Foreign Intelligence Information Law and Legal Definition
Pursuant to 18 USCS § 2510 (19), [Title 18. Crimes and Criminal Procedure; Part I. Crimes; Chapter 119. Wire and Electronic Communications Interception and Interception of Oral Communications] the term foreign intelligence information, for purposes of section 2517(6) of this title [18 USCS § 2517(6)], means--
“(A) information, whether or not concerning a United States person, that relates to the ability of the United States to protect against--
(i) actual or potential attack or other grave hostile acts of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power;
(ii) sabotage or international terrorism by a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power; or
(iii) clandestine intelligence activities by an intelligence service or network of a foreign power or by an agent of a foreign power; or
(B) information, whether or not concerning a United States person, with respect to a foreign power or foreign territory that relates to--
(i) the national defense or the security of the United States; or
(ii) the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States.”
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- 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
- 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
- Access to Classified Information (Military)
- Adequate Information
- Adoption Record [Foreign Relations]
- Adoption Service [Foreign Relations]
- Affect Interstate And Foreign Commerce
- Agency or Instrumentality of a Foreign State
- Agent of a Foreign Power
- Agent of a Foreign Principal
