FEDERAL REGISTER VOL. 46. NO 235 DEALING WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333

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• Publication Date: December 8, 1981
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of organizations involved in the collection, processing and analysis of intelli-
gence. A senior representative of the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney
General, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the
Office of the Secretary of Defense shall be invited to participate in any group
which deals with other than substantive intelligence matters.
1.4 The Intelligence Community. The agencies within the Intelligence Com-
munity shall, in accordance with applicable United States law and with the
other provisions of this Order, conduct intelligence activities necessary for the
conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the
United States, including:
(a) Collection of information needed by the President, the National Security
Council, the Secretaries of State and Defense, and other Executive Branch
officials for the performance of their duties and responsibilities;
(b) Production and dissemination of intelligence;
(c) Collection of information concerning, and the conduct of activities to
protect against, intelligence activities directed against the United States,
international terrorist and international narcotics activities, and other hostile
activities directed against the United States by foreign powers, organizations,
persons, and their agents;
(d) Special activities;
(e) Administrative and support activities within the United States and abroad
necessary for the performance of authorized activities; and
(f) Such other intelligence activities as the President may direct from time to
time.
1.5 Director of Central Intelligence. In order to discharge the duties and
responsibilities prescribed by law, the Director of Central Intelligence shall be
res^onsible directly to the President and the NSC and shall:
(a) Act as the primary adviser to the President and the NSC on national
foreign intelligence and provide the President and other officials in the
Executive Branch with national foreign intelligence;
(b) Develop such objectives and guidance for the intelligence Community as
will enhance capabilities for responding to expected future needs for national
foreign intelligence;
(c) Promote the development and maintenance of services of common concern
by designated intelligence organizations on behalf of the Intelligence Commu-
nity;
(d) Ensure implementation of special activities
(e) Formulate policies concerning foreign intelligence and counterintelligence
arrangements with foreign governments, coordinate foreign erntRence and
coup erin a ence relationships between agencies of the Intelligence Commu-
nity and the intelligence or internal secunt services foreign governments,
and establish procedures governing the conduct of liaison by any department
or agency with such services on narcotics activities;
(f) Participate in the development of procedures approved by the Attorney
General governing criminal narcotics intelligence activities abroad to ensure
that these activities are consistent with foreign intelligence programs;
(g) Ensure the establishment by the Intelligence Community of common
security and access standards for managing and handling foreign intelligence
systems, information, and products;
(h) Ensure that programs are developed which protect intelligence sources,
methods, and analytical procedures;
(i) Establish uniform criteria for the determination of relative priorities for the
transmission of critical national foreign intelligence, and advise the Secretary
of Defense concerning the communications requirements of the Intelligence
Community for the transmission of such intelligence;
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(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 diplomat-
ic 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 of 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; -
cerns;
(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 con-
with the CIA as are necessary; and
(d) Coordinate counterintelligence activities and the collection of information
not otherwise obtainable when conducted outside the United States of er
departments and agencies;
(e) Conduct s ecial activities approved b the President. No agency except the
CI or the Armed Forces of the United States in time of war declared y
Congress or during an period covered a re orrtfrom the President to the
Congress under the War Powers Resolution 87 tat. 855 may conduct any
s ecial activity nless the President determines that another a
t e y 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 appli-
cants, employees, contractors, and other persons with similar associations
(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 ac-
quired 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 Secre-
tary's responsibilities;
ities; and
(c) Produce and disseminate foreign intelligence relating to United States
economic policy as required for the execution of the Secretary's responsibil-
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(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.
om onents outside the Unite States in coordination with the e , an
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 di-
rected 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 se ec a cooperative o 2 n e ence
establishments and international organizations, and ensure that su relation-
s i s and pro rams are in accordance with policies formulated the Director
of Central Intellisence;
(j) Direct, operate, control and provide fiscal management for the National
Security Agency and for defense and military intelligence and national recon-
naissance 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 (j) above.
1.12 Intelligence Components Utilized by the Secretary of Defense. In carry-
ing 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 intelli-
gence and counterintelligence products;
(3) Coordination of all Department of Defense intelligence collection require-
ments;
(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 Intelli-
gence Community. No other department or agency may engage in signals
intelligence activities except pursuant to a delegation by the Secretary of
Defense;
(2) Control of signals intelligence collection and processing activities, includ-
ing assignment of resources to an appropriate agent for such periods and tasks
as required for the direct support of military commanders;
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(3) Collection of signals intelligence information for national foreign intelli-
gence 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 Intelli-
gence;
(5) Dissemination of signals intelligence information for national foreign intel-
ligence purposes to authorized elements of the Government, including the
military services, in accordance with guidance from the Director of Central
Intelligence;
(6) Collection, processing and dissemination of signals intelligence information
for counterintelligence purposes;
(7) Provision of signals intelligence support for the conduct of military oper-
ations in accordance. with tasking, priorities, and standards of timeliness
assigned by the Secretary of Defense. If provision of such support requires use
of national collection systems, these systems will be tasked within existing
guidance from the Director of Central Intelligence;
(8) Executing the responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense as executive
agent for the communications security of the United States Government-..
(9) Conduct of research and development to meet the needs of the United
States for signals intelligence and communications security;
(10) Protection of the security of its installations, activities, property, informa-
tion, and employees by appropriate means, including such investigations of
applicants, employees, contractors, and other persons with similar associ-
ations with the NSA as are necessary;
(11) Prescribing, within its field of authorized operations, security regulations
covering operating practices, including the transmission, handling and distri-
bution of signals intelligence and communications security material within
and among the elements under control of the Director of the NSA, and
exercising the necessary supervisory control to ensure compliance with the
regulations;
(12) Conduct of foreign cryptologic liaison relationships, with liaison for
intelligence purposes conducted in accordance with policies tormulated
erector of Central Intelligence; and
(13) Conduct of such administrative and technical support activities within
and outside the United States as are necessary to perform the functions
described in sections (1) through (12) above, including procurement.
(c) Offices for the collection of specialized intelligence through reconnais-
sance programs, whose responsibilities shall include:
(1) Carrying out consolidated reconnaissance programs for specialized intelli-
gence;
(2) Responding to tasking in accordance with procedures established by the
Director of Central Intelligence; and
(3) Delegating authority to the various departments and agencies for research,
development, procurement, and operation of designated means of collection.
(d) The foreign intelligence and counterintelligence elements of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, whose responsibilities shall include:
(1) Collection, production and dissemination of military and military-related
foreign intelligence and counterintelligence, and information on the foreign
aspects of narcotics production and trafficking. When collection is conducted
in response to national foreign intelligence requirements, it will be conducted
in accordance with guidance from the Director of Central Intelligence. Collec-
tion of national foreign intelligence, not otherwise obtainable, outside the
United States shall be coordinated with the CIA, and such collection within
the United States shall be coordinated with the FBI;
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