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Dan Marcus From:

Steve Dunne

Sent:

Friday, April 16, 2004 4:49 PM

To:

Dan Marcus

Subject: FW: IMPORTANT REMINDER: Guidelines re handling of staff statements

Original Message From: Dan Marcus Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:00 PM To: staff Subject: IMPORTANT REMINDER: Guidelines re handling of staff statements Now that we are finishing up work on one set of staff statements and preparing the next set, here's a reminder of the guidelines we need to follow in working with staff statements: (1) Drafts of staff statements (going forward) need to include footnotes indicating the source for information in the text, and each footnote needs to indicate the classification level of the source, e.g., (U), (S), OS), etc. (2) Drafts of staff statements that rely on any information derived from classified sources (documents or interviews) must be marked "SUBJECT TO CLASSIFICATION REVIEW" at the top and bottom of each page. (3) Drafts of staff statements that rely on any information derived from classified sources must be handled as classified documents based on the highest classification of source documents or interviews. In particular: (a) Such staff statements must be drafted and edited only on classified computers. (b) Draft staff statements derived from materials up to the Secret level may be worked on in any Commission office; draft staff statements derived from TS/SCI material must be worked on at the K Street SCIF or another SCIF. (c) Such staff statements may only be transmitted by secure means, e.g., classified fax or lock bag. (d) Such staff statements must be stored and transported securely. (4) Such staff statements cannot be treated as unclassified documents until the relevant Executive Branch agencies have completed their classification review and the Commission has satisfied (through negotiation and/or modification of the statements) all of the classification issues raised by the relevant agencies. The Front Office will make the judgment about when this process is complete. If you have any questions, please talk to Graham, Chris, Steve, or me. Thanks for your attention to these important procedures.

4/16/2004