When handling SCI with potential foreign disclosures, what must be ensured?

• A. Allied nations are automatically approved
• B. Must be declassified first
• C. Proper licensing and approval for any foreign disclosures
• D. No license needed if person has clearance

Answer: (C)

When SCI could be shared with foreign persons, you must go through an official licensing and approval process before any disclosure. This ensures that the recipient is authorized, that the specific information and how it can be shared are carefully controlled, and that safeguards are in place to protect sources and methods. Clearance alone does not authorize foreign disclosures, even to allied nations, and declassification isn’t the step to take for sharing with a foreign national. The licensing and approval process is the mechanism that governs what can be disclosed, to whom, and under what conditions.