PROPOSED NATIONAL CLEARANCE/INVESTIGATIVE POLICY (U)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2005
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 19, 1980
• Content Type: MF

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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Security Committee
SECOM-D-316
1 9 AUG 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Donald P. Gregg
National Security Council Staff Member
SCC Counterintelligence Working Group
SUBJECT: Proposed National Clearance/Investigative
Policy
1. The 5 February 1980 meeting of the SCC Counter-
intelligence Working Group heard a report from my predecessor
on the differing personnel security standards within the
Intelligence Community. The SCC/CIWG then asked the DCI
Security Committee to study the problem from a government-
wide viewpoint and make recommendations for a national clear-
ance/investigative standards policy.
2. Attached is a further analysis of these clearance
differences within the Intelligence Community along with
identification of factors bearing on the problem and. some
tentative suggestions for a solution.
3. There are enormous problems in this area and they
will not easily be solved, aggressiveness and eagerness not-
withstanding. The resource implications are particularly
significant. So are the possibilities suggested such as a
national policy sanctioning the broader use of polygraph
which could have favorable impact on resource requirements.
4. In a series of meetings scheduled starting after
Labor Day the Security Committee will systematically address
the specific issues and problems involved. We will seek to
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determine what is needed in today's environment to make
valid assessments of loyalty, character and trustworthiness.
We will try to determine how best to obtain the necessary
data, including the value of the polygraph. We will attempt
to prepare cost/risk alternatives for SCC/CIWG consideration.
5. Any reactions you have from your vantage point would
be most useful and appreciated, particularly if received
before 10 September. I hope to give you by the end
September a target date for overall completion.
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