Evaluation of United States Army Counterintelligence Investigations and Evidence Handling Procedures, July 13, 2016

Background

According to the investigation report:

Our objective was to determine whether continental United States Army counterintelligence investigative activities and evidence handling procedures complied with Executive Order 12333, DoD policy, and U.S. Army regulations.

Findings

Overall, we found that the Army is conducting counterinteiHgence investigative activities and evidence handling procedures in accordance with Executive Order 12333, DoD policy, and U.S. Army regulations. However, we found that the Army does not have a policy for entering subjects of Limited Counterintelligence Assessments into the Defense Central Index of Investigations as outlined by DoD Instruction 5505.07, “Titling and Tndexing Subjects of Criminal Investigations in the Department of Defense,” January 27, 2012; Army Regulation 391-10, “U.S. Army Intelligence Activities, May 3, 2007; and Army Regulation 381-45, “Investigative Records Repository,” May 31, 2013. A Limited Counterintelligence Assessment is a local file initiated to determine if an incident or matter is
of counter intelligence interest.