50 U.S.C. § 403-5d : US Code - Section 403-5D: Foreign intelligence information

Search 50 U.S.C. § 403-5d : US Code - Section 403-5D: Foreign intelligence information

(1) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be lawful
for foreign intelligence or counterintelligence (as defined in
section 401a of this title) or foreign intelligence information
obtained as part of a criminal investigation to be disclosed to any
Federal law enforcement, intelligence, protective, immigration,
national defense, or national security official in order to assist
the official receiving that information in the performance of his
official duties. Any Federal official who receives information
pursuant to this provision may use that information only as
necessary in the conduct of that person's official duties subject
to any limitations on the unauthorized disclosure of such
information. Consistent with the responsibility of the Director of
Central Intelligence to protect intelligence sources and methods,
and the responsibility of the Attorney General to protect sensitive
law enforcement information, it shall be lawful for information
revealing a threat of actual or potential attack or other grave
hostile acts of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power,
domestic or international sabotage, domestic or international
terrorism, or clandestine intelligence gathering activities by an
intelligence service or network of a foreign power or by an agent
of a foreign power, within the United States or elsewhere, obtained
as part of a criminal investigation to be disclosed to any
appropriate Federal, State, local, or foreign government official
for the purpose of preventing or responding to such a threat. Any
official who receives information pursuant to this provision may
use that information only as necessary in the conduct of that
person's official duties subject to any limitations on the
unauthorized disclosure of such information, and any State, local,
or foreign official who receives information pursuant to this
provision may use that information only consistent with such
guidelines as the Attorney General and Director of Central
Intelligence shall jointly issue.
(2) Definition
In this section, the term "foreign intelligence information"
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.