Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Made It an Independent Agency Within the Executive Branch of the President
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This document is made available through the declassification efforts and research of John Greenewald, Jr., creator of: The Black Vault The Black Vault is the largest online Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) document clearinghouse in the world. The research efforts here are responsible for the declassification of hundreds of thousands of pages released by the U.S. Government & Military. Discover the Truth at: http://www.theblackvault.com Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 MAY 0 9 2018 Mr. John Greenewald, Jr. 27305 W. Live Oak Road Suite #1203 Castaic, CA 91384 Reference: F-2016-01968 Dear Mr. Greenewald: On 4 May 2018, the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator received your 4 May 2018 letter and phone call asking for clarification regarding our response to your 8 October 2014 Freedom of Information Act request for the Intellipedia entries for the Central Intelligence Agency. Enclosed is another copy of our 19 March 2018 response to your request. Sincerely, Allison Fong Information and Privacy Coordinator Enclosures Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 19 March 2018 Mr. John Greenewald, Jr. 27305 W. Live Oak Road Suite #1203 Castaic, CA 91384 Reference: F-2016-01968 Dear Mr. Greenewald: In the course of processing your 8 October 2014 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information on the Intellipedia entries for the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency (NSA) located CIA material and referred it to us on 6 June 2016 for review and direct response to you. We have determined that three documents can be released in segregable form with deletions made on the basis of FOIA exemption (b )(3). Copies of the documents and an explanation of exemptions are enclosed. Exemption (b )(3) pertains to information exempt from disclosure by statute. The relevant statutes are Section 6 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended, and Section 102A(i)(l) of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended. As the CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, I am the CIA official responsible for this determination. You have the right to appeal this response to the Agency Release Panel, in my care, within 90 days from the date of this letter. Please include the basis of your appeal. If you have any questions regarding our response, you may contact us at: Central Intelligence Agency Washington, DC 20505 Information and Privacy Coordinator 703-613-3007 (Fax) Please be advised that you may seek dispute resolution services from the CIA's FOIA Public Liaison or from the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) of the National Archives and Records Administration. OGIS offers mediation services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies. You may reach CIA's FOIA Public Liaison at: 703-613-1287 (FOIA Hotline) The contact information for OGIS is: Office of Government Information Services National Archives and Records Administration 8601 Adelphi Road- OGIS College Park, MD 20740-6001 202-741-5770 877-864-6448 202-741-5769 (fax) [email protected] Contacting the CIA's FOIA Public Liaison or OGIS does not affect your right to pursue an administrative appeal. Sincerely, Allison Fong Information and Privacy Coordinator Enclosures ·Explanation of Exemptions Freedom of Information Act: (b )(1) exempts from disclosure information currently and properly classified, purSuant to an Executive Order; (b )(2) exempts from disclospre information, which pertains solely to the internal personnel ~es and practices of the Agency; (b)(3) exempts from disclosure information that another federal statUte protects, provided that the other federal statute either requires that the matters be withheld, or establishes particular. criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld. The (b )(3) statutes upon which the CIA relies include, but are not limited to, the CIA Act of 1949; (b)(4) exempts from disclosure trade secrets·and commercial or financial information that is obtained from a person and that is privileged or confidential; (b)(5) exempts from disclosure inter-and intra-agency memoranda or letters tllltt would not be .;,. available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency; (b)(6) exempts from disclosure information from personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy; (b )(7) exempts from disclosure information compiled for law enforcement purposes to the extent that the production of the information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings; (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication; (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source or, in the case of information compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source ; (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law; or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger any individual's life or physical safety; (b )(8) exempts from disclosure information contained in reports or related to examination, openiting, orcondition reports prepared by, or on behalf of, or for use of an agency responsible for regulating or supervising financial institutions; and (b )(9) exempts from disclosure geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells. · April2012 C06582967 Approved for Release: 2018/03/13 C06582967----------------, Vcentrallntelligence Agency- lntellipedia (b )(3) O central Intelligence Agency (b)(3) l!NCLASSIFIEil From lntellipedia From lntellipedia ~ Location: Map I Coordinates I About The Ceotrallotelligence Agency {CIA is one of the 16 a encies that fonn the US lntelli ence Communit . (b )(3) . ,- ·-·-----·- -----~- ---·------- - - -l I . I i Contents I I • I Brief History • 2 External links I • 2.1 Offidal websi1es and documen\s I • 2.2 Other external links ,_ _.__ ..... _ --- - - Brief History .----___;,...,--------. , The Cl A was created in response to World War II as the Office of Strategic Services I (OSS). It's functions included traditional espionage, covert action (from propaganda to sabotage), counterintelligence, and intelligence analysis. This was revolutionary in US intelligence. Not only was did have such varied functions, but they were performed by a single, national agency. Also, it was a leap forward because of the breadth of it intelligence interests and use of scholars to produce finished intellit:,rence. After WWII, the OSS was disbanded, officially being shut down on October I, 1945 by President Harry S. Truman. The X-2 (or counterintelligence) and secret . The official seal of the·Office intelligence branches were thus transferred into the War Department to form the i of Strategic Services .. Strategic Services Unit. The State Department absorbed the OSSs Research and Analysis branches. Nearly simultaneously, President Truman ordered a study of the intelligence structure required by the US in a post-WWII world. This resulted in the creation of the National Intelligence Authority (NIA) and its operational element, the Central Intelligence Group (CIG).' The CIG had the responsibility of coordinating and synthesizing the reports of the military service intelligence agencies and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and additionally took on the task of clandestine intelligence collection. Then, the National Security Act of 1947 was drafted and addressed the national security needs of the nation. This act created the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and made it an independent agency within the Executive Branch of the President. It replaced the CIG and gave it the following functions: 1. Advise the National Security Council (NSC) in matters regarding intelligence activities of the government departments and agencies as they relate to national security. 2. Make recommendations to the NSC for the coordination of intelligence activities of the departments and agencies of the government as they relate to national security. 3. Correlate and evaluate intelligence relating to national security, and provide for the appropriate dissemination of that intelligence within the government using existing agencies and facilities whenever possible. 4. Perform for the benefit of existing intelligence agencies such additional services of common concern as the NSC determines can be more effectively at;complished centrally. I of3 9/ 10/2014 9: 18AM Approved for Release: 2018/03/13 C06582967 C06582967 . Approved for Release: 2018/03/13 C06582967 ___________ 3 ~·Central intelligence Ag.!ncy -·lntellipedia I (b )( ) 5. Perform other functions and duties related' to intelligence affecting the national security as the NSC may from time to time direct. That last statement is what has historically been cited even unto the present as authorization for covert action. However, it was originally intended only for espionage. The ultimate legal basis for covert action is presidential direction and congressional approval of funds for such programs. Eventually, the CIA became the primary US intelligence agency for analysis, clandestine HUM INT collection, and covert action;