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B-235836 1 (1989-08-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachip0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-235836 August 9, 1989 The Honorable Carol T. Crawford Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice Dear Ms. Crawford: By letter of June 26, 1989, you advised us that the executive branch would not participate in our review of executive branch compliance with congressional requests for documents related to the Iran/Contra affair because, in the opinion of the Justice Department, the review exceeds our authority and conflicts with the responsibilities of Congress' intelligence committees. We do not share the Department's view of our authority or its belief that this review would conflict with the authority of the intelligence committees. In May 1989, we received a congressional request to determine if certain government agencies had complied adequately with document requests made by the Iran/Contra committees and others in connection with Congress' investigation of the Iran/Contra affair. By letters of June 1, we notified the Departments of Defense (DOD) and State, the U.S. Information Agency, the Agency for International Development, and the National Security Council (NSC) of this assignment. The White House was similarly notified on June 11. Subsequently, we received responses from representatives of the White House, NSC, DOD, and State explaining that the Department of Justice would provide a response on behalf of the executive branch. In your letter of June 26, you question our authority to conduct this review based on the Department's view that our authority is limited to reviewing statutorily created programs and activities. In addition, you note that the Senate and House intelligence committees are currently investigating the matter we proposed to review, and that in the Department's view, when Congress seeks confidential intelligence information, Congress' intelligence committees, not this Office, are the exclusive means of access to such information. COMPGE

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