CIA PROPOSAL TO PLUG LEAKS IS SHELVED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100020030-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: March 30, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/17: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100020030-6
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30 March 1985
CIA Proposal to Plug Leaks Is Shelved
The Reagan administration ten-
tatively has dropped a Central In-
telligence Agency proposal to make
it a crime for government employes
to disclose national secrets without
authorization, officials said yester-
day.
A unanimous decision to set aside
,the proposal was made at an inter-
agency group meeting this week,
the officials said.
Officials said the group decided
that if the administration is to seek
a change, it will do so later as part
of a single piece of legislation.
"There is still a concern about this
problem" of unauthorized disclo-
sure, one official said, but it was
decided not to seek a change in the
law through a provision in the CIA
reauthorization.
If such legislation is sought even-
tually, the official said, the decision
will be made "at a high level."
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/17: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100020030-6