LETTER TO PETER W. RODINO JR. FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B00443R001103900119-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 119
• Publication Date: November 12, 1981
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For Release 2007/04/20: CIA-RDP88B00443RO01103900119-0
The Director of Central Intelligence .
Washington, D. C. 20505
Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr.
Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
I have your letter of 4 November 1981 in which you renewed your request
for a copy of the Administration's draft revision of Executive Order 12036
entitled "United States Intelligence Activities." I wish to reassure you
that the Agency in no way wishes to thwart your Committee's legitimate
oversight functions and responsibilities for the Department of Justice and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By the same token, I must respect the direction I have received from
the White House, through the National Security Council, to consult solely
with the two Intelligence Oversight Committees.
The comments we have received from the Select Committees, presumably
incorporating on the House side the views of Representatives McClory and
Mazzoli of your Committee, have been most helpful. I hope that you will
find that your concerns have been addressed through these consultations
and that the promulgated Executive Order is crafted so as to preserve the
balance between the constitutional rights of our citizens while allowing us
to present the President with the best possible intelligence product. I
would note in closing that you may have been misled on one point: it was
never contemplated that a new Executive Order would change the responsi-
bilities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, nor those of the Justice
Department.
Please be assured of my desire and that of the Intelligence Community
to cooperate with you and your Committee to the best of our ability.