CIA · From: JOHN F. PEREIRA. CHIEF, HRG · To: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ARRB · JFK-M-15 : F3 : 2000.02.04.07:51:12:700035 : · Release: Redact
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"10 A6666______ , '104-10330-10070 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992| SECRET Central Intelligence Agency Washington,D.C. 20505 13 December 1996 MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director . Assassination Records Review Board SUBJECT : (U) Identity of Human Sources (We request that this memorandum be returned to CIA once the Review Board has completed its deliberations on the issues discussed below.) 1. (U) Issue. The purpose of this memorandum is to relate CIA's concerns to the Review Board regarding the release of the true names of human sources of intelligence which appear in the JFK Collection and to present a proposal on how this problem could be addressed. I. Factual Background 2. (U) In general, CIA "sources" are foreign nationals, recruited and living in a foreign country, who provide information to the U.S. Government under a promise of confidentiality. Their act of passing information to the U.S. is generally against the national interest of their own country and would be considered espionage, which is a capital offense in most countries. Just as in this country when a spy is caught, should a CIA source"
"… CORDS ACT OF 1992| SECRET Central Intelligence Agency Washington,D.C. 20505 13 December 1996 MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director . Assassination Records Review Board SUBJECT : (U) Identity of Human Sources (We request that this memorandum be returned to CIA once the Review Board has completed its del …"
"10 A6666______ , '104-10330-10070 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992| SECRET Central Intelligence Agency Washington,D.C. 20505 13 December 1996 MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director . Assassination Records Review Board SUBJECT : (U) Identi …"
"… (U) Another important distinction that needs to be taken into account is the difference between CIA and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) "sources." Perhaps the most significant difference is that many FBI sources provide information with the understanding that the informat …"
"… .S. Government policy to protect intelligence sources. 7. (U) By Executive Order (E.O.) and statute, the President and Congress have made the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) responsible for protecting intelligence sources. In his Directive of 22 January 1946 which - established t …"