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Ronald Reagan, Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence

Activities, 4 December 1981

E.0.12333 Thte 3—The President

Executive Order 12333 of December 4,1981

United States Intelligence Activities

Table of Contents
[CFR
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Preamble....... [200]
Part 1. Goals, Direction, Duties, and Responsibilities With Respect to
the National Intelligence Effort
1.1 Goals..—,...__......................—.....,._.._.......•....—..._._........_.._.._. _..._._.._..„. 201
1.2. -The National Security Council._..«..........—_._.„.„......„......„......_......„....„._„. 201'
1.3 .National Foreign Intelligence Advisory Groups ..„ 201
1.4 The Intelligence Community—_—....... .__.. ._. „__.... ... 202'
1.5 'Director of Central Intelligence -..._.................-.._............_...........„.._.......__.. 202;
1.6 Duties and Responsibilities of the Heads of Executive Branch Depart-
ments and Agencies........—._—„.......-„.....„..„..._... 204
IJ Senior Officials of the Intelligence Community—: 204'
1.8 The Central Intelligence Agency.. 205'
1.9 The Department of State.. 206
1.10 The Department of the Treasury _..—........... __.™. . 206^
1.11 The Department of Defense :. Wt
1.12 Intelligence Components Utilized by the Secretary of Defense 2anf
1.13 The Department of Energy ...„_.......„........_.._.__.„..__„. 209
1.14 The Federal Bureau of Investigation — 210
Part 2..Conduct of Intelligence Activities
2.1 Need 210
&2 Purpose..... 210'
2.3 Collection of Information 211'
2.4 Collection Techniques 212
i5 •Attorney General Approval 212
2.6 • Assistance to Law Enforcement Authorities.. 212
2J Contracting __ 213
2L8 Consistency With Other Laws- 213
2.9 Undisclosed Participation in Organizations Within the United States.. 213
. 2:10 Human Experimentation —_. 213'
2.11 Prohibition on Assassination 213'
2.12 Indirect Participation......—.. 214
Part 3. General Provisions
3.1 Congressional Oversight. 214
3.2 Implementation... 214
3.3 Procedures .—._....._ 214
3.4 Definitions..-.—..— 214
3.5 Purpose and Effect- 216!
3.6 Revocation.. 216

Timely and accurate 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 reason-
able and lawful means must be used to ensure that the United States win
receive the best intelligence available. For that purpose, by virtue of the au-
thority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of'the United States of
America, including the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, and as
President of the United-States of America, in order to provide for the effec-
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