CONVERSATION WITH BRITT SNIDER RE: IG PROVISION IN FY 89 INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION BILL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89T00234R000300420021-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 6, 2013
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: June 17, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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OCA 2064-88
17 June 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Conversation with Britt Snider Re: IG Provision in FY 89
Intelligence Authorization Bill
1. On 17 June 1988, I spoke with Britt Snider, minority
counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, with
respect to the above-captioned matter. I explained that the
Department of Justice has found that certain portions of the
Inspector General provision in the authorization till are
unconstitutional because they require reporting of Executive
branch deliberations to the Congress. I also explained how we
had met with representatives of the Justice Department as well as
representatives of the White House and National Security Council
in an effort to dissuade them from seeking a veto of the bill, as
they originally intended.
2. Snider said that it the measure were not in the bill,
Senator Glenn would certainly seek to amend the bill to bring
the Agency within the purview of the Inspector General Act of
1978, so that the Justice Department et alia should decide which
action would be more desirable. He also indicated that he thought
the committee would be amenable to making a few changes to make
the provision palatable, in the event there is a good reason for
doing so. He also said this matter could be resolved in
conference. I told him we had already brought up the matter of
the conference option and that it was still possible that the
concerns would be placed in a letter to the conferees. Lastly,
I told him that we were working with two drafts of language to
remedy the concerns and would keep him abreast of the situation.
Legislation Divisi-On
Office of Congressional Affairs
Distribution:
Original - OCA/Leg/Subject: Inspector General & FY-89, Intell/Auth
1 - D/OCA
1 - DDL/OCA
1 - OCA/Leg/Schilling
1 - OCA/Registry
1 - RH Si ner +
OCA/Leg ap (20 June 1988)
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