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EMD-79-36 1 (1979-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaysb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 10.. .3 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20543 B-157767 FEBRUARY 27, 1979 The Honorable John D. Dingell IIII I Chairman, Subcommittee on III I Energy and Power 111111111I Committee on Interstate and 108713 Foreign Commerce House of Representatives ear Mr. Chairman: g , / I Your letter of December 27, 1978, requested that we provide you with certain information relating to our re- cently issued classified report entitled-4-Nuclear Diversion in the U.S.) 13 Years of Contradiction and Confusion. Spe- cifically, you asked for information on the following four issues: 1. The Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA's) statutory authority for withholding information from GAO. 2. The Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) statu- tory authority for withholding informat from GAO. 3. Our authority to compel the Aand ¢Btorduce information essential to our eview. 4. The authority of the CIA and FBI to classify infor- mation that they did not generate and much of which is already on the public record. Moreover, your letter discussed other matters that we believe merit further comment. These are (1) additional ef- fort on our part to gain access to all Government documents involved in the Nuclear Materials and -quipment Corporatid (NUMEC) issue anreasons why the report is-classi- fied in view of our earlier assurances that the final report would be unclassified. ANSWERS TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS Briefly stated, we do not agree that the CIA and FBI have authority to deny us access to their records, except with regard to unvouchered expenditures as described in the EMD-79-36j * * (990515)

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