PROPOSED DOWNGRADING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCES LABORATORY VOLUME 1 OF 2

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This document is a memo from the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory regarding the proposed downgrading of classified documents. The memo discusses that some information within the documents is blacked out, making it difficult to determine the significance or sensitivity of the missing information. It suggests making machine copies of these pages for release purposes. The expertise of the personnel is not enough to override previous determinations, so they defer to the prior reviewers. The memo also mentions two instances that require further attention. Additionally, it states that these documents are subject to Freedom of Information Act requests, and the department should be prepared to defend any withheld information. The memo concludes with contact information for the Public Liaison Staff.

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Body:  Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600040017-2
 Memo, PAG-TA,  2  Aug  94,  Proposed  Downgrading  of  Classified  Documents  for
 Cognitive Sciences Laboratory Volume 1 of 2 (U)
 1st Endorsement, S-64,114/PAG-TA 5 Aug 94
 PSP
 TO:   PAG-TA
 1. PSP has reviewed the enclosed documents and provides the following comments,
 a.  The documents were received with some information blacked out.  We are
 unable to determine the significance or sensitivity of this missing information.
 We do note that it is sometimes possible to read through portions of the black
 strikeovers.  Accordingly, the original pages bearing strikeovers should not be
 released as unclassified.  Rather, machine copies of these pages should be made
 for release purposes.
 b.  The expertise and subject knowledge of PSP personnel are not adequate
 to overrule previous determinations made by SAIC or PAG-TA.   PSP defers to the
 prior reviewers.
 c.  We noted two instances that bear a second look by PAG-TA.
 (1)  Yellow sticker tab 1:  handwritten phonetics were bracketed for
 deletion, but typed phonetics were not.   We have bracketed the typed phonetics
 as we believe this was an oversight.
 (2)  Yellow sticker tab 21   On this and the next few pages, a name
 is deleted in the "Ih-Eerviewer" line, but left in the "Comments" line.   We are
 not sure why the different treatment was given to the two data.   We are not
 suggesting it is wrong,  merely noting the apparent anomaly.
 2.  As contractor products for the US Government, these documents are subject to
 Freedom of Information Act requests.        Their release in part as unclassified
 documents may trigger such requests by allowing the documents to become more
 widely known.  PAG-TA needs to be prepared to field FOIA requests and defend any
 information withheld in terms of the exemptions permitted by the FOIA.    If
 necessary, PSP can assist PAG-TA with any actual FOIA requests.
 3.   PSP point of contact is
 n/c                                         Chief, Public Liaison
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 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600040017-2