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SECRET To: {DELIVERING DIVISION] From: [DRAFTING DIVISION] a (CASE FILE NUMBER, 00/06/2006] DISCLOSURE PROVISIONS (Certification and Activation of the Nondisclosure Requirement: There ig 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 requirement, the senior FBI official approving this BEC must use Option 1 below and include in the Ec (but not in the NSL) a brief statement of facts that justify the nondisclosure requirement. Option 2 is to he used in all cases where Option 1 ia not used.} {Option 1 - Invoking Nondisclosure 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. } Brief statement of the facts justifying my certification 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 ECs.) . (U) Information received herein from a credit reporting company may be disseminated in accordance with the Attorney General Guidelines on National Security Investigations and Foreign Intelligence Collection (U) Any questions regarding the above can be directed to the [cask AGENT, telephone number (000) 000-0000.) 3