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(Rev, 01-31-2003} b6 b7C b2 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: IJMMEDIATE Date: oO2/02/2?007 To: All Field Offices Attn: ADIC SAC CoC FCI Supervisors Counterintelligence Attn: AD Bereznay DADS Section Chiefs From: National Seeur) ; ah Contact: cor-s2sf | 1073946 Approved By: Hulon Willie T ALL INFORHATION CONTAINED HEREIN 5 UNCLASSIFIED Drafted By: [ois DATE 06-08-2007 BY 551797DMH/KSRSRM Case ID #: 319K-HQ-A1487720-06C° Title: GUIDANCE ON USE OF FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT NSLS IN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS; REVIEW OF FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT NSLS ISSUED IN CY 2006 IN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS Synopsis: Provides guidance on the statutery restrictions controlling the issuance of national security letters (NSLs) to ebtain full credit reports in counterintelligence investigations. Directs Counterinté#lligence Division (CD) and Field Office personnel invelved in counterintelligence investigations to review NSLs issued pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to determine if full credit reports were improperly requested or received; and to report the results of such review. Details: The FCRA provides for the protection of personal information assembled by credit reporting agencies. Two provisions of the FCRA, 168iu and 1681lv, authorize the FBI to eetain information from ¢redit reporting agenci¢s in the context of national security investigations. Seetion 168lu(a) authcerizes the FBI te obtain the identity of all financial institutions at which the consumer maintains or has maintained an account; 168lu(b) authorizes the FBI to obtain consumer identifying information, that is, the name, address, former addresses, place of employment, and former places of employment of the consumer. This information can be cbtained when "sought for the conduct of an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities."