CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS

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Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, chairman,
Subcommittee on the Constitution

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Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina, chairman, Committee on the Judiciary.

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont..

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PROPOSED LEGISLATION

S. 774, a bill entitled "The Freedom of Information Reform Act".

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

APRIL 18, 1983

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Rose, Jonathan C., Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, U.S.
Department of Justice........

Rowe, Charles S., editor and copublisher, Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va
Taft, William H., IV, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense..
Claybrook, Joan, president, Public Citizen, Inc., accompanied by Sidney Wolf,
director, Health Research Group, Public Citizens, Inc., and Kathy Meyer,
counsel, Public Citizen, Inc..

O'Reilly, James T., senior counsel, Procter & Gamble, Co

APRIL 21, 1983

Webster, Hon. William H., Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation .....
Lewis, Robert, national treasurer, and chairman, Freedom of Information
Committee, Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, and Wash-
ington correspondent, Newhouse News Service, accompanied by Bruce W.
Sanford, first amendment counsel, Society of Professional Journalists.....
Adler, Allan R., counsel, Center for National Security Studies, on behalf of
the American Civil Liberties Union; and Page Putnam Miller, director,
National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History.....

ALPHABETICAL LISTING AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED

Adler, Allan R.:
Testimony

Prepared statement.

Supplemental memorandum of the ACLU's views..

Responses to written questions posed by Senator Leahy.

Export Administration Report...

Prepared statement

Claybrook, Joan:

Testimony

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., prepared statement of the General Electric Co.................
Leahy, Hon. Patrick: Methodological Assessment of the Drug Enforcement
Administration's Report, the Effect of the Freedom of Information Act on
DEA Investigations...

Lewis, Robert:

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Privacy and the Right of Access: Purposes and Paradoxes of Information
Control...

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Excerpts from the Public's Right To Know: The Supreme Court and the
First Amendment..

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Detailed analysis of S. 774....

Documented Examples of the Adverse Effects of the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act on Law Enforcement

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The Effect of the Freedom of Information Act on DEA Investigations.......... Rowe, Charles S.:

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Testimony

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Letter and newspaper articles subsequently submitted in regard to FOIA requests to the FBI...

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Prepared statement

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Taft, William H., IV: Testimony

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Webster, Hon. William H.:

Testimony

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Impact of the Freedom of Information Act Upon the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.

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Article from "La Cronica," with translation

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Former Secrets: Government Records Made Public Through the Freedom of Information Act, published by Campaign for Political Rights, Washington, D.C., May 1982..

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Testimony

Wolf, Dr. Sidney:

Final Report, Predisclosure Notification Study, with attachments..........

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APPENDIX

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE

American Bar Association, adopted resolution, February 23, 1983...
Widespread Misconceptions About FOIA's Direction Exposed, by Aaron I.
Reichel, Esq..

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American Council on Education, urging support for legislation to amend
section 4(b) of the Freedom of Information Act, May 4, 1983....
Letter to Randal Rader, from William J. Evans, vice president, Government
relations, Pan Am World Services, Inc. with attachments, May 10, 1983..
Letter to Hon. Orrin G. Hatch, from Charles Stewart, president, Machinery &
Allied Products Institute, May 10, 1983..

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Statement of American Business Press.

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Disclosure of Air Force Records, from the Federal Register, vol. 48, No. 69,
April 8, 1983.......

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Letter to Hon. Orrin G. Hatch, from James P. Carty, vice president and manager, Government Regulation and Competition, National Association of Manufacturers, June 15, 1983...

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1 A copy of this publication may be found in the files of the subcommittee.