Reading Room Document
Application of 18 U.S.C. § 207 to Former CIA Officials' Communications With CIA Employees on Detail to Other Agencies
The prohibition in 18 U.S.C. § 207(c), under which a former high level official, in the year after his departure, may not make "any communication to or appearance before any officer or employee" of his former agency, would apply if former CIA officials make communications to or appearances before CIA employees who are on detail to other agencies. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/451641/download.
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