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Monday, August 4, 2008 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13470 of July 30, 2008 

Further Amendments to Executive Order 12333, United States 

Intelligence Activities 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, including the Intelligence Reform 

and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458), and in order 

to update and clarify Executive Order 13355 of August 27, 2004, Executive 

Order 12333 of December 4, 1981, as amended, is hereby further amended 

as follows: 

Section 1. The Preamble to Executive Order 12333, as amended, is further 

amended by: 

(a) Striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting in lieu thereof a comma before the word 

‘‘accurate’’, and inserting ‘‘, and insightful’’ after the word ‘‘accurate’’ in 

the first sentence; 

(b) Striking ‘‘statutes’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the laws’’ before ‘‘of 

the United States of America’’ in the third sentence; and 

(c) Striking ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘United States intelligence activities’’ in the third 

sentence. 

Sec. 2. Executive Order 12333, as amended, is further amended by striking 

Part 1 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following new part: 

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 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 


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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 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 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, 


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and dissemination of intelligence, of whatever nature and from whatever 

source 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: 

(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 intelligencerelated 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 thehead of the originating Intelligence Community 

element or the head of the originating department, declassify, or direct 

the declassification of, information or intelligence relating to intelligence 


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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 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 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 


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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 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 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 


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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 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 GeospatialIntelligence Agency, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the 

Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, the 

Assistant Secretary of State 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. 


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(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 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; 

(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; 


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(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, 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 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; 


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(f) Disseminate information or intelligence to foreign 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 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; 

(3) Conduct counterintelligence activities; 


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(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 Attache ́

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 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. 

(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; 


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(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 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 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; 

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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 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 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; 


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(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 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; 

(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. 

Sec. 3. Part 2 of Executive Order 12333, as amended, is further amended 

by: 

(a) In section 2.1, striking the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof: 

‘‘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.‘‘; 

(b) In section 2.1, inserting a comma after ‘‘innovative’’; 


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(c) In section 2.2, inserting ‘‘, the spread of weapons of mass destruction,‘‘

after ‘‘international terrorist activities’’ in the first sentence; 

(d) In the first sentence of section 2.3, striking ‘‘Agencies within the’’ and 

inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Elements of the’’, inserting a comma after ‘‘retain’’, 

striking ‘‘agency’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Intelligence Community 

element’’, and inserting ‘‘or by the head of a department containing such 

element’’ after ‘‘concerned’’; 

(e) In section 2.3, inserting ‘‘, after consultation with the Director’’ preceding 

the period at the end of the first sentence; 

(f) In section 2.3, inserting a comma after ‘‘retention’’ in the second sentence; 

(g) In section 2.3(b), striking ‘‘FBI’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Federal 

Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’’; 

(h) In section 2.3(b), striking ‘‘agencies’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘elements’’ each time it appears; 

(i) In section 2.3(c), striking ‘‘narcotics’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘drug,’’; 

(j) In section 2.3(d), inserting a comma after ‘‘victims’’; 

(k) In section 2.3(e), striking ‘‘sources or methods’’ and inserting in lieu 

thereof ‘‘sources, methods, and activities’’; 

(l) In section 2.3(e), striking ‘‘agencies’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘elements’’ and striking ‘‘agency’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘element’’; 

(m) In section 2.3(g), inserting a comma after ‘‘physical’’; 

(n) In section 2.3(h), striking ‘‘and’’; 

(o) In section 2.3(i), striking ‘‘federal’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Federal’’

and inserting a comma after ‘‘local’’; 

(p) In the last sentence of section 2.3, striking ‘‘agencies within’’ and inserting 

in lieu thereof ‘‘elements of’’, striking ‘‘, other than information derived 

from signals intelligence,’’, striking ‘‘agency’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

‘‘element’’ in both instances and inserting immediately before the period: 

‘‘, 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 Director in coordination with 

the Secretary of Defense and approved by the Attorney General’’; 

(q) In the first three sentences of section 2.4, striking ‘‘Agencies within’’

and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Elements of’’; striking ‘‘Agencies’’ and inserting 

in lieu thereof ’’Elements of the Intelligence Community’’; and striking ‘‘agency’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Intelligence Community element concerned 

or the head of a department containing such element’’; 

(r) In the second sentence of section 2.4, inserting ‘‘, after consultation 

with the Director‘‘ after ‘‘Attorney General’’; 

(s) In section 2.4(a), striking ‘‘CIA’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Central 

Intelligence Agency (CIA)’’; 

(t) In section 2.4(b) and (c), striking ‘‘agencies’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

‘‘elements of the Intelligence Community’’. 

(u) In section 2.4(b)(2), striking the period and inserting in lieu thereof 

a semicolon; 

(v) In section 2.4(c)(1), striking ‘‘agency’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘element’’; 

(w) In section 2.4(c)(2), striking the period and inserting in lieu thereof 

‘‘; and’’; 

(x) In section 2.4(d) striking ‘‘than’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘that’’; 

(y) In section 2.5, striking the final sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 

‘‘The authority delegated pursuant to this paragraph, including the authority 


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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.’’; 

(z) In section 2.6, inserting ‘‘and other Civil’’ before ‘‘Authorities’’ in the 

caption and striking ‘‘Agencies within’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Elements of’’; 

(aa) In section 2.6(a), inserting a comma after ‘‘property’’ and striking ‘‘agency’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘element’’; 

(bb) In section 2.6(c), striking ‘‘General Counsel’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

‘‘general counsel’’, and striking ‘‘agency’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘element or department’’ in the second sentence; 

(cc) In section 2.6(d), inserting ‘‘or other civil’’ before ‘‘authorities’’; 

(dd) In section 2.7, striking ‘‘Agencies within’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

‘‘Elements of’’; 

(ee) In section 2.9, striking ‘‘agencies within’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

‘‘elements of’’, and striking ‘‘agency within’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

‘‘element of’’ the first time it appears and ‘‘Intelligence Community element’’

the second and third times it appears; 

(ff) In section 2.9, striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘such person’s’’; 

(gg) In section 2.9, inserting ‘‘or the head of a department containing such 

element’’ before ‘‘and approved by the Attorney General‘‘, and inserting 

’’, after consultation with the Director’’ after ‘‘the Attorney General’’; 

(hh) In section 2.10, striking ‘‘agency within’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

‘‘element of’’, and inserting a comma after ‘‘contract for’’; 

(ii) In section 2.12, striking ‘‘agency’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘element’’; 

and 

(jj) At the end of Part 2, inserting a new section 2.13 as follows: ‘‘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.’’. 

Sec. 4. Part 3 of Executive Order 12333, as amended, is further amended 

by: 

(a) In section 3.1, striking ‘‘of Central Intelligence’’; inserting ‘‘elements,’’

after ‘‘agencies,’’; and striking ‘‘special’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘covert 

action’’; 

(b) Striking section 3.2 and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘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.’’; 

(c) Striking section 3.3 and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘ 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 

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of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

House of Representatives.’’; 

(d) Inserting after section 3.3 the following new section: ‘‘ 3.4 References 

and Transition. References to ‘‘Senior Officials of the Intelligence Community’’ or ‘‘SOICs’’ in executive orders or 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.’’; 

(e) Striking ‘‘3.4 Definitions’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘3.5 Definitions’’; 

(f) Amending the definition of ‘‘ Counterintelligence’’ in section 3.5(a), as 

renumbered, by inserting ‘‘identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or’’ before ‘‘protect against espionage’’, inserting ‘‘or their agents,’’ after ‘‘persons,’’, inserting 

‘‘organizations or activities’’ after terrorist, and striking ‘‘activities, but not 

including personnel, physical, document or communications security programs’’; 

(g) Striking section 3.5(b)-(h), as renumbered, and inserting in lieu thereof: 

‘‘(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 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 directionfinding 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 of Defense for the collection of specialized national foreign intelligence through reconnaissance 

programs; 


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(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 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.’’. 

(h) Redesignating the definition of ‘‘ United States Person’’ as section 3.5(k) 

and therein striking ‘‘agency’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘element’’; 

(i) Striking section 3.5; 

(j) In section 3.6, striking ‘‘Order No. 12036 of January 24, 1978, as amended, 

entitled ‘‘United States Intelligence Activities,’’ is’’ and inserting in lieu 

thereof ‘‘Orders 13354 and 13355 of August 27, 2004, are’’, and inserting 

before the period ‘‘; 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’’; and 

(k) Inserting the following new section 3.7 to read as follows: 

‘‘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. 

(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 


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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.’’. 

Sec. 5. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or 

benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party at law or in 

equity against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its 

officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

July 30, 2008 

[FR Doc. E8–17940 

Filed 8–1–08; 8:45 am] 

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