LETTER TO JACK BROOKS FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000400530010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 23, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Director of Central Intelligence - C. ' y
Washington. D. C. 20505
23 March 1984
The Honorable Jack Brooks
Chairman, Legislation and National
Security Subcommittee
Committee on Government Operations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
This letter is in response to your recent request for comments on the
General Accounting Office report entitled "National Security Implications of
Commercializing Landsat and Weather Satellites."
We find that the report effectively reflects Intelligence Community
concerns relative to the potential impact on the national security of private
sector operation of the satellites. Our principal concerns are that any such
transfer to the private sector should provide for:
? Federal Government control of imaging system operations during
tension or crisis periods so as to preclude information of
intelligence or military advantage being collected for, and being
made available to, actual or potential hostile forces.
? Federal Government priorities for any imagery collection operations
that might be needed to support current or future national security
requirements
? Procedures to control the orderly sharin of technology among
military and civilian organizations.
I appreciate the opportunity to express my views on this important
matter.
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