WHITE HOUSE TO ENACT NEW INTERNAL SECURITY MEASURES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000807490031-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2012
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: April 2, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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LOS ANGELES TIMES
2 April 1986
others, but most have been aban-
doned as ineffective. Most recently,
the White House scrapped propos-
als to give lie-detector tests to
suspected "leakers" after the sug-
gestion stirred a small storm of
protest.
Among the other measures, the
security controls will
d
White House to Enact New
Internal Security Measures
By MICHAEL WINES, Times Staff Writer
I WASHINGTON-The White
House has approved new measures
designed to tighten the federal
^government's internal security by
ysuch means as prosecuting "leaks"
of secret information and curbing
am to classified documents, a
. top security official said Tuesday.
The 13 measures-drawn up last
'November after the breakup of the
Walker Navy spy ring-won Na-
tional Security Council approval
,,this month and could be in place by
.the end of the year, said Steven
GGarfinkel, director of the federal
Information Security Oversight
Off'ice.
Implementing the proposals will
,require revising at least one presi-
dential order governing classified
'information as well as changes in
Juetice Department guidelines for
investigating "unauthorized dis-
'closures," Garfinkel said.
White use effort to hinder Tor-
eign agents- ac ivi es m
the United states. The fhst half of
that effdrt-a a y anysis o
U.S. security and counterint -
xe
Bence weaknesses-was sent to n re-
strictions on photocopying to all
Defense Secretary Caspar W. classified materials instead of only
Weinberger last fall and has been top secret documents, the highest
artly implemented- . of the classification orders. Agen-
The latest proposals were drawn cies also will be required to review
up by an 11-member r pane at distribution lists for secret material
included re resentatives from the "at least annually," and security
e and Justice duties will be included in the job
ent, They are aimed at performance ratings of federal
reducing "over-classification - managers.
the government penchant for Congressional officials have been
stampiq even irmocuous WW-_ skeptical of the proposals, many of
men a -ana cu i the which center on new advisories
number of federal workers with instead of rules or laws that carry
access classified information. penalties for a violation of security
A report sent congressional rules
committees last fall by Garfinkel The Senate Intelligence Com-
stated that many agencies distrib- mittee ur in cem r
ute secret materials "on an auto- proposals be immediately carried
matic and recurring basis" and that out, ut also called for more swem-
special exceptions to normal secu- anges in federal security
rity rules have proliferated beyond programs a them less com-
reason. ex an more o
The most contentious of the 13 OfiF-w-KgRWWMW-apert said
proposals requires the Justice De- Tuesday that the White House
partment to draw up new guide- proposals are 'just fiddling at the
lines for investi
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k
ga
ng
ea
s of edges" of the problem, and added
classified material. Both the Rea- that Reagan had actually contrib-
gan Administration and past presi- uted to the problem with a 1982
dents have proposed many mea- order providing that more data be
sures to plug leaks to reporters and classified.
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