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To: lnrnnmnruo nzvisioul From: [nm92r'.r:no"n1v1s1on] Re: s! [cast rim mmssn. on/oo/20061 DISCLOSURE PROVISIONS [Certification and Activation of the Hondisclosure Requirement: There is no longer an automatic prohibition that prevents the recipient of a National Security Letter from disclosing that the FBI has requested the information. To activate the nondisclosure requireent. the senior RBI official approving this EC must use Option 1 below and include in the BC but not in the NBL! a brief statement of facts that justify the nondisclosure requirment. Option 2 is to he used in all cases where Option 1 is not used.1 [Option 1 - Invoking Hondisclosure Requirement] - U! In accordance-with 18 U.S.C. § 2709{c! I, the senior official approving this EC, certify that a disclosure of the fact that the FBI has sought or obtained access to the information sought by this letter may endanger the national security of the United . States, interfere with a criminal, counterterrorism, or counterintelligence investigation, interfere with diplomatic relations, or endanger the life or physical safety of a person. £5 Brief statement of the facts justifying my certificati n in this case: [Option 2 - Declining to invoke the nondisclosure requirement] U! I, the senior official approving this EC, have determined that the facts of this case do not warrant activation of the nondisclosure requirements under the applicable National Security Letter statute. [Include the next 2 paragraphs in all !Ce.] U! Information received herein rom a credit reporting company may be disseminated in accordance with the Attorney General Guidelines for FBI National Security Investigations and Foreign- Intelligence Collection, subject to the following statutory limitation. Dissemination of such information is limited to other Federal agencies as may be-necessary for the approval or conduct of a foreign counterintelligence investigation, or, where the information concerns a person subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, to appropriate investigative authorities within the military department concerned as may be necessary for the conduct of a joint foreign counterintelligence investigation. _ sa
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