THANK YOU LETTER TO REPRESENTATIVE DICK CHENEY

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• Publication Date: May 18, 1988
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Thank You Letter to Representative Dick Cheney
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John L. Helgerson
Director of CongressionaINAmItS
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Ccn(ral Intclligcnce Agency
The Honorable Dick Cheney
Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence .
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear
Washingon. I) C 20505
18 May 1988
OCA 88-1420
I read with great interest the paper you presented to the
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National
Security, as reprinted in the Congressional Reccrd and excerpted
in the 3 May Wall Street Journal, concerning the Legislative and
Executive roles in Covert Operations. I was especially interested
in your analysis of the interplay between the constitutional power
of the President and Congress in matters of foreign affairs, the
practical and constitutional problems with any law requiring
Congressional notification of all Presidential Findings within 48
hours without exception, and your suggested alternative approach
to pending legislation mandating such notification.
As you know, I am in agreement with many of the points you
make with respect to the proposed 48-hour notification
requirement. I believe the Congress should seriously consider
your proposed alternative approach that would retain the
President's discretion to delay notification in rare cases.
As always, your views are widely read and respected by officers
here at CIA. You have my compliments for a most thoughtful and
useful analysis.
Sincerely yours.,
William H. Webster
Director of Central Intelligence
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Director of Congressional Affairs
NOTE FOR THE JUDGE:
I recall-rend you sign this letter to
Dick Cheney praising his recent article
on the 48-hour bill. Your response
borders on the political, but you have
already stated, publicly and formally,
your similar views on this bill.
Cheney's "alternate framework" is
detailed in the first column of the
laqt page of the attached material from
the Congressional Record.
9 May 1988
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