COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada, Chairman CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia HIGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania JAMES B. ALLEN, Alabama ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, New Jersey DICK CLARK, Iowa WilliaJ MCWHORTER COCHRANE, Staff Director CHESTER U, SMITH, Chief Counsel (II) Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 3, 1976. 2.30. P. GRIFFIN, Mlebit Letters addressed to Chairman Cannon by- Written statement of Hon. Walter F. Mondale, a U.S. Senator from the Excerpts from testimony of Glen E. Pommerening, Assistant Attorney CONTENTS Opening statement of Hon. Howard W. Cannon, chairman of the Com- mittee on Rules and Administration.. Hon. John C. Stennis, chairman of the Committee on Armed Services. 44 Hon. Roman L. Hruska, ranking minority member of the Committee Hon. Strom Thurmond, ranking minority member of the Committee George Bush, director of the Central Intelligence Agency; accompanied by Mitchell Rogovin, special counsel to the director; George Cary, legislative counsel;' and Donald Massey, assistant Hon. John C. Stennis, chairman of the Committee on Armed Services. Hon. James 0. Eastland, chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, enclosing a Judiciary Committee print with recommended amend- ments to S. Res. 400, and purpose of the amendments thereto. Hon. John C. Stennis, chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, responding to questions posed by Chairman Cannon in his opening Materials submitted to the committee by the CIA- Committees and subcommittees, other than regular Central Intelligence Agency oversight committees, which have made for- mal or informal requests for information on Agency operations Memorandum relating to intelligence budget secrecy Briefings of Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on intelligence budgets during the 94th Congress - Desirable principles of congressional oversight of the intelligence Hon. Frank Church, chairman of the Select Committee To Study Gov- ernmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities - Hon. Walter F. Mondale, a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota 97 13 Hon. Barry Goldwater, ranking minority member of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences - Hon. Walter D. Huddleston, a U.S. Senator from the State of Ken- tucky Hon. Abraham Ribicoff, chairman of the Committee on Government Hon. Sam Nunn, a U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia. Written statement of Hon. Sam Nunn, a U.S. Senator from the State of Letters addressed to Chairman Cannon by Hon. Walter D. Huddleston, statement before the Committee on Government Operations on February 6, 1976. Rotating membership on the proposed committee.. Memorandum entitled “Senate Intelligence Committee or Joint 142 llon. John Tower, vice chairman of the Select Committee To Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities; accompanied by Curt Smothers, minority counsel. Hon. Robert Taft, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio... Written statement of Hon. William V. Roth, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the Letters addressed to Chairman Cannon by- Hon. Abraham Ribicoff, chairman of the Committee on Government Hon. James Abourezk, chairman of the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, with enclosed recommended amendments - Hon. Sam Nunn, a U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia, and Hon. Charles Il. Percy, ranking minority member of the Committee on Government Operations, jointly -- Hon. Charles H. Percy, ranking minority member of the Committee Hon. Walter D. Huddleston, a U.S. Senator from the State of Ken- tucky, and Hon. William V. Roth, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, Hon. Philip A. Hart, Hon. Birch Bayh, Hon. Quentin N. Burdick, Hon. John V. Tunney, Hon. Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., and Hon. James Abourezk, jointly, all members of the Committee on the Judiciary Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United States, with William A. Ridgely, Senate financial clerk.. Euxibit 1.-Statement of Mitchell Rogovin, before the House Select Committee on Intelligence, December 9, 1975--- EXHIBIT 2.-Constitutional and statutory authority to conduct foreign E man of the Subcommittee on Separatio : OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. HOWARD W. CANNON, CHAIRMAN FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1976 Aton, a V.S. Senator from the State u ka ACTIVITIES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1976 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION, cibe proposed committee. Washington, D.C. ** Senate Intelligence Committee or less The committee niet in roori 301, Russell Senate Office Building, at de Committee", submitted by desint 10:10 a.m., Hon. Howard W. Cannon (chairman), presiding. Present: Senators (annon, Pell, Robert C. Byrd, Ulen, Clark, Staff present: William McWhorter Cochrane, staff director; Chester , professional staff member; Dr. Floyd M. Riddick, professional staff member; Jack L. Sapp, professional staff member; Ray Nelson, Roth, Jr., a U.S. Senator from it professional staff member; Larry E. Smith, minority staff director Andrew Gleason, minority counsel; and Peggy Parrish, assistant chief OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION VNDAY, APRIL 5, 1976 in man of the Select Committee To Start * With Respect to Intelligence Activities thers, minority counsel.. e Cannon br- dummended amendments.. $ US Senator from the State of Georgia, and Tracking minority member of the Committee Dat is jointly Ti rinking minority member of the Committee Fundation, a [.S. Senator from the State of Kep am 1. Roth, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the menter Azradr, Hon. Philip A. Hart, Hon. Birch Bari, 1. Burdick, Hon. John V. Tunney, Hon. Charles Trand Hon. James Abourezk, jointly, all member n the Judiciary. Czptroller General of the United States, with The C'HAIRMAX. The committee will come to order. Today, the Committee on Rules and Administration is conducting a hearing on Senate Resolution 400, to establish a standing Committee of the Senate on Intelligence Activities, and for other purposes. Senate Resolution 400 was reported by the Committee on Government Operations on March 1, 1976, and on the same day was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration for a period extending no later than March 20, 1976. Subsequently, on March 18, 1976, the msolution was referred simultaneously to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Rules and Administration with instructions that the Committee on the Judiciary make its recommendations to the Committee on Rules and Administration no later than March 29, 1976, and that the Committee on Rules and Administration file its report on Senate Resolution 400 no later than April 5, 1976. By unanimous-consent agreement on March 25, 1976, those reporting dates were ostended 3 days, to April 1, 1976, and April 8, 1976, respectively. There is no question that in the light of recent disclosures of illegal or improper actions by certain of our intelligence agencies, the Congress should certainly review carefully its oversight vote on this most vital area. The Committee on Government Operations has spent 8 days of hearings and considerable additional time in arriving at the proposal we are considering today. Senate financial clerk. APPENDIX of Mitchell Rogovin, before the House Select on Intelligence, December 9, 1975.. al and statutory authority to conduct foreign activities. Briefly, that proposal-Senate Resolution 100—would establish a new standing Committee of the Senate on Intelligence Activities to oversee and make continuing studies of the intelligence activities and programs of the C.S. Government, and to submit to the Senate appropriate proposals for legislation concerning such activities. The new committee would have 11 members, 6 majority and 5 minority. Continuous service on the committee would be limited to 6 years. The majority members would select the committee chairman, and the minority members would select its vice chairman. The proposed committee would have legislative jurisdiction over the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence activities of all other departments and agencies of the Government, including, but not limited to, the intelligence activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and other agencies of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Justice, and the Department of the Treasury. Also, the proposed committee would have authorization authority in respect to the strictly intelligence agencies, and in respect to the intelligence activities of the other departments and agencies I have just listed. The jurisdiction of the standing Committees on Armed Services. Foreign Relations, Government Operations, and Judiciary would be accordingly modified or qualified. Service by sta tf members of the proposed (Committee on Intelligence Activities would be strictly limited to 6 years, and such employees would require striet security clearance. The resolution contains lengthy provisions relating to disclosure by the committee of intelligence information it receives from the executive agencies, including procedures in case of objection by the Presi(lent to any such disclosure. The Select Committee on Standards and Conduct would investigate any alleged unauthorized disclosure of intelligence information by a Member or employee of the Senate and recommend appropriate action to the Senate. The records of the Select Committee on Government Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities would be transferred to the new standing committee. In addition, the proposed standing committee would be directed to engage in a study of a wide variety of subjects bearing on intelligence information and report back to the Senate thereon no later than July 1, 1977. Without objection, I will insert the text of Senate Resolution 400 in the hearing record at this point. The text of S. Res. 400 follows: |