Executive Order 12333

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United States executive order legal document

Executive Order 12333 is a U.S. presidential directive issued in 1981 that governs the organization, responsibilities, and intelligence-gathering activities of the nation’s intelligence agencies, particularly in the realm of foreign intelligence and surveillance.

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Label	Occurrences
Executive Order 12333 canonical	6

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States executive order ⓘ legal document ⓘ
amendedBy	Executive Order 13284 ⓘ Executive Order 13284 ⓘ surface form: Executive Order 13355 Executive Order 13470 ⓘ
appliesTo	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ United States military intelligence agencies ⓘ surface form: Department of Defense intelligence components Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ National Security Agency ⓘ other elements of the United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
authority	Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
contains	limitations on collection of information concerning U.S. persons ⓘ oversight and compliance provisions for intelligence activities ⓘ rules for assistance by intelligence agencies to law enforcement ⓘ rules for cooperation with foreign intelligence services ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateSigned	1981-12-04 ⓘ
establishes	duties and responsibilities of heads of intelligence agencies ⓘ duties and responsibilities of the Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ procedures for collection, retention, and dissemination of information ⓘ
goal	enhance the effectiveness of United States intelligence activities ⓘ protect constitutional rights and privacy of U.S. persons ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
number	12333 ⓘ
oversightBy	United States Attorney General ⓘ surface form: Attorney General of the United States President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board ⓘ surface form: President’s Intelligence Oversight Board
president	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
publisher	Federal Register ⓘ
regulates	collection of counterintelligence ⓘ collection of foreign intelligence ⓘ collection of information about U.S. persons ⓘ organization of the United States Intelligence Community ⓘ responsibilities of U.S. intelligence agencies ⓘ
relatedTo	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
requires	Attorney General–approved procedures for handling U.S. person information ⓘ
scope	certain intelligence activities inside the United States under specified conditions ⓘ primarily foreign intelligence outside the United States ⓘ
signedBy	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
subject	United States intelligence activities ⓘ counterintelligence ⓘ covert action ⓘ foreign intelligence ⓘ signals intelligence ⓘ surveillance ⓘ
title	United States Intelligence Activities ⓘ
typeOfLaw	executive branch directive ⓘ
yearSigned	1981 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Security Agency → usesLegalAuthority → Executive Order 12333 ⓘ

FBI data governance policies → constrainedBy → Executive Order 12333 ⓘ

Executive Order 13470 → amends → Executive Order 12333 ⓘ

United States intelligence community in signals intelligence → governedBy → Executive Order 12333 ⓘ

United States Intelligence Activities → governedBy → Executive Order 12333 ⓘ

Special Source Operations division of the NSA → legalFramework → Executive Order 12333 ⓘ

subject surface form: Special Source Operations