RESEARCH ON HUMAN SUBJECTS FOR INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES

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The memorandum outlines the guidance on conducting intelligence research programs with human participants. The Department of Defense has responded to unresolved questions and suggests that the Human Use Testing Committee should include at least one member who is not employed by the Department of Defense to comply with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. It is recommended that this change be implemented as soon as possible, and past actions taken by the Committee may not need to be reviewed and reapproved.

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Body:  Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788RO01100440020-1
 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310
 17 APP ?37?
 MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF
 FOR INTELLIGENCE
 SUBJECT:  Research on Human Subjects for Intelligence Purposes
 In a memorandum dated February 15, 1979, this office
 provided you with guidance on the conduct of certain intelligence
 research programs that have human participants.  We a -jIvised
 you that we had a few unresolved questions on the matter that
 we were raising with the General Counsel of the Department
 of Defense.
 We have now received responses to the questions that we
 raised.  Except in one respect, the responses we received are
 consistent with the guidance we provided you earlier and will
 not require any changes to the program your office has
 established.  The exception is that, in the view of the DOD
 General Counsel, the Human Use Testing Committee should
 include among its members at least one person who is not employed
 by the Department of Defense.  To avoid problems under the Federal
 Advisory Committee Act, this person should be a full-time employee
 of some other federal department or agency.
 This change in the membership of the Committee should be
 made as soon as possible.  We do not believe that it will be necessary
 for the reconstituted Committee to review and reapprove past actions
 taken by the Committee.
 Darrell L. Peck
 Deputy General Counsel
 (Military and Civil Affairs)
 Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788RO01100440020-1