Reading Room Document

Disclosure of Information

The document is a response to a request for an opinion on whether the Attorney General has the authority to disclose certain information gathered by the FBI regarding an individual employed by a federal judge. The conclusion reached is that the disclosure to the judge is permissible unless restricted by the Attorney General Guidelines for FBI Foreign Intelligence Collection and Foreign Counterintelligence Investigations. However, there is no authority to permit disclosure to the security officer. The document presents questions related to the constitutional prohibition against dissemination of information, the Privacy Act, and the Security Procedures of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. It also raises the issue of whether the information under consideration for disclosure may be disclosed to the judge under the guidelines.

January 19, 1981