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THE WHI TE HOUSE

Of f i ce of t he Pr ess Secr et ar y

For I mmedi at e Rel ease August 12, 2013

August 12, 2013

MEMORANDUM FOR THE DI RECTOR OF NATI ONAL I NTELLI GENCE

SUBJ ECT: Revi ewi ng Our Gl obal Si gnal s I nt el l i genceCol l ect i on and Communi cat i ons Technol ogi es

The Uni t ed St at es, l i ke al l nat i ons, gat hers i nt el l i gence i nor der t o pr ot ect i t s nat i onal i nt er est s and t o def end i t sel f ,i t s ci t i zens, and i t s par t ner s and al l i es f r om t hr eat s t o oursecur i t y. The Uni t ed St ates cooper at es cl osel y wi t h manycount r i es on i nt el l i gence mat t er s and t hese i nt el l i gencer el at i onshi ps have hel ped t o ensure our common secur i t y.

Recent year s have br ought unprecedent ed and r api d advancement si n communi cat i ons t echnol ogi es, par t i cul ar l y wi t h r espect t ogl obal t el ecommuni cat i ons. These t echnol ogi cal advances havebr ought wi t h t hem bot h gr eat oppor t uni t i es and si gni f i cantr i sks f or our I nt el l i gence Communi t y: oppor t uni t y i n t he f or mof enhanced t echni cal capabi l i t i es t hat can mor e pr eci sel y andr eadi l y i dent i f y t hr eat s t o our secur i t y, and r i sks i n t he f or mof i nsi der and cyber t hr eat s.

I bel i eve i t i s i mpor t ant t o t ake st ock of how t heset echnol ogi cal advances al t er t he envi r onment i n whi ch we

conduct our i nt el l i gence mi ssi on. To t hi s end, by t he aut hor i t yvest ed i n me as Pr esi dent by t he Const i t ut i on and t he l aws oft he Uni t ed St at es of Amer i ca, I am di r ect i ng you t o est abl i sha Revi ew Gr oup on I nt el l i gence and Communi cat i ons Technol ogi es( Revi ew Gr oup) .

The Revi ew Gr oup wi l l assess whether , i n l i ght of advancement si n communi cat i ons t echnol ogi es, t he Uni t ed St at es empl oys i t st echni cal col l ect i on capabi l i t i es i n a manner t hat opt i mal l ypr ot ect s our nat i onal secur i t y and advances our f or ei gn pol i cywhi l e appr opr i at el y account i ng f or ot her pol i cy consi der at i ons,

such as t he r i sk of unaut hor i zed di scl osur e and our need t omai nt ai n t he publ i c t r ust . Wi t hi n 60 days of i t s est abl i shment ,t he Revi ew Gr oup wi l l br i ef t hei r i nt er i m f i ndi ngs t o me t hr ought he Di r ect or of Nat i onal I nt el l i gence ( DNI ) , and t he Revi ewGr oup wi l l pr ovi de a f i nal r eport and recommendat i ons t o met hrough t he DNI no l at er t han December 15, 2013.

You ar e hereby aut hor i zed and di r ect ed t o publ i sh t hi smemor andum i n t he Federal Register.

BARACK OBAMA

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