation requirements. Since,
to carry any weight, the cost figures to any recommendation
must accompany the submission, ask that these too be incor-
porated. I'm sure the proposal will be adopted by the
Committee and the extra task will be immediately related to
the Working Group by me. If you adopt this suggestion, I've
attached a note, as an aide memoir for your use at the meeting.
4. Once the task has been has been levied and review
of McCabe's data begins, it will be necessary to have a strong
CIA representation to make sure that the Agency position on
this issue is clearly set forth and equities and community
advantages are laid out. This indicates that the CIA rep had
best have full knowledge of the proposal you have in hand and
that he coordinates fully within CIA--not just with PSI/OS.
To cover this, I suggest a memo from you to the CIA rep on the
Working Group instructing him to make sure he stays in touch
with the authors of the proposal to upgrade DIS's RIP. It was
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STAT I don't know how it is to
he when the group starts the latest round of meetings, but
I've attached a draft in blind for your consideration. I'll
find out who to send it to.
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The CIA member refers to the tasking of the Investi-
gation Standards Working Group to review the DCID 1/14 re-
quirements.
As part of that tasking I would like to propose that
the Working Group look into the advantages and costs of up-
grading the minimum requirements for reinvestigations.
Specifically, I would like to propose that the rein-
vestigation requirements be upgraded to provide in addition
to NAC's and Local Area Checks, interviews of references and
neighborhood sources; and propose that the data accumulated
by the Working Group be viewed as to whatever advantages
might be gained by upgradings in these areas; and that the
results of this aspect of the data review be reported
specifically in the overall report to the Committee. Should
there be advantages, I request that they be used as the
foundation for recommendations related to changes in the
revision of DCID 1/14.
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