1 / 12

NSA/CSS Declassification Program

Learn about the NSA's declassification program, review process, and accomplishments in releasing classified information to the public. See how the NSA works with other agencies for interagency cooperation and supports declassification initiatives.

jsybil
Download Presentation

NSA/CSS Declassification Program

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. NSA/CSS Declassification Program Presentation to the Public Interest Declassification Board Mr. Louis Giles Associate Director, Policy and Records

  2. Missions and Responsibilities • Development and promulgation of policy • Senior Classification/Declassification Authority • Initial Denial Authority for FOIA/PA and declassification access requests • NSA/CSS Federal Records Officer • Senior Privacy Official

  3. Organization

  4. Declassification Services • Review of records subject to automatic declassification • Mandatory Declassification Reviews • State Dept. Foreign Relations of the United States Series reviews • Discretionary projects • Pre-publication review of unclassified NSA/CSS information intended for public dissemination

  5. Classification Policy • 22 Original Classification Authorities • All decisions coordinated with Office of Policy and Records to ensure corporate approach, consistency and coordination with other government agencies • Unique position with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom

  6. Declassification Reasons • Executive Order 12958, as amended • Operational necessity • Historical relevancy • Legal mandates • Executive Branch direction • Discretionary projects

  7. Files Series Exemptions • Cryptanalysis • SIGINT Product & Cryptologic Technical Records • Traffic Analysis • Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) • Foreign Relationships/Partnerships • Nuclear Command and Control • Space and Weapons Control • Cryptologic Key Management • Counterintelligence • Tempest

  8. E.O. 12958, as amended, 25 Year Review • 46 million pages subject to automatic declassification – review completed • 4.5 million pages file series exempt • Pass/Fail as of March 2001

  9. Review Process • Reviews conducted at NSA HQs • Pass/Fail • Document level review • Review for declassification only; not reviewed for public release • Quality Control – two level review by government and contractor personnel • Documents and decisions stored in Automated Document Management System

  10. Interagency Cooperation • Support to Declassification Initiatives • External Referral Working Group • Automation Working Group • Classification Management Working Group • NARA’s Interagency Referral Center • Presidential Libraries Records Remote Archive Capture Program • Document Declassification Support System (DDSS) • Equity Recognition Training • Conferences and agency-to-agency

  11. Challenges • Release to the public • Funding • Referral processing (quantity, location and process is still unknown) • Lack of community-wide referral standards • Special media processing

  12. Accomplishments • Completion of 25-year review • Gulf of Tonkin Incident • U.S.S. Liberty Incident • Nazi/Japanese War Crimes • Vietnam POW/MIA Records • Rockefeller Library Papers • Venona • Cuban Missile Crisis • JFK Assassination Records

More Related