</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176 D Mary Hagen CONFIDENTIAL D robert contries See of O'Brien rold back Jerry of wl colling o'Brien Hens CL BY: 2/30/1716 CL REASON: Section 1.5 C in the same DECL ON: X1 DRY FRV: 1-82; SEC 5-82 Mary Hagan TO: Robert D. Caudle / DCI FROM: Paul F. Morris & DA CCS LEGAL ADVISOR DATE: 02/24/09/09:30:07 PM See if liis SUBJECT: Re: CCS Decision DOJ request for O'Brian Bi report in MKL case was rold Bob. (C) Assuming OGC has no objections, John Tumicky (DD/CCS/PS) also has no objection to A back these two outstanding requests for DOJ (DoJ) are agreed to: 1 respect CIA's classification decisions; 2) handle all CIA provided material (for purposes only). 1) coordinate CIA's for CIA's concurrence before releasing an CIA provided opportunity publicly. DOJ should be that that the results of be treated as classified classified CIA has an opportunity to review the material for disclosure of sensitive data and the results are not related to the information contained in the document. polygraph methodsologies. Also, DOJ also needs to understand that Mr. McCollough's 1989-BL-BI-SIA conducted under cover. as classified under cover, the results will be the "Brien Interview will also need to be treated No martin 1996 as an older agency employee. Mr. McCollough's EDD poly examiner. He retired from CIA in October VA 22090 (over 707-987-9178). If you may know address is 1809 Sycamore Valley Drive #302, Reston, BL report to just CIA's interview with William Hicks. (C.) John files to know if CCs is a copy of the B.I. However, DOES really want the whole over (c) John F. Cauldle mechanin reviewing text files in connection with inquiry. Original Text of Robert D.Caudle Talk w Original Text Of Robert Caudile O'Brien Paul: I would appreciate whatever you could do to facilitate a CCs decision on whether BI report can be provided by DC/Civic Rights for their use in Interview Brian. As I understand this report<loc_113><loc_732><loc_822><loc_736><loc_113><loc_746>contains no classified information. I would be hard pressed to identify a rationale for not providing it to <loc_113><loc_760>DOJ. Along with a request for access to the original O'Brien, I believe this is the only remaining action item from Bill Lann Lee's letter to me on this case. Thanks! CC:

Summary: The document outlines discussions regarding the release of a Bureau of Investigation (BI) report related to an interview with William O'Brien in connection with the Martin Luther King Jr. (MKL) assassination investigation. It references coordination between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on handling classified materials, including polygraph methodologies and review processes for disclosure. The text mentions a 1989-BL-BI-SIA classification code, an interview with William Hicks, and a request to provide the BI report to DOJ. It also includes contact details for Robert D. Caudle and Paul F. Morris, along with notes on CIA's concurrence requirements for releasing materials. Redacted text markers (<loc_113>, <loc_732>) are present in several locations.  

Key People: William O'Brien, William Hicks, Robert D. Caudle, Paul F. Morris, John Tumicky, Mr. McCollough (CIA polygraph examiner), Mary Hagan, Jerry of WL Colling.  

Key Locations: Reston, VA; Sycamore Valley Drive #302, Reston, VA; unspecified locations referenced in redacted text.  

Key Events: Coordination between DOJ and CIA on classified materials release, review of BI report for the MKL case, polygraph methodology discussions, interview with William Hicks, and handling of 1989-BL-BI-SIA classification code.  

Key Organizations: Department of Justice (DOJ), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Bureau of Investigation (BI).

MLK Declassified Files

07167570_re_ccs_decision_doj_reque.pdf

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