Executive Order 12333 and National Security Council Intelligence Directive 6 direct the NSA to collect, process, analyze, produce, and disseminate signals intelligence for foreign-intelligence and counterintelligence purposes.
Sources
- National Security Agency/Central Security Service > Signals ... (nsa.gov)
- https://archive.dni.gov/files/NCSC/documents/Regulations/EO_12333.pdf (archive.dni.gov)
- https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs/schedules/departments/department-of-defense/defense-agencies/rg-0457/n1-457-89-010_sf115.pdf (archives.gov)
- https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA271966.pdf (apps.dtic.mil)
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