PROPOSED BILL ENTITLED 'INDUSTRIAL SECURITY ACT' TO BE DRAFTED FOR SENATORS DODD AND KEATING

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 8, 1960
• Content Type: MF

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OGC Has Reviewed
8 April 1960
MEMORANDUM FOR: Legislative Counsel
SUBJECT: Proposed Bill entitled "Industrial :Security Act"
to be Drafted for Senators Dodd and Keating
1. I am returning herewith the typed copies of the draft bill
STAT which I. borrowed from your office earlier today. I have made and
distributed copies to Mr. I in the Office of Security and
STAT Mr.~ Chief, Security Staff, Office of Logistics.
2. Preliminary comments on this proposed bill are as follows:
a. Except for very minor changes in wording required to
translate an executive order into a bill, the language of the
proposed bill is exactly the same as that of Executive Order
10865. The departments and agencies named and the standards
and procedures established are wholly the same.
b. Since we believe CIA can live with the Executive
Order, I think the same test is a good starting point for
proposed legislation. Therefore, I recommend that you report
to the Committee staff that this Agency endorses this proposal.
As you are aware, some of the language in the Executive Order
has been rather carefully chosen to serve our purposes and we
have held discussions with Justice Department officials to
obtain complete understanding on the interpretation which might
be given to this language in the execution of the Executive
Order. For example, section 6 of the Executive Order provides
that the head of a department or agency shall cooperate in
making available one of his employees to testify in connection
with a proceeding involving another agency. We were assured
by Justice that the concept of "cooperating" left room for the
DCI in his discretion to decide that he could not make a CIA
employee available for such a purpose. Accordingly, we recom-
mend that this Agency be permitted to keep closely in touch
with the progress of this bill during hearing and on the floor
so that a prompt explanation can be given or other action
taken to preserve innocuous language which is particularly
important to CIA.
CRC, 3/13/2003
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c. As a substitute for the discussions and understandings
which we have arrived at with the Department of Justice and
the Bureau of the Budget in connection with the Executive Order,
we recommend that. appropriate legislative history be created as
part of the written record which will be of value in preserving
our position and freedom of action in case of judicial interpre-
tation of this legislation. STAT
STAT
cc: ffi,ce of Security
Chief, :SS/0L
Ass stant General Counsel
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