DEAR MR. CASEY:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87B01034R000500160005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 13, 1985
• Content Type: LETTER

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Administration Office Washington, QCL 4Q
June 13, 1985
Honorable William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20250
Dear Mr. Casey:
It has come to the attention of the Information Security
Oversight Office (ISOO) that several Director of Central
Intelligence Directives (DCIDs) that were formerly unclassified
and widely available may have been improperly classified.
Harold Mason, a member of my staff, recently reviewed the DCIDs
in question (1/7, 1/17 and 1/19) and initially noted that they
were not portion marked as required under Executive Order 12356.
An agency head may grant a waiver from portion marking, but the
Director of IS00 must be notified of this decision. Mr. Mason
was informed that a waiver had been granted and DCIDs need not
be portion marked. However, prior to its inquiry ISOO had not
been advised of this decision.
Mr. Mason was also informed that the formerly unclassified DCIDs
were classified because of an order to classify all DCIDs at the
Secret level. Section 1.6(c) of the Executive Order and Section
2001.6 of ISOO Implementing Directive No. 1 establish require-
ments and criteria that must be met before information that has
been disclosed may be reclassified or classified in the first
instance. While many of these requirements were not met,
Mr. Mason is satisfied that revised DCIDs 1/17 and 1/19 meet the
criteria for classification under the Order because of changes
from the previously unclassified versions. However, DCID 1/7
does not, in ISOO's view, meet the criteria for classification
following its prior disclosure in an unclassified format.
I am further concerned because the reclassified DCIDs contain the
statement, "Any senior official in the intelligence community
can release portions of the document." This statement raises the
strong possibility of inconsistent treatment of like information,
a situation that undermines the credibility of the classification
system.
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Mr. Mason has been informed by CIA officials that they are
prepared to resolve these issues satisfactorily. I would very
much appreciate your assistance and a subsequent response on
these matters.
Sincerely,
STEVEN GARFINKEL
Director
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2
DDCI
3
EXDIR
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4
D/ICS
x
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6
DDA
7
DDO
11
DDS&T
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15
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20
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