ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE LEGISLATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00467A001100180005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2005
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 24, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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DCI/IC 76-0832
24 August 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy to the DC1 or t he
Intelligence Community
SUBJECT : Electronic Surveillance Legislation
1. As reported to you yesterday, the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) met today to complete its
mark-up on the bill S-3197. A clean version of the bill is
expected later today.
2. has determined that there is con-
siderable concern about certain changes and amendments to the
bill amon Defense, State, FBI, NSA and the NSC Staff. Mr.
will send you a memo later today or tomorrow stating
his concerns. The State General Counsel will detail his
concerns tomorrow. The NSC Staff action officer is preparing
an analytical summary of the bill, to be provided. to Bill.
by Thursday. Although the action officer considers
the bill unacceptable in its present form, he has not
discussed his points of concern with either (01.1
leave through this week) or (who is tied up with
post-convention activities).
3. Information from the NSC Staff is to the effect
that Senator Kennedy will allow the bill to go to the Senate
floor in the form reported out by the SSCI and that he will
let Senator Tunney manage the bill before the Senate. This
suggests that some additional amendments would be offered
during the floor action inasmuch as Senator Tunney is known
to champion some of the ACLU-type concerns for a "stronger"
bill.. The NSC Staff also anticipates additional undesirable
changes will be made during consideration of the bill by the
House Judiciary Committee. In summary, the White House Staff
expects the bill to be unacceptable and certain to be vetoed
if it in fact is passed by the present Congress.
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4. Doug Marvin, Special Assistant to the Attorney
General, advises as of noon today that the SSCI completed
action on the bill this morning with only "minor technical"changes. His information is that it could go to the Senate
floor as early as Thursday but more likely on. Monday. He
says Senator Kennedy. will manage it on the floor and he does
not anticipate any further amendments on the. floor. While he
repeats the Justice contention that the bill in its present
form is the best that can be achieved, he acknowledges that
some minor fixes could be arranged as part of the floor action.
To this end, he believes an informal ICG meeting as soon as
possible would be useful to identify all lingering concerns.
He notes, however, that both Mr. Levi and Mr. Scalia are out
of the city until next Monday.
S. Accordingly, I have recommended to 25X1
that he call a meeting of ICG representatives as a matter ot
urgency to surface these concerns for possible action incident
to final Senate consideration.
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