Commentary not that of contributor.
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*********************** ALERT ALERT ************************
WARRENTLESS SEARCHES CAN NOW BE APPROVED BY FREEH, RENO, DOD, ET.
AL. AND CONDUCTED BY ANY FED AGENCY. DUE TO THE CRIME BILL, THE FED
AGENCIES ARE NOW ALL OPERATING IN CONSOLIDATED "TASK FORCES."
THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER ***SPECIFICALLY*** APPLIES TO ANYONE USING
COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS TO GATHER INFORMATION
(SEE THE UNDERLYING LAW AT 50 USC 1801.)
IT MAY ALSO BE USED TO APPLY TO MILITIAS BY THE
AMBIGUOUS WORDING IN 50 USC 1801 and PL 103-359
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release February 9, 1995
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PHYSICAL SEARCHES
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States, including sections 302 and 303 of
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ("Act") (50 U.S.C.
1801, et seq.), as amended by Public Law 103-359, and in order to
provide for the authorization of physical searches for foreign
intelligence purposes as set forth in the Act, it is hereby ordered as
follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to section 302(a)(1) of the Act, the
Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a
court order, to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods
of up to one year, if the Attorney General makes the certifications
required by that section.
Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 302(b) of the Act, the Attorney
General is authorized to approve applications to the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court under section 303 of the Act to obtain
orders for physical searches for the purpose of collecting foreign
intelligence information.
Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 303(a)(7) of the Act, the
following officials, each of whom is employed in the area of national
security or defense, is designated to make the certifications required
by section 303(a)(7) of the Act in support of applications to conduct
physical searches:
(a) Secretary of State;
(b) Secretary of Defense;
(c) Director of Central Intelligence;
(d) Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation;
(e) Deputy Secretary of State;
(f) Deputy Secretary of Defense; and
(g) Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.
None of the above officials, nor anyone officially acting in
that capacity, may exercise the authority to make the above
certifications, unless that official has been appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 9, 1995.
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