EXECUTIVE ORDER

12333
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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

PREAMBLE

Timely, accurate, and insightful information about the

activities, capabilities, plans, and intentions of foreign

powers, organizations, and persons, and their agents, is

essential to the national security of the United States. All

reasonable and lawful means must be used to ensure that the

United States will receive the best intelligence possible. For

that purpose, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,

including the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, (Act)

and as President of the United States of America, in order to

provide for the effective conduct of United States intelligence

activities and the protection of constitutional rights, it is

hereby ordered as follows:

PART 1 Goals, Directions, Duties, and Responsibilities with

Respect to United States Intelligence Efforts

1.1 Goals. The United States intelligence effort shall provide

the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland

Security Council with the necessary information on which to base

decisions concerning the development and conduct of foreign,

defense, and economic policies, and the protection of

United States national interests from foreign security threats.

All departments and agencies shall cooperate fully to fulfill

this goal.

(a) All means, consistent with applicable Federal law and

this order, and with full consideration of the rights of

United States persons, shall be used to obtain reliable

intelligence information to protect the United States and its

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interests.

(b) The United States Government has a solemn obligation,

and shall continue in the conduct of intelligence activities

under this order, to protect fully the legal rights of all

United States persons, including freedoms, civil liberties, and

privacy rights guaranteed by Federal law.

(c) Intelligence collection under this order should be

guided by the need for information to respond to intelligence

priorities set by the President.

(d) Special emphasis should be given to detecting and

countering:

(1) Espionage and other threats and activities

directed by foreign powers or their intelligence

services against the United States and its interests;

(2) Threats to the United States and its interests

from terrorism; and

(3) Threats to the United States and its interests

from the development, possession, proliferation, or

use of weapons of mass destruction.

(e) Special emphasis shall be given to the production

of timely, accurate, and insightful reports, responsive to

decisionmakers in the executive branch, that draw on all

appropriate sources of information, including open source

information, meet rigorous analytic standards, consider

diverse analytic viewpoints, and accurately represent

appropriate alternative views.

(f) State, local, and tribal governments are critical

partners in securing and defending the United States from

terrorism and other threats to the United States and its

interests. Our national intelligence effort should take into

account the responsibilities and requirements of State, local,

and tribal governments and, as appropriate, private sector

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entities, when undertaking the collection and dissemination of

information and intelligence to protect the United States.

(g) All departments and agencies have a responsibility

to prepare and to provide intelligence in a manner that allows

the full and free exchange of information, consistent with

applicable law and presidential guidance.

1.2 The National Security Council.

(a) Purpose. The National Security Council (NSC)

shall act as the highest ranking executive branch entity that

provides support to the President for review of, guidance

for, and direction to the conduct of all foreign intelligence,

counterintelligence, and covert action, and attendant policies

and programs.

(b) Covert Action and Other Sensitive Intelligence

Operations. The NSC shall consider and submit to the President

a policy recommendation, including all dissents, on each

proposed covert action and conduct a periodic review of ongoing

covert action activities, including an evaluation of the

effectiveness and consistency with current national policy

of such activities and consistency with applicable legal

requirements. The NSC shall perform such other functions

related to covert action as the President may direct, but shall

not undertake the conduct of covert actions. The NSC shall also

review proposals for other sensitive intelligence operations.

1.3 Director of National Intelligence. Subject to the

authority, direction, and control of the President, the Director

of National Intelligence (Director) shall serve as the head of

the Intelligence Community, act as the principal adviser to the

President, to the NSC, and to the Homeland Security Council

for intelligence matters related to national security, and

shall oversee and direct the implementation of the National

Intelligence Program and execution of the National Intelligence

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Program budget. The Director will lead a unified, coordinated,

and effective intelligence effort. In addition, the Director

shall, in carrying out the duties and responsibilities under

this section, take into account the views of the heads of

departments containing an element of the Intelligence Community

and of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

(a) Except as otherwise directed by the President or

prohibited by law, the Director shall have access to all

information and intelligence described in section 1.5(a) of this

order. For the purpose of access to and sharing of information

and intelligence, the Director:

(1) Is hereby assigned the function under

section 3(5) of the Act, to determine that intelligence,

regardless of the source from which derived and including

information gathered within or outside the United States,

pertains to more than one United States Government agency; and

(2) Shall develop guidelines for how information

or intelligence is provided to or accessed by the Intelligence

Community in accordance with section 1.5(a) of this order, and

for how the information or intelligence may be used and shared

by the Intelligence Community. All guidelines developed in

accordance with this section shall be approved by the Attorney

General and, where applicable, shall be consistent with

guidelines issued pursuant to section 1016 of the Intelligence

Reform and Terrorism Protection Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458)

(IRTPA).

(b) In addition to fulfilling the obligations and

responsibilities prescribed by the Act, the Director:

(1) Shall establish objectives, priorities, and

guidance for the Intelligence Community to ensure timely and

effective collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of

intelligence, of whatever nature and from whatever source

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derived;

(2) May designate, in consultation with affected

heads of departments or Intelligence Community elements, one or

more Intelligence Community elements to develop and to maintain

services of common concern on behalf of the Intelligence

Community if the Director determines such services can be more

efficiently or effectively accomplished in a consolidated

manner;

(3) Shall oversee and provide advice to the

President and the NSC with respect to all ongoing and proposed

covert action programs;

(4) In regard to the establishment and conduct of

intelligence arrangements and agreements with foreign

governments and international organizations:

(A) May enter into intelligence and

counterintelligence arrangements and agreements with foreign

governments and international organizations;

(B) Shall formulate policies concerning

intelligence and counterintelligence arrangements and agreements

with foreign governments and international organizations; and

(C) Shall align and synchronize intelligence and

counterintelligence foreign relationships among the elements of

the Intelligence Community to further United States national

security, policy, and intelligence objectives;

(5) Shall participate in the development of

procedures approved by the Attorney General governing criminal

drug intelligence activities abroad to ensure that these

activities are consistent with foreign intelligence programs;

(6) Shall establish common security and access

standards for managing and handling intelligence systems,

information, and products, with special emphasis on

facilitating:

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 (A) The fullest and most prompt access to and

dissemination of information and intelligence practicable,

assigning the highest priority to detecting, preventing,

preempting, and disrupting terrorist threats and activities

against the United States, its interests, and allies; and

(B) The establishment of standards for an

interoperable information sharing enterprise that facilitates

the sharing of intelligence information among elements of the

Intelligence Community;

(7) Shall ensure that appropriate departments and

agencies have access to intelligence and receive the support

needed to perform independent analysis;

(8) Shall protect, and ensure that programs are

developed to protect, intelligence sources, methods, and

activities from unauthorized disclosure;

(9) Shall, after consultation with the heads of

affected departments and agencies, establish guidelines for

Intelligence Community elements for:

(A) Classification and declassification of all

intelligence and intelligence-related information classified

under the authority of the Director or the authority of the head

of a department or Intelligence Community element; and

(B) Access to and dissemination of all

intelligence and intelligence-related information, both in its

final form and in the form when initially gathered, to include

intelligence originally classified by the head of a department

or Intelligence Community element, except that access to and

dissemination of information concerning United States persons

shall be governed by procedures developed in accordance with

Part 2 of this order;

(10) May, only with respect to Intelligence

Community elements, and after consultation with the head of the

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originating Intelligence Community element or the head of the

originating department, declassify, or direct the

declassification of, information or intelligence relating to

intelligence sources, methods, and activities. The Director may

only delegate this authority to the Principal Deputy Director of

National Intelligence;

(11) May establish, operate, and direct one or more

national intelligence centers to address intelligence

priorities;

(12) May establish Functional Managers and Mission

Managers, and designate officers or employees of the

United States to serve in these positions.

(A) Functional Managers shall report to the

Director concerning the execution of their duties as Functional

Managers, and may be charged with developing and implementing

strategic guidance, policies, and procedures for activities

related to a specific intelligence discipline or set of

intelligence activities; set training and tradecraft standards;

and ensure coordination within and across intelligence

disciplines and Intelligence Community elements and with related

non-intelligence activities. Functional Managers may also

advise the Director on: the management of resources; policies

and procedures; collection capabilities and gaps; processing and

dissemination of intelligence; technical architectures; and

other issues or activities determined by the Director.

(i) The Director of the National

Security Agency is designated the Functional Manager for signals

intelligence;

(ii) The Director of the Central

Intelligence Agency is designated the Functional Manager for

human intelligence; and

(iii) The Director of the National

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Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is designated the Functional

Manager for geospatial intelligence.

(B) Mission Managers shall serve as principal

substantive advisors on all or specified aspects of intelligence

related to designated countries, regions, topics, or functional

issues;

(13) Shall establish uniform criteria for the

determination of relative priorities for the transmission of

critical foreign intelligence, and advise the Secretary of

Defense concerning the communications requirements of the

Intelligence Community for the transmission of such

communications;

(14) Shall have ultimate responsibility for

production and dissemination of intelligence produced by the

Intelligence Community and authority to levy analytic tasks on

intelligence production organizations within the Intelligence

Community, in consultation with the heads of the Intelligence

Community elements concerned;

(15) May establish advisory groups for the purpose

of obtaining advice from within the Intelligence Community to

carry out the Director's responsibilities, to include

Intelligence Community executive management committees composed

of senior Intelligence Community leaders. Advisory groups shall

consist of representatives from elements of the Intelligence

Community, as designated by the Director, or other executive

branch departments, agencies, and offices, as appropriate;

(16) Shall ensure the timely exploitation and

dissemination of data gathered by national intelligence

collection means, and ensure that the resulting intelligence is

disseminated immediately to appropriate government elements,

including military commands;

(17) Shall determine requirements and priorities

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for, and manage and direct the tasking, collection, analysis,

production, and dissemination of, national intelligence by

elements of the Intelligence Community, including approving

requirements for collection and analysis and resolving conflicts

in collection requirements and in the tasking of national

collection assets of Intelligence Community elements (except

when otherwise directed by the President or when the Secretary

of Defense exercises collection tasking authority under plans

and arrangements approved by the Secretary of Defense and the

Director);

(18) May provide advisory tasking concerning

collection and analysis of information or intelligence relevant

to national intelligence or national security to departments,

agencies, and establishments of the United States Government

that are not elements of the Intelligence Community; and shall

establish

procedures, in consultation with affected heads of

departments or agencies and subject to approval by the Attorney

General, to implement this authority and to monitor or evaluate

the responsiveness of United States Government departments,

agencies, and other establishments;

(19) Shall fulfill the responsibilities in

section 1.3(b)(17) and (18) of this order, consistent with

applicable law and with full consideration of the rights of

United States persons, whether information is to be collected

inside or outside the United States;

(20) Shall ensure, through appropriate policies and

procedures, the deconfliction, coordination, and integration of

all intelligence activities conducted by an Intelligence

Community element or funded by the National Intelligence

Program. In accordance with these policies and procedures:

(A) The Director of the Federal Bureau of

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Investigation shall coordinate the clandestine collection of

foreign intelligence collected through human sources or through

human-enabled means and counterintelligence activities inside

the United States;

(B) The Director of the Central Intelligence

Agency shall coordinate the clandestine collection of foreign

intelligence collected through human sources or through human-

enabled means and counterintelligence activities outside the

United States;

(C) All policies and procedures for the

coordination of counterintelligence activities and the

clandestine collection of foreign intelligence inside the

United States shall be subject to the approval of the Attorney

General; and

(D) All policies and procedures developed under

this section shall be coordinated with the heads of affected

departments and Intelligence Community elements;

(21) Shall, with the concurrence of the heads of

affected departments and agencies, establish joint procedures to

deconflict, coordinate, and synchronize intelligence activities

conducted by an Intelligence Community element or funded by the

National Intelligence Program, with intelligence activities,

activities that involve foreign intelligence and security

services, or activities that involve the use of clandestine

methods, conducted by other United States Government

departments, agencies, and establishments;

(22) Shall, in coordination with the heads of

departments containing elements of the Intelligence Community,

develop procedures to govern major system acquisitions funded in

whole or in majority part by the National Intelligence Program;

(23) Shall seek advice from the Secretary of State

to ensure that the foreign policy implications of proposed

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intelligence activities are considered, and shall ensure,

through appropriate policies and procedures, that intelligence

activities are conducted in a manner consistent with the

responsibilities pursuant to law and presidential direction of

Chiefs of United States Missions; and

(24) Shall facilitate the use of Intelligence

Community products by the Congress in a secure manner.

(c) The Director's exercise of authorities in the

Act and this order shall not abrogate the statutory or

other responsibilities of the heads of departments of the

United States Government or the Director of the Central

Intelligence Agency. Directives issued and actions taken by

the Director in the exercise of the Director's authorities

and responsibilities to integrate, coordinate, and make the

Intelligence Community more effective in providing intelligence

related to national security shall be implemented by the

elements of the Intelligence Community, provided that any

department head whose department contains an element of the

Intelligence Community and who believes that a directive or

action of the Director violates the requirements of section 1018

of the IRTPA or this subsection shall bring the issue to the

attention of the Director, the NSC, or the President for

resolution in a manner that respects and does not abrogate the

statutory responsibilities of the heads of the departments.

(d) Appointments to certain positions.

(1) The relevant department or bureau head shall

provide recommendations and obtain the concurrence of the

Director for the selection of: the Director of the National

Security Agency, the Director of the National Reconnaissance

Office, the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence

Agency, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for

Intelligence and Analysis, the Assistant Secretary of State for

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Intelligence and Research, the Director of the Office of

Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of

Energy, the Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of

the Department of the Treasury, and the Executive Assistant

Director for the National Security Branch of the Federal Bureau

of Investigation. If the Director does not concur in the

recommendation, the department head may not fill the vacancy or

make the recommendation to the President, as the case may be.

If the department head and the Director do not reach an

agreement on the selection or recommendation, the Director and

the department head concerned may advise the President directly

of the Director's intention to withhold concurrence.

(2) The relevant department head shall consult with

the Director before appointing an individual to fill a vacancy

or recommending to the President an individual be nominated to

fill a vacancy in any of the following positions: the Under

Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; the Director of the

Defense Intelligence Agency; uniformed heads of the intelligence

elements of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine

Corps above the rank of Major General or Rear Admiral; the

Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard for Intelligence; and

the Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

(e) Removal from certain positions.

(1) Except for the Director of the Central

Intelligence Agency, whose removal the Director may recommend to

the President, the Director and the relevant department head

shall consult on the removal, or recommendation to the President

for removal, as the case may be, of: the Director of the

National Security Agency, the Director of the National

Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Director of the Defense

Intelligence Agency, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security

for Intelligence and Analysis, the Assistant Secretary of State

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for Intelligence and Research, and the Assistant Secretary for

Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of the Treasury. If

the Director and the department head do not agree on removal, or

recommendation for removal, either may make a recommendation to

the President for the removal of the individual.

(2) The Director and the relevant department or

bureau head shall consult on the removal of: the Executive

Assistant Director for the National Security Branch of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the Office of

Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of

Energy, the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office,

the Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard for Intelligence,

and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. With

respect to an individual appointed by a department head, the

department head may remove the individual upon the request of

the Director; if the department head chooses not to remove the

individual, either the Director or the department head may

advise the President of the department head's intention to

retain the individual. In the case of the Under Secretary of

Defense for Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense may recommend

to the President either the removal or the retention of the

individual. For uniformed heads of the intelligence elements of

the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps, the

Director may make a recommendation for removal to the Secretary

of Defense.

(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed

to limit or otherwise affect the authority of the President to

nominate, appoint, assign, or terminate the appointment or

assignment of any individual, with or without a consultation,

recommendation, or concurrence.

1.4 The Intelligence Community. Consistent with applicable

Federal law and with the other provisions of this order, and

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under the leadership of the Director, as specified in such law

and this order, the Intelligence Community shall:

(a) Collect and provide information needed by the

President and, in the performance of executive functions, the

Vice President, the NSC, the Homeland Security Council, the

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, senior military

commanders, and other executive branch officials and, as

appropriate, the Congress of the United States;

(b) In accordance with priorities set by the President,

collect information concerning, and conduct activities to

protect against, international terrorism, proliferation of

weapons of mass destruction, intelligence activities directed

against the United States, international criminal drug

activities, and other hostile activities directed against the

United States by foreign powers, organizations, persons, and

their agents;

(c) Analyze, produce, and disseminate intelligence;

(d) Conduct administrative, technical, and other support

activities within the United States and abroad necessary for

the performance of authorized activities, to include providing

services of common concern for the Intelligence Community as

designated by the Director in accordance with this order;

(e) Conduct research, development, and procurement of

technical systems and devices relating to authorized functions

and missions or the provision of services of common concern for

the Intelligence Community;

(f) Protect the security of intelligence related

activities, information, installations, property, and employees

by appropriate means, including such investigations of

applicants, employees, contractors, and other persons with

similar associations with the Intelligence Community elements as

are necessary;

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 (g) Take into account State, local, and tribal

governments' and, as appropriate, private sector entities'

information needs relating to national and homeland security;

(h) Deconflict, coordinate, and integrate all intelligence

activities and other information gathering in accordance with

section 1.3(b)(20) of this order; and

(i) Perform such other functions and duties related to

intelligence activities as the President may direct.

1.5 Duties and Responsibilities of the Heads of Executive

Branch Departments and Agencies. The heads of all departments

and agencies shall:

(a) Provide the Director access to all information and

intelligence relevant to the national security or that otherwise

is required for the performance of the Director's duties,

to include administrative and other appropriate management

information, except such information excluded by law, by the

President, or by the Attorney General acting under this order

at the direction of the President;

(b) Provide all programmatic and budgetary information

necessary to support the Director in developing the National

Intelligence Program;

(c) Coordinate development and implementation of

intelligence systems and architectures and, as appropriate,

operational systems and architectures of their departments,

agencies, and other elements with the Director to respond

to national intelligence requirements and all applicable

information sharing and security guidelines, information

privacy, and other legal requirements;

(d) Provide, to the maximum extent permitted by

law, subject to the availability of appropriations and not

inconsistent with the mission of the department or agency, such

further support to the Director as the Director may request,

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after consultation with the head of the department or agency,

for the performance of the Director's functions;

(e) Respond to advisory tasking from the Director

under section 1.3(b)(18) of this order to the greatest extent

possible, in accordance with applicable policies established

by the head of the responding department or agency;

(f) Ensure that all elements within the department

or agency comply with the provisions of Part 2 of this order,

regardless of Intelligence Community affiliation, when

performing foreign intelligence and counterintelligence

functions;

(g) Deconflict, coordinate, and integrate all

intelligence activities in accordance with section 1.3(b)(20),

and intelligence and other activities in accordance with

section 1.3(b)(21) of this order;

(h) Inform the Attorney General, either directly or

through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director

of clandestine collection of foreign intelligence and

counterintelligence activities inside the United States not

coordinated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

(i) Pursuant to arrangements developed by the head of

the department or agency and the Director of the Central

Intelligence Agency and approved by the Director, inform the

Director and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency,

either directly or through his designee serving outside the

United States, as appropriate, of clandestine collection of

foreign intelligence collected through human sources or through

human-enabled means outside the United States that has not been

coordinated with the Central Intelligence Agency; and

(j) Inform the Secretary of Defense, either directly or

through his designee, as appropriate, of clandestine collection

of foreign intelligence outside the United States in a region of

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combat or contingency military operations designated by the

Secretary of Defense, for purposes of this paragraph, after

consultation with the Director of National Intelligence.

1.6 Heads of Elements of the Intelligence Community. The heads

of elements of the Intelligence Community shall:

(a) Provide the Director access to all information and

intelligence relevant to the national security or that otherwise

is required for the performance of the Director's duties,

to include administrative and other appropriate management

information, except such information excluded by law, by the

President, or by the Attorney General acting under this order

at the direction of the President;

(b) Report to the Attorney General possible violations

of Federal criminal laws by employees and of specified Federal

criminal laws by any other person as provided in procedures

agreed upon by the Attorney General and the head of the

department, agency, or establishment concerned, in a manner

consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and

methods, as specified in those procedures;

(c) Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board, consistent

with Executive Order 13462 of February 29, 2008, and provide

copies of all such reports to the Director, concerning any

intelligence activities of their elements that they have reason

to believe may be unlawful or contrary to executive order or

presidential directive;

(d) Protect intelligence and intelligence sources,

methods, and activities from unauthorized disclosure in

accordance with guidance from the Director;

(e) Facilitate, as appropriate, the sharing of information

or intelligence, as directed by law or the President, to State,

local, tribal, and private sector entities;

(f) Disseminate information or intelligence to foreign

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governments and international organizations under intelligence

or counterintelligence arrangements or agreements established in

accordance with section 1.3(b)(4) of this order;

(g) Participate in the development of procedures approved

by the Attorney General governing production and dissemination

of information or intelligence resulting from criminal drug

intelligence activities abroad if they have intelligence

responsibilities for foreign or domestic criminal drug

production and trafficking; and

(h) Ensure that the inspectors general, general counsels,

and agency officials responsible for privacy or civil liberties

protection for their respective organizations have access to any

information or intelligence necessary to perform their official

duties.

1.7 Intelligence Community Elements. Each element of

the Intelligence Community shall have the duties and

responsibilities specified below, in addition to those

specified by law or elsewhere in this order. Intelligence

Community elements within executive departments shall serve the

information and intelligence needs of their respective heads

of departments and also shall operate as part of an integrated

Intelligence Community, as provided in law or this order.

(a) THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. The Director of the

Central Intelligence Agency shall:

(1) Collect (including through clandestine means),

analyze, produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence and

counterintelligence;

(2) Conduct counterintelligence activities without

assuming or performing any internal security functions within

the United States;

(3) Conduct administrative and technical support

activities within and outside the United States as necessary for

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cover and proprietary arrangements;

(4) Conduct covert action activities approved by the

President. No agency except the Central Intelligence Agency (or

the Armed Forces of the United States in time of war declared by

the Congress or during any period covered by a report from the

President to the Congress consistent with the War Powers

Resolution, Public Law 93-148) may conduct any covert action

activity unless the President determines that another agency is

more likely to achieve a particular objective;

(5) Conduct foreign intelligence liaison

relationships with intelligence or security services of foreign

governments or international organizations consistent with

section 1.3(b)(4) of this order;

(6) Under the direction and guidance of the Director,

and in accordance with section 1.3(b)(4) of this order,

coordinate the implementation of intelligence and

counterintelligence relationships between elements of the

Intelligence Community and the intelligence or security services

of foreign governments or international organizations; and

(7) Perform such other functions and duties related

to intelligence as the Director may direct.

(b) THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. The Director of the

Defense Intelligence Agency shall:

(1) Collect (including through clandestine means),

analyze, produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence and

counterintelligence to support national and departmental

missions;

(2) Collect, analyze, produce, or, through tasking

and coordination, provide defense and defense-related

intelligence for the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders, other Defense

components, and non-Defense agencies;

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 (3) Conduct counterintelligence activities;

(4) Conduct administrative and technical support

activities within and outside the United States as necessary for

cover and proprietary arrangements;

(5) Conduct foreign defense intelligence liaison

relationships and defense intelligence exchange programs with

foreign defense establishments, intelligence or security

services of foreign governments, and international organizations

in accordance with sections 1.3(b)(4), 1.7(a)(6), and 1.10(i) of

this order;

(6) Manage and coordinate all matters related to the

Defense Attaché system; and

(7) Provide foreign intelligence and

counterintelligence staff support as directed by the Secretary

of Defense.

(c) THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY. The Director of the

National Security Agency shall:

(1) Collect (including through clandestine means),

process, analyze, produce, and disseminate signals intelligence

information and data for foreign intelligence and

counterintelligence purposes to support national and

departmental missions;

(2) Establish and operate an effective unified

organization for signals intelligence activities, except for the

delegation of operational control over certain operations that

are conducted through other elements of the Intelligence

Community. No other department or agency may engage in signals

intelligence activities except pursuant to a delegation by the

Secretary of Defense, after coordination with the Director;

(3) Control signals intelligence collection and

processing activities, including assignment of resources to an

appropriate agent for such periods and tasks as required for the

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direct support of military commanders;

(4) Conduct administrative and technical support

activities within and outside the United States as necessary for

cover arrangements;

(5) Provide signals intelligence support for national

and departmental requirements and for the conduct of military

operations;

(6) Act as the National Manager for National Security

Systems as established in law and policy, and in this capacity

be responsible to the Secretary of Defense and to the Director;

(7) Prescribe, consistent with section 102A(g) of

the Act, within its field of authorized operations, security

regulations covering operating practices, including the

transmission, handling, and distribution of signals intelligence

and communications security material within and among the

elements under control of the Director of the National Security

Agency, and exercise the necessary supervisory control to ensure

compliance with the regulations; and

(8) Conduct foreign cryptologic liaison relationships

in accordance with sections 1.3(b)(4), 1.7(a)(6), and 1.10(i) of

this order.

(d) THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE. The Director of

the National Reconnaissance Office shall:

(1) Be responsible for research and development,

acquisition, launch, deployment, and operation of overhead

systems and related data processing facilities to collect

intelligence and information to support national and

departmental missions and other United States Government needs;

and

(2) Conduct foreign liaison relationships relating

to the above missions, in accordance with sections 1.3(b)(4),

1.7(a)(6), and 1.10(i) of this order.

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 (e) THE NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. The

Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall:

(1) Collect, process, analyze, produce, and

disseminate geospatial intelligence information and data for

foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes to support

national and departmental missions;

(2) Provide geospatial intelligence support for

national and departmental requirements and for the conduct of

military operations;

(3) Conduct administrative and technical support

activities within and outside the United States as necessary for

cover arrangements; and

(4) Conduct foreign geospatial intelligence liaison

relationships, in accordance with sections 1.3(b)(4), 1.7(a)(6),

and 1.10(i) of this order.

(f) THE INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ELEMENTS OF

THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS. The Commanders and

heads of the intelligence and counterintelligence elements of

the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps shall:

(1) Collect (including through clandestine means),

produce, analyze, and disseminate defense and defense-related

intelligence and counterintelligence to support departmental

requirements, and, as appropriate, national requirements;

(2) Conduct counterintelligence activities;

(3) Monitor the development, procurement, and

management of tactical intelligence systems and equipment and

conduct related research, development, and test and evaluation

activities; and

(4) Conduct military intelligence liaison

relationships and military intelligence exchange programs with

selected cooperative foreign defense establishments and

international organizations in accordance with

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sections 1.3(b)(4), 1.7(a)(6), and 1.10(i) of this order.

(g) INTELLIGENCE ELEMENTS OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF

INVESTIGATION. Under the supervision of the Attorney General

and pursuant to such regulations as the Attorney General may

establish, the intelligence elements of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation shall:

(1) Collect (including through clandestine means),

analyze, produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence and

counterintelligence to support national and departmental

missions, in accordance with procedural guidelines approved by

the Attorney General, after consultation with the Director;

(2) Conduct counterintelligence activities; and

(3) Conduct foreign intelligence and

counterintelligence liaison relationships with intelligence,

security, and law enforcement services of foreign governments or

international organizations in accordance with

sections 1.3(b)(4) and 1.7(a)(6) of this order.

(h) THE INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ELEMENTS OF

THE COAST GUARD. The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall:

(1) Collect (including through clandestine means),

analyze, produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence and

counterintelligence including defense and defense-related

information and intelligence to support national and

departmental missions;

(2) Conduct counterintelligence activities;

(3) Monitor the development, procurement, and

management of tactical intelligence systems and equipment and

conduct related research, development, and test and evaluation

activities; and

(4) Conduct foreign intelligence liaison

relationships and intelligence exchange programs with foreign

intelligence services, security services or international

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organizations in accordance with sections 1.3(b)(4), 1.7(a)(6),

and, when operating as part of the Department of Defense,

1.10(i) of this order.

(i) THE BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH, DEPARTMENT OF

STATE; THE OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS, DEPARTMENT OF

THE TREASURY; THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL SECURITY INTELLIGENCE, DRUG

ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION; THE OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND

ANALYSIS, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; AND THE OFFICE OF

INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

The heads of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department

of State; the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Department

of the Treasury; the Office of National Security Intelligence,

Drug Enforcement Administration; the Office of Intelligence and

Analysis, Department of Homeland Security; and the Office of

Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Department of Energy

shall:

(1) Collect (overtly or through publicly available

sources), analyze, produce, and disseminate information,

intelligence, and counterintelligence to support national and

departmental missions; and

(2) Conduct and participate in analytic or

information exchanges with foreign partners and international

organizations in accordance with sections 1.3(b)(4) and

1.7(a)(6) of this order.

(j) THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Director shall collect (overtly or through publicly

available sources), analyze, produce, and disseminate

information, intelligence, and counterintelligence to support

the missions of the Office of the Director of National

Intelligence, including the National Counterterrorism Center,

and to support other national missions.

1.8 The Department of State. In addition to the authorities

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exercised by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research under

sections 1.4 and 1.7(i) of this order, the Secretary of State

shall:

(a) Collect (overtly or through publicly available

sources) information relevant to United States foreign policy

and national security concerns;

(b) Disseminate, to the maximum extent possible, reports

received from United States diplomatic and consular posts;

(c) Transmit reporting requirements and advisory taskings

of the Intelligence Community to the Chiefs of United States

Missions abroad; and

(d) Support Chiefs of United States Missions in

discharging their responsibilities pursuant to law and

presidential direction.

1.9 The Department of the Treasury. In addition to the

authorities exercised by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis

of the Department of the Treasury under sections 1.4 and 1.7(i)

of this order the Secretary of the Treasury shall collect

(overtly or through publicly available sources) foreign

financial information and, in consultation with the Department

of State, foreign economic information.

1.10 The Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense

shall:

(a) Collect (including through clandestine means),

analyze, produce, and disseminate information and intelligence

and be responsive to collection tasking and advisory tasking by

the Director;

(b) Collect (including through clandestine means),

analyze, produce, and disseminate defense and defense-related

intelligence and counterintelligence, as required for execution

of the Secretary's responsibilities;

(c) Conduct programs and missions necessary to fulfill

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national, departmental, and tactical intelligence requirements;

(d) Conduct counterintelligence activities in support

of Department of Defense components and coordinate

counterintelligence activities in accordance with

section 1.3(b)(20) and (21) of this order;

(e) Act, in coordination with the Director, as the

executive agent of the United States Government for signals

intelligence activities;

(f) Provide for the timely transmission of critical

intelligence, as defined by the Director, within the

United States Government;

(g) Carry out or contract for research, development,

and procurement of technical systems and devices relating to

authorized intelligence functions;

(h) Protect the security of Department of Defense

installations, activities, information, property, and

employees by appropriate means, including such investigations

of applicants, employees, contractors, and other persons with

similar associations with the Department of Defense as are

necessary;

(i) Establish and maintain defense intelligence

relationships and defense intelligence exchange programs

with selected cooperative foreign defense establishments,

intelligence or security services of foreign governments, and

international organizations, and ensure that such relationships

and programs are in accordance with sections 1.3(b)(4),

1.3(b)(21) and 1.7(a)(6) of this order;

(j) Conduct such administrative and technical support

activities within and outside the United States as are necessary

to provide for cover and proprietary arrangements, to perform

the functions described in sections (a) though (i) above, and to

support the Intelligence Community elements of the Department of

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Defense; and

(k) Use the Intelligence Community elements within the

Department of Defense identified in section 1.7(b) through (f)

and, when the Coast Guard is operating as part of the Department

of Defense,

(h) above to carry out the Secretary of Defense's

responsibilities assigned in this section or other departments,

agencies, or offices within the Department of Defense, as

appropriate, to conduct the intelligence missions and

responsibilities assigned to the Secretary of Defense.

1.11 The Department of Homeland Security. In addition to the

authorities exercised by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis

of the Department of Homeland Security under sections 1.4 and

1.7(i) of this order, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall

conduct, through the United States Secret Service, activities to

determine the existence and capability of surveillance equipment

being used against the President or the Vice President of the

United States, the Executive Office of the President, and,

as authorized by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the

President, other Secret Service protectees and United States

officials. No information shall be acquired intentionally

through such activities except to protect against use of such

surveillance equipment, and those activities shall be conducted

pursuant to procedures agreed upon by the Secretary of Homeland

Security and the Attorney General.

1.12 The Department of Energy. In addition to the authorities

exercised by the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence

of the Department of Energy under sections 1.4 and 1.7(i) of

this order, the Secretary of Energy shall:

(a) Provide expert scientific, technical, analytic, and

research capabilities to other agencies within the Intelligence

Community, as appropriate;

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 (b) Participate in formulating intelligence collection and

analysis requirements where the special expert capability of the

Department can contribute; and

(c) Participate with the Department of State in overtly

collecting information with respect to foreign energy matters.

1.13 The Federal Bureau of Investigation. In addition to the

authorities exercised by the intelligence elements of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice

under sections 1.4 and 1.7(g) of this order and under the

supervision of the Attorney General and pursuant to such

regulations as the Attorney General may establish, the Director

of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall provide technical

assistance, within or outside the United States, to foreign

intelligence and law enforcement services, consistent with

section 1.3(b)(20) and (21) of this order, as may be necessary

to support national or departmental missions.

PART 2 Conduct of Intelligence Activities

2.1 Need. Timely, accurate, and insightful information about

the activities, capabilities, plans, and intentions of foreign

powers, organizations, and persons, and their agents, is

essential to informed decisionmaking in the areas of national

security, national defense, and foreign relations. Collection

of such information is a priority objective and will be pursued

in a vigorous, innovative, and responsible manner that is

consistent with the Constitution and applicable law and

respectful of the principles upon which the United States was

founded.

2.2 Purpose. This Order is intended to enhance human and

technical collection techniques, especially those undertaken

abroad, and the acquisition of significant foreign intelligence,

as well as the detection and countering of international

terrorist activities, the spread of weapons of mass destruction,

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and espionage conducted by foreign powers. Set forth below are

certain general principles that, in addition to and consistent

with applicable laws, are intended to achieve the proper balance

between the acquisition of essential information and protection

of individual interests. Nothing in this Order shall be

construed to apply to or interfere with any authorized civil or

criminal law enforcement responsibility of any department or

agency.

2.3 Collection of information. Elements of the Intelligence

Community are authorized to collect, retain, or disseminate

information concerning United States persons only in accordance

with procedures established by the head of the Intelligence

Community element concerned or by the head of a department

containing such element and approved by the Attorney General,

consistent with the authorities provided by Part 1 of this

Order, after consultation with the Director. Those procedures

shall permit collection, retention, and dissemination of the

following types of information:

(a) Information that is publicly available or collected

with the consent of the person concerned;

(b) Information constituting foreign intelligence or

counterintelligence, including such information concerning

corporations or other commercial organizations. Collection

within the United States of foreign intelligence not otherwise

obtainable shall be undertaken by the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI) or, when significant foreign intelligence is

sought, by other authorized elements of the Intelligence

Community, provided that no foreign intelligence collection by

such elements may be undertaken for the purpose of acquiring

information concerning the domestic activities of United States

persons;

(c) Information obtained in the course of a lawful foreign

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intelligence, counterintelligence, international drug or

international terrorism investigation;

(d) Information needed to protect the safety of any persons

or organizations, including those who are targets, victims, or

hostages of international terrorist organizations;

(e) Information needed to protect foreign intelligence or

counterintelligence sources, methods, and activities from

unauthorized disclosure. Collection within the United States

shall be undertaken by the FBI except that other elements of the

Intelligence Community may also collect such information

concerning present or former employees, present or former

intelligence element contractors or their present or former

employees, or applicants for such employment or contracting;

(f) Information concerning persons who are reasonably

believed to be potential sources or contacts for the purpose of

determining their suitability or credibility;

(g) Information arising out of a lawful personnel,

physical, or communications security investigation;

(h) Information acquired by overhead reconnaissance not

directed at specific United States persons;

(i) Incidentally obtained information that may indicate

involvement in activities that may violate Federal, state,

local, or foreign laws; and

(j) Information necessary for administrative purposes.

In addition, elements of the Intelligence Community may

disseminate information to each appropriate element within the

Intelligence Community for purposes of allowing the recipient

element to determine whether the information is relevant to its

responsibilities and can be retained by it, except that

information derived from signals intelligence may only be

disseminated or made available to Intelligence Community

elements in accordance with procedures established by the

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Director in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and

approved by the Attorney General.

2.4 Collection Techniques. Elements of the Intelligence

Community shall use the least intrusive collection techniques

feasible within the United States or directed against

United States persons abroad. Elements of the Intelligence

Community are not authorized to use such techniques as

electronic surveillance, unconsented physical searches, mail

surveillance, physical surveillance, or monitoring devices

unless they are in accordance with procedures established by the

head of the Intelligence Community element concerned or the head

of a department containing such element and approved by the

Attorney General, after consultation with the Director. Such

procedures shall protect constitutional and other legal rights

and limit use of such information to lawful governmental

purposes. These procedures shall not authorize:

(a) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to engage in

electronic surveillance within the United States except for the

purpose of training, testing, or conducting countermeasures to

hostile electronic surveillance;

(b) Unconsented physical searches in the United States by

elements of the Intelligence Community other than the FBI,

except for:

(1) Searches by counterintelligence elements of the

military services directed against military personnel within the

United States or abroad for intelligence purposes, when

authorized by a military commander empowered to approve physical

searches for law enforcement purposes, based upon a finding of

probable cause to believe that such persons are acting as agents

of foreign powers; and

(2) Searches by CIA of personal property of non-

United States persons lawfully in its possession;

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 (c) Physical surveillance of a United States person in the

United States by elements of the Intelligence Community other

than the FBI, except for:

(1) Physical surveillance of present or former

employees, present or former intelligence element contractors or

their present or former employees, or applicants for any such

employment or contracting; and

(2) Physical surveillance of a military person

employed by a non-intelligence element of a military service;

and

(d) Physical surveillance of a United States person abroad

to collect foreign intelligence, except to obtain significant

information that cannot reasonably be acquired by other means.

2.5 Attorney General Approval. The Attorney General hereby is

delegated the power to approve the use for intelligence

purposes, within the United States or against a United States

person abroad, of any technique for which a warrant would be

required if undertaken for law enforcement purposes, provided

that such techniques shall not be undertaken unless the Attorney

General has determined in each case that there is probable cause

to believe that the technique is directed against a foreign

power or an agent of a foreign power. The authority delegated

pursuant to this paragraph, including the authority to approve

the use of electronic surveillance as defined in the Foreign

Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as amended, shall be

exercised in accordance with that Act.

2.6 Assistance to Law Enforcement and other Civil Authorities.

Elements of the Intelligence Community are authorized to:

(a) Cooperate with appropriate law enforcement agencies for

the purpose of protecting the employees, information, property,

and facilities of any element of the Intelligence Community;

(b) Unless otherwise precluded by law or this Order,

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participate in law enforcement activities to investigate or

prevent clandestine intelligence activities by foreign powers,

or international terrorist or narcotics activities;

(c) Provide specialized equipment, technical knowledge, or

assistance of expert personnel for use by any department or

agency, or when lives are endangered, to support local law

enforcement agencies. Provision of assistance by expert

personnel shall be approved in each case by the general counsel

of the providing element or department; and

(d) Render any other assistance and cooperation to law

enforcement or other civil authorities not precluded by

applicable law.

2.7 Contracting. Elements of the Intelligence Community are

authorized to enter into contracts or arrangements for the

provision of goods or services with private companies or

institutions in the United States and need not reveal the

sponsorship of such contracts or arrangements for authorized

intelligence purposes. Contracts or arrangements with academic

institutions may be undertaken only with the consent of

appropriate officials of the institution.

2.8 Consistency With Other Laws. Nothing in this Order shall be

construed to authorize any activity in violation of the

Constitution or statutes of the United States.

2.9 Undisclosed Participation in Organizations Within the

United States. No one acting on behalf of elements of the

Intelligence Community may join or otherwise participate in any

organization in the United States on behalf of any element of

the Intelligence Community without disclosing such person’s

intelligence affiliation to appropriate officials of the

organization, except in accordance with procedures established

by the head of the Intelligence Community element concerned or

the head of a department containing such element and approved by

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the Attorney General, after consultation with the Director.

Such participation shall be authorized only if it is essential

to achieving lawful purposes as determined by the Intelligence

Community element head or designee. No such participation may

be undertaken for the purpose of influencing the activity of the

organization or its members except in cases where:

(a) The participation is undertaken on behalf of the FBI in

the course of a lawful investigation; or

(b) The organization concerned is composed primarily of

individuals who are not United States persons and is reasonably

believed to be acting on behalf of a foreign power.

2.10 Human Experimentation. No element of the Intelligence

Community shall sponsor, contract for, or conduct research on

human subjects except in accordance with guidelines issued by

the Department of Health and Human Services. The subject's

informed consent shall be documented as required by those

guidelines.

2.11 Prohibition on Assassination. No person employed by or

acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in

or conspire to engage in assassination.

2.12 Indirect Participation. No element of the Intelligence

Community shall participate in or request any person to

undertake activities forbidden by this Order.

2.13 Limitation on Covert Action. No covert action may be

conducted which is intended to influence United States political

processes, public opinion, policies, or media.

PART 3 General Provisions

3.1 Congressional Oversight. The duties and responsibilities of

the Director and the heads of other departments, agencies,

elements, and entities engaged in intelligence activities to

cooperate with the Congress in the conduct of its

responsibilities for oversight of intelligence activities shall

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be implemented in accordance with applicable law, including

title V of the Act. The requirements of applicable law,

including title V of the Act, shall apply to all covert action

activities as defined in this Order.

3.2 Implementation. The President, supported by the NSC,

and the Director shall issue such appropriate directives,

procedures, and guidance as are necessary to implement this

order. Heads of elements within the Intelligence Community

shall issue appropriate procedures and supplementary directives

consistent with this order. No procedures to implement Part 2

of this order shall be issued without the Attorney General's

approval, after consultation with the Director. The Attorney

General shall provide a statement of reasons for not approving

any procedures established by the head of an element in the

Intelligence Community (or the head of the department containing

such element) other than the FBI. In instances where the

element head or department head and the Attorney General are

unable to reach agreements on other than constitutional or other

legal grounds, the Attorney General, the head of department

concerned, or the Director shall refer the matter to the NSC.

3.3 Procedures. The activities herein authorized that

require procedures shall be conducted in accordance with

existing procedures or requirements established under Executive

Order 12333. New procedures, as required by Executive

Order 12333, as further amended, shall be established as

expeditiously as possible. All new procedures promulgated

pursuant to Executive Order 12333, as amended, shall be made

available to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate

and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House

of Representatives.

3.4 References and Transition. References to "Senior Officials

of the Intelligence Community" or "SOICs" in executive orders or

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other Presidential guidance, shall be deemed references to the

heads of elements in the Intelligence Community, unless the

President otherwise directs; references in Intelligence

Community or Intelligence Community element policies or

guidance, shall be deemed to be references to the heads of

elements of the Intelligence Community, unless the President or

the Director otherwise directs.

3.5 Definitions. For the purposes of this Order, the following

terms shall have these meanings:

(a) Counterintelligence means information gathered and

activities conducted to identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or

protect against espionage, other intelligence activities,

sabotage, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of

foreign powers, organizations, or persons, or their agents, or

international terrorist organizations or activities.

(b) Covert action means an activity or activities of the

United States Government to influence political, economic, or

military conditions abroad, where it is intended that the role

of the United States Government will not be apparent or

acknowledged publicly, but does not include:

(1) Activities the primary purpose of which is to

acquire intelligence, traditional counterintelligence

activities, traditional activities to improve or maintain the

operational security of United States Government programs, or

administrative activities;

(2) Traditional diplomatic or military activities or

routine support to such activities;

(3) Traditional law enforcement activities conducted

by United States Government law enforcement agencies or routine

support to such activities; or

(4) Activities to provide routine support to the

overt activities (other than activities described in

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paragraph (1), (2), or (3)) of other United States Government

agencies abroad.

(c) Electronic surveillance means acquisition of a

nonpublic communication by electronic means without the consent

of a person who is a party to an electronic communication or, in

the case of a nonelectronic communication, without the consent

of a person who is visibly present at the place of

communication, but not including the use of radio direction-

finding equipment solely to determine the location of a

transmitter.

(d) Employee means a person employed by, assigned

or detailed to, or acting for an element within the Intelligence

Community.

(e) Foreign intelligence means information relating to the

capabilities, intentions, or activities of foreign governments

or elements thereof, foreign organizations, foreign persons, or

international terrorists.

(f) Intelligence includes foreign intelligence and

counterintelligence.

(g) Intelligence activities means all activities that

elements of the Intelligence Community are authorized to conduct

pursuant to this order.

(h) Intelligence Community and elements of the

Intelligence Community refers to:

(1) The Office of the Director of National

Intelligence;

(2) The Central Intelligence Agency;

(3) The National Security Agency;

(4) The Defense Intelligence Agency;

(5) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency;

(6) The National Reconnaissance Office;

(7) The other offices within the Department

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of Defense for the collection of specialized national foreign

intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

(8) The intelligence and counterintelligence

elements of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine

Corps;

(9) The intelligence elements of the Federal Bureau

of Investigation;

(10) The Office of National Security Intelligence of

the Drug Enforcement Administration;

(11) The Office of Intelligence and

Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy;

(12) The Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the

Department of State;

(13) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the

Department of the Treasury;

(14) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the

Department of Homeland Security;

(15) The intelligence and counterintelligence

elements of the Coast Guard; and

(16) Such other elements of any department or agency

as may be designated by the President, or designated jointly by

the Director and the head of the department or agency concerned,

as an element of the Intelligence Community.

(i) National Intelligence and Intelligence Related to

National Security means all intelligence, regardless of the

source from which derived and including information gathered

within or outside the United States, that pertains, as

determined consistent with any guidance issued by the President,

or that is determined for the purpose of access to information

by the Director in accordance with section 1.3(a)(1) of this

order, to pertain to more than one United States Government

agency; and that involves threats to the United States, its

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people, property, or interests; the development, proliferation,

or use of weapons of mass destruction; or any other matter

bearing on United States national or homeland security.

(j) The National Intelligence Program means all programs,

projects, and activities of the Intelligence Community, as well

as any other programs of the Intelligence Community designated

jointly by the Director and the head of a United States

department or agency or by the President. Such term does not

include programs, projects, or activities of the military

departments to acquire intelligence solely for the planning and

conduct of tactical military operations by United States Armed

Forces.

(k) United States person means a United States citizen, an

alien known by the intelligence element concerned to be a

permanent resident alien, an unincorporated association

substantially composed of United States citizens or permanent

resident aliens, or a corporation incorporated in the

United States, except for a corporation directed and controlled

by a foreign government or governments.

3.6 Revocation. Executive Orders 13354 and 13355 of August 27,

2004, are revoked; and paragraphs 1.3(b)(9) and (10) of Part 1

supersede provisions within Executive Order 12958, as amended,

to the extent such provisions in Executive Order 12958, as

amended, are inconsistent with this Order.

3.7 General Provisions.

(a) Consistent with section 1.3(c) of this order, nothing

in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(1) Authority granted by law to a department or

agency, or the head thereof; or

(2) Functions of the Director of the Office of

Management and Budget relating to budget,

administrative, or legislative proposals.

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 (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with

applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

(c) This order is intended only to improve the internal

management of the executive branch and is not intended to,

and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or

procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party

against the United States, its departments, agencies or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other

person.

/s/ Ronald Reagan

THE WHITE HOUSE

December 4, 1981

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