LETTER TO ALL CONGRESSIONAL SIGNERS OF FORM 4193, NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT, RE COURT ORDER ON TERM "CLASSIFIABLE."

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/05: CIA-RDP90M00005R000700030016-0 404 ACS S3 kjj" I/NS SAC 6) JS RCCIlPil C "UBJECT: Letter to All Agreement, re Distribution: Original - Addressee 1 - D/OCA 1 - CIB/OS 1 -OGC 1 - OCA/LEG 1 - OCA Record 1 - JMD Subject 1 - JMD Ch rono (29 September 1988) STAT List of Recipients Cong. Rodino (Chinn Judiciary Cite) OCA 3229-8 8 Sen. Dole (Minority Leader) G OCA 3229/1 - 88 Mr. iugni,Sgt.at Arms/Sen(C.Police) OCA 3229/2 - 88 Sen. Leahy(Chman, Agriculture Cute) OCA 3229/3 - 88 Sen. Glenn(Chman Govt?l Affairs) OCA 3229/4 - 88 Sen. Cranstori(Chman Vets Affairs) OCA 3229/5 - 88 Mr. Di Silvestro(Sen. Security Ofc) CA 3229/6 - 88 Sen. Eiden (Chman Judiciary Crate) OCA 3229/7 - 88 Sen. Heflin (Chman Ethics Crate) OCA 3229/8 - 88 Sen. Johnston(Chman Energy Crate) OCA 3229/9 - 88 Sen. Chiles (Chman Budget Crate) S OCA 3229/10 - 88 en. Pell (Chman Foreign Relations Cute) S OCA 3229 /11 - 88 en. Hollings(Chman Corrn,Sci & Trans) OCA . 3229/12 - 88 Sen. Stennis (Chman Appropriations) S OCA 3229/13 - 88 en. Nunn (Chman Armed Services Crate) OCA 3229/14 - 88 Messrs. Myers,Burnett & Smith/AGOG S OCA 3229/15 - 88 en. Sarbanes (Chman Jt Econ Crate) OCA 3229/16 - 88 Mr. Gibbons (Director OTA) OCA 3229/17 - 88 Cong Aspin, (Chman Armed Serv. Cute) C 0..A 3229/18 - 88 ong Dingell (Chmn Energy & Comm Crate) OCA 3229/19 - 88 Cong Gray (Chhmn Budget Cute) C OCA 3229/20 - W ong Fascell (Chmn Foreign Affairs Cate) C OCA 3229/21 - 88 ynthia Wilkins (Lib. of Congress) M OCA 3229/22 . - 88 r. Bowsher(Compt Gen?l, GAO) 0.A 3229/23 - 88 Cong Rangel.(Chinn Narcotics Crate) M OCA 3229/24 - 88 r. Vandergrift(HAC S&I) C OCA 3229/25 - 88 ong Chappell(Chmn Appropriations) C OCA 3229/26 - 88 ong Stokes (Chmn HPSCI) OCA 3229 Cong Roe (Chmn Sci. Space & Tech) Mr A d OCA /27- 288 3229/28- 88 . n erson (Cl of House - Reporters)) C OCA 3229/29- 88 ong Ford (Chinn PO & Civil Serv) C OCA 3229/30- 88 ong Brooks (Chmn Govt Cps Cnte) M OCA 3229/31- 88 r. Blum (Dir/Cong Budget Ofc) OCA 3229/32- 88 Cong. Royer (Chinn Helsinki Commission) Mrs Ro OCA 3229/33- 88 . seanne Sharp(Alderson Reporters) OCA 3229/34- 88 Sen. Boren (SSCI) OCA 3229/35- 88 Congressional Signers of Form 4193, Non-Disclosure ."k etJ Court Order. on Term "classifiable." !'-1r.+1u.s, 7dASC SASQ. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/05: CIA-RDP90M00005R000700030016-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/05: CIA-RDP90M00005R000700030016-0 Central Intclli9cnce Agency The Honorable Peter W. Rodino Chairman Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: OCA 3229 - 88 4 October 1988 I have been advised by the DCI's Special Security Center that on 28 July 1988, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued its decision in the cases of National Federation of Federal Employees v. United States, et al., Civil iction No. 87-2264-, and American Federation of Government E2nployees v. Garfinkel, et al., Civil Action No. 87-2412-OG, which challenged the constitutionality and legality of Form 4193, the Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement.' Essentially, the decision upheld the Government's use of the Form 4193 as both constitutional and legal. The Court has required the Government to clarify the scope of the term "classifiable" as used in the Form 4193 (and any equivalent SCI nondisclosure agreement). by defining the term in an appropriately limited manner and informing, within thirty (30) days, all current U.S. Government employees who have signed such agreements of this clarification. i have enclosed copies of this clarification for your convenience. Please take the steps necessary to provide all of your current employees who have signed a Form 4193 (see enclosed list)., or equivalent SCI nondisclosure agreement that contains the term "classifiable," with a copy or facsimile of the enclosed clarification no later than 22 October 1988 in order to comply with the Court's order. For your information, the enforcement of all other aspects of the Form 4192 and equivalent SCI nondisclosure agreements is not affected by the notice requirement.pertainina to the term "classifiable." Sincerely, STAT L. Helaex on Directof /Congressijnal Affairs Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/05: CIA-RDP90M00005R000700030016-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/05: CIA-RDP90M00005R000700030016-0 CLARIFICATION OF FORM 4193 AND EQUIVALENT SCI NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS Please be advised that, in conformance with the order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the following is substituted for the term "classifiable" in all Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) nondisclosure agreements containing that term: information that is unmarked classified information, including oral communications, and unclassified information that meets the standards for classification and is in the process of a classification determination By making this substitution, the Director of Central Intelligence is clarifying that SCI nondisclosure agreements that contain the term "classifiable" do nct cover currently unclassified information that may be s bject to classification at some future date, but is not currently in the process of a classification determination. Therefore, the only circumstances under which a signatory might violate the terms of an SCI nondisclosure agreement by disclosing unclassified information are when a signatory knows, or reasonably should know, that such information is in the process of a classification determination and requires inte-rim protection as provided in section 1.1(c) of Executive Order 12356 or any other statute or Executive order that requires interim protection for certain unclassified information while a classification determination is pending. Thus, a signatory of an SCI nondisclosure agreement containing the word "classifiable" may be liable for disclosing information falling within the substituted phrase if: (a) he or she knows that the unmarked information is classified, or meets the standards fr-; classification and is in the process of a classification determination, whether the unauthorized disclosure is willful or ;Segiigent; or (b) He or she should know that the unmarked information is classified, or meets the standards for classification and is in the process of a classification determination, in which case the unauthorized disclosure is negligent. In no instance could a signatory be liable for violating nondisclosure Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/05: CIA-RDP90M00005R000700030016-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/05: CIA-RDP90M00005R000700030016-0 the,disclosure by disclosing unmarked s , there was information when, at the peculation, that the inform basiswas cIa time of of a classification ggest, other than. pure determination, Classified or in the Throu process gh this notice agreements that , signatories to SCI their contih contain the term "classifiablend?'closure nondisclosure a access to SCI will are advised greemen't they signedbasgoverned b . the Sc-I that notice, without any further action. t has beenamended by this Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/05: CIA-RDP90M00005R000700030016-0 STAT Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/05: CIA-RDP90M00005R000700030016-0 Next 10 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/02/05: CIA-RDP90M00005R000700030016-0