Executive Order 12333 directs 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.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/executive-order-12333-united-states-intelligence-activities (reaganlibrary.gov)
- https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/september_8_2008_-_eo_12333_presentation_slides_only.pdf (aclu.org)
- https://legalclarity.org/eo-12333-intelligence-authority-limits-and-oversight/ (legalclarity.org)
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