DCI AUTHORITY RE DENIAL OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION (SCI) ACCESS APPROVALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87B01034R000500020017-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2005
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: August 23, 1978
• Content Type: MEMO

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SUBJECT: DCI Authority re Denial of Sensitive Compartmented
Information (SCI) Access Approvals
1. A review of the pertinent policy issuances reflects
that the authority to grant security clearances and Sensitive
Compartmented Information access approvals is decentralized.
Specifically with reference to the denial of security
clearances or of SCI access approvals, there is no explicit
authority found in such references for the Director of
Central Intelligence to deny issuance of a security
clearance or SCI access approvals to an employee outside
the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director
of Central Intelligence, or select non-NFIB agencies.
2. Executive Order 12036, United States Intelligence
Activities, in Section 1-605, states that:
"The Director of Central Intelligence shall
ensure that programs are developed which protect
intelligence sources, methods and analytical
procedures, provided that this responsibility
shall be limited within the United States to:
(a) Using lawful means to protect against
disclosure by present or former
employees of the CIA or the Office of
the Director of Central Intelligence,
or by persons or organizations presently
or formerly under contract with such
entities; and
(b) Providing policy, guidance and technical
assistance to departments and agencies
regarding protection of intelligence
information, including information
that may reveal intelligence sources
and methods.
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In Section 1-710, Executive Order 12036 states that senior
officials of each Intelligence Community agency shall:
"Protect Intelligence and intelligence
sources and methods consistent with guidance
from the Director of Central Intelligence
and NSC."
3. While the above citations do not represent explicit
references to permit the Director of Central Intelligence to
deny the issuance of a security clearance or an SCI access
approval on an applicant for employment by another Agency
within the Intelligence Community, these sections of
Executive Order 1.2036 might serve as adequate reference
for the DCI to inform the senior official of another
Intelligence Community agency that a specific individual
does not meet, in his view, the personnel security criteria.
required for access to intelligence or intelligence sources
and methods including Sensitive Compartmented Information.
4. DCI Directive No. 1-14, dated 13 May 1976,
establishes minimum personnel security standards governing
eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information.
Promulgation of this Directive represented DCI guidance in
the implementation of the personnel security program for the
Community with reference to compartmented access. Notifica-
tion by the DCI to a senior Intelligence Community official
that a specific individual is lacking in discretion in the
light of DCID No. 1-14 personnel security criteria would
certainly constitute supplemental guidance in this area.
In such a case, a senior official of the Intelligence
Community would, at the very least, find it difficult
to grant SCI access contrary to the DCI's advice.
5. In summary and with respect to the incident case,
it is felt that the Director of Central Intelligence has
sufficient basis to notify the senior official of another
Agency within the Intelligence Community that:
(a) The individual has displayed a significant
lack of discretion to the extent that under the
provisions of DCID No. 1-14 continued security
approval for access to Sensitive Compartmented
Information is not justifiable; and
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(b) In deference to the DCI's conclusion
in this regard, the individual should not be
granted access to any intelligence information,
information pertaining to intelligence sources,
methods and analytical procedures, including
Sensitive Compartmented Information.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: D/Security
Nine copies of the attached, prepared by
PPG, were delivered to the ADDA this morning
along with the packages.
DD/Security
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