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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 SOTO—106 ri _ ES GOVERNMENT : -UNITED STATES a . Assoc. Dir, Dep. AD Adm. _ ty , , a Dep. AD Inv. __ Memorandum _ rae Gre. syst. I cirri Z TO : Mr. Jenkins {+ a? . DATE: 5-31-74 Fee & cae — Gen, Inv. Ident. FRONT. }J. J. McDermott . teat ? Laboratory . Plan. & Eval. — supjecT: S. 2543; H. R. 12471; Training : FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LEGISLATION © Legal Coun. ae FOWARD MSR ENN EOY Seen | - The Senate yesterday (5-30-74) adopted two ‘amendments to captioned bill which greatly will adversely affect our operations and in all probability will insure this legislation will be vetoed. ele ew eter cereinici, | Spec. Inv. The first amendment was offered by ‘Senator Edmund Muskie (D-Maine) and would require the courts to examine classified material — in camera to determine if its classification was proper and the document ~, should be withheld from disclosure. The White House and the Department of 0) Justice in addition to CIA made an all out effort to defeat this amendment. Two White House legislative representatives were working personally on the Hill against this amendment while the Department had three of its representatives there, including Assistant Attorney General Vince Rakestraw, Office of Legislative Affairs. A letter'from the Attorney General to Senator Roman Hruska in opposition to the amendment was circulated to every Member of the Senate. In spite of this effort the amendment was adopted by vote of 53 to 29. The second amendment was offered by Senator Philip Hart (D-Mich.). This amendment would change and drastically weaken exemption number 7 of the Freedom of Information Act concerning investigatory files. The wording of this amendment follows. . CA~F/ #2 _ 4 "Investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes, ~ 2 but only to the extent that the production of such records would (A) interfere =| with enforcement proceedings, (B) deprive a person of a right to a fair trial a | or an impartial adjudication, or constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of we personal privacy, (C) disclose the identity of an informer, or (D) disclose e | investigative techniques and procedures." po BERS emer Gy ; i - Mr. Callahan F455 5575 S3e we, YUN 6 is74 8 1- Mr. Mintz ee 1 - Mr. McDermott 3h: RECORDED - i 1 - Mr. Farrington j 1 - Mr. Bowers ewes senna ncees LS DWB:kjs (7) CONTINUED - OVER IGS EE pe - : 97,0 WN 2 0 978, Vi a