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GGD-83-15 1 (1982-10-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmrr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OCTOBER 7,1982 RELEASED The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Review of Department of Defense Investigation of Leak of Classified Information to The Washington Post (GAO/GGD-83-15) Your August 3, 1982, letter requested that we review a Department of Defense (DOD) investigation of a disclosure of classified information to The Washington Post. The informa- tion, which appeared in the Post on January 8, 1982, was from classified documents used in a meeting of DOD's Defense Resources Board on January 7 and from discussions during that meeting. The following two paragraphs from the August 3 letter highlight the case. Shortly after the article appeared, DOD announced that an investigation into the leak was underway and that Deputy Secretary Frank Carlucci and several other members of the Defense Resources Board had taken polygraph tests at their own re- quest. Subsequently, other DOD employees were requested to volunteer to take polygraph examina- tions.*** In March, news accounts reported that the Department had determined the source of the leak and had de- cided to dismiss the employee in question. However, when the investigation closed in May, the Department could not prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, who had provided the information to the Post. Specifically, we were asked to (1) give an opinion on DOD's compliance with its directive on the use of the polygraph; (2) provide assurance that the ability of the j ci ~ 9 ~234IS (009726) 9NKrRAL GOVICNMEN DIVISION B-209060 ON ,K 1J- T,.:

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