Executive Order l2333
United States Intelligence Activities
Sun Jun 4, 2006 03:00
 

Executive Order l2333 - United States Intelligence Activities
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(e) Conduct special activities approved by the President. No agency
except the CIA (or the Armed Forces of the United States in time of war
declared by Congress or during any period covered by a report from the
President to the Congress under the War Powers Resolution (87 Stat. 855))
may conduct any special activity unless the President determines that
another agency is more likely to achieve a particular objective;

(f) Conduct services of common concern for the Intelligence Community
as directed by the NSC;

(g) Carry out or contract, for research, development and procurement
of technical systems and devices relating~to authorized functions;

(h) Protect the security of its installations, activities, information,
property, and employees by appropriate means, including such investigations
of applicants, employees, contractors, and other persons with similar
associations with the CIA as are necessary; and

(i) Conduct such administrative and technical support activities within
and outside the United States as are necessary to perform the functions
described in sections (a) and through (h) above, including procurement
and essential cover and proprietary arrangements.

1.9 The Department of State. The Secretary of State shall:

(a) Overtly collect information relevant to United States foreign policy
concerns;

(b) Produce and disseminate foreign intelligence relating to United
States foreign policy as required for the execution of the Secretary's
responsibilities;

(c) Disseminate, as appropriate, reports received from United States
diplomatic and consular posts;

(d) Transmit reporting requirements of the Intelligence Community to
the Chiefs of United States Missions abroad; and

(e) Support Chiefs of Missions in discharging their statutory
responsibilities for direction and coordination of mission activities.

1.10 The Department af the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury shall:

(a) Overtly collect foreign financial~and monetary information;

(b) Participate with the Department of-State in the overt collection of
general foreign economic information;

(c) Produce and disseminate foreign intelligence relating to United
States economic policy as required for the execution of the Secretary's
responsibilities; and

(d) Conduct, through the United States Secret Service, activities to
determine the existence and capability of surveillance equipment being
used against the President of the United States, the Executive Office
of the President, and, as authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury or
the President, other Secret Service protectees and United States officials.
No information shall be acquired intentionally through such activities
except to protect against such surveillance, and those activities shall
be conducted pursuant to procedures agreed upon by the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Attorney General.

1.11 The Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense shall:

(a) Collect national foreign intelligence and be responsive to collection
tasking by the Director of Central Intelligence;

(b) Collect, produce and disseminate military and military-related
foreign intelligence and counterintelligence as required for execution
of the Secretary's responsibilities;

(c) Conduct programs and missions necessary to fulfill national
departmental and tactical foreign intelligence requirements;

(d) Conduct counterintelligence activities in support of Department
of Defense components outside the United States in coordination with
the CIA, and within the United States in coordination with the FBI
pursuant to procedures agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense and
the Attorney General;

(e) Conduct, as the executive agent of the United States Government,
signals intelligence and communications security activities, except as
otherwise directed by the NSC;

(f) Provide for the timely transmission of critical intelligence, as
defined by the Director of Central Intelligence, 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, property, information, 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 military intelligence relationships and
military intelligence exchange programs with selected cooperative foreign
defense establishments and international organizations, and ensure that
such relationships and programs are in accordance with policies formulated
by the Director of Central Intelligence;

(j) Direct, operate, control, and provide fiscal management for the
National Security Agency and for defense and military intelligence and
national reconnaissance entities; and

(k) Conduct such administrative and technical support activities within
and outside the United States as are necessary to perform the functions
described in sections (a) through in) above.

1.12 Intelligence Components Utilized by the Secretary of Defense. In
carrying out the responsibilities assigned in section 1.11, the Secretary
of Defense is authorized to utilize the following:

(a) Defense Intelligence Agency, whose responsibilities shall include;

(1) Collection, production, or, through tasking and coordination,
provision of military and military-related intelligence for the Secretary
of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, other Defense components, and, as
appropriate, non-Defense agencies;

(2) Collection and provision of military intelligence for national
foreign intelligence and counterintelligence products:

(3) Coordination of all Department of Defense intelligence collection
requirements;

(4) Management of the Defense Attache system; and

(5) Provision of foreign intelligence and counterintelligence staff
support as directed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

(b) National Security Agency whose responsibilities shall include:

(1) Establishment and operation of 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 delagation by the Secretary of Defense:

(2) Control of 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;

(3) Collection of signals intelligence information for national
foreign intelligence purposes in accordance with guidance from the
Director of Central Intelligence;

(4) Processing of signals intelligence data for national foreign
intelligence purposes in accordance with guidance from the Director of
Central Intelligence;

(5) Dissemination of signals intelligence information for national
foreign intelligence purposes to authorized elements of the Government,
including the military servicesï in accordance with guidance from the
Director of Central Intelligence;

(6) Collection, processing and dissemination of signals intelligence
information for counterintelligence purposes;

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