EO 12333 ~ NSA 1947 | U.S. INJUSTICE

Executive Order 12333 ~ National Security Act of 1947

The United States Government gives itself broad authority to act anywhere in the world that it deems necessary to protect U.S. national security interests.

Executive Order 12880 recognizes international criminal narcotics syndicates as being threats to U.S. national security, requiring an extraordinary and coordinated response.

Executive Order 12333 gives the U.S. Intelligence Community the authority to take action against threats to U.S. national security, and to then conceal and deny involvement in any action considered to be special activities.

The following are the section excerpts that pertain to U.S. foreign intelligence activities executed by Tim Ring on behalf of and at the direction of the United States Government:

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333 – UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES December 4, 1981 by President Ronald Reagan

Timely and accurate information about the activities, capabilities, plans, and intentions of foreign powers, organizations, and persons, and their agents, is essential to the national security of the United States.

All reasonable and lawful means must be used to ensure that the United States will receive the best intelligence available. For that purpose, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, and as President of the United States of America, in order to provide for the effective conduct of United States intelligence activities and the protection of constitutional rights, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Part 1 Goals, Direction, Duties and Responsibilities With Respect to the National Intelligence Effort

1.2 The National Security Council.

(a) Purpose. The National Security Council (NSC) was established by the National Security Act of 1947 to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign and military policies relating to the national security. The NSC shall act as the highest Executive Branch entity that provides review of, guidance for and direction to the conduct of all national foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and special activities, and attendant policies and programs.

1.4 The Intelligence Community. The agencies within the Intelligence Community shall, in accordance with applicable United States law and with the other provisions of this Order, conduct intelligence activities necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the United States, including:

(c) Collect information concerning, and the conduct of activities to protect against, intelligence activities directed against the United States, international terrorist and international narcotics activities, and other hostile activities directed against the United States by foreign powers, organizations, persons, and their agents.

1.5 Director of Central Intelligence. In order to discharge the duties and responsibilities prescribed by law, the Director of Central Intelligence shall be responsible directly to the President and the NSC and shall:

(e) Formulate policies concerning foreign intelligence and counterintelligence arrangements with foreign governments, coordinate foreign intelligence and counterintelligence relationships between agencies of the Intelligence Community and the intelligence or internal security services of foreign governments, and establish procedures governing the conduct of liaison by any department or agency with such services on narcotics activities.

(f) Participate in the development of procedures approved by the Attorney General governing criminal narcotics intelligence activities abroad to ensure that these activities are consistent with foreign intelligence programs.

1.7 Senior Officials of the Intelligence Community. The heads of departments and agencies with organizations in the Intelligence Community or the heads of such organizations, as appropriate, shall:

(g) Participate in the development of procedures approved by the Attorney General governing production and dissemination of intelligence resulting from criminal narcotics intelligence activities abroad if their departments, agencies, or organizations have intelligence responsibilities for foreign or domestic narcotics production and trafficking.

1.8 The Central Intelligence Agency. All duties and responsibilities of the CIA shall be related to the intelligence functions set out below. As authorized by this Order, the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, the CIA Act of 1949, as amended, appropriate directives or other applicable law, the CIA shall:

(b) Collect, produce and disseminate intelligence on foreign aspects of narcotics production and trafficking.

(c) Conduct counterintelligence activities outside the United States and, without assuming or performing any internal security functions, conduct counterintelligence activities within the United States in coordination with the FBI as required by procedures agreed upon by the Director of Central Intelligence and the Attorney General.

1.14 The Federal Bureau of Investigation. Under the supervision of the Attorney General and pursuant to such regulations as the Attorney General may establish, the Director of the FBI shall:

(b) Conduct counterintelligence activities outside the United States in coordination with the CIA as required by procedures agreed upon by the Director of Central Intelligence and the Attorney General.

(d) Produce and disseminate foreign intelligence and counterintelligence.

Part 2 Conduct of Intelligence Activities

2.3 Collection of Information. Agencies within the Intelligence Community are authorized to collect, retain or disseminate information concerning United States persons only in accordance with procedures established by the head of the agency concerned and approved by the Attorney General, consistent with the authorities provided in Part 1 of this Order. Those procedures shall permit collection, retention and dissemination of the following types of information:

(c) Information obtained in the course of a lawful foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, international narcotics or international terrorism investigation.

* This is the language used by the DOJ/FBI in response to a Freedom Of Information Act request for disclosure of Tim Ring’s operational files. The information was deemed exempt from disclosure under Title 5, United States Code, Section 552, (b)(7)(D).

2.6 Assistance to Law Enforcement Authorities. Agencies within the Intelligence Community are authorized to:

(b) Unless otherwise precluded by law or this Order, participate in law enforcement activities to investigate or prevent clandestine intelligence activities by foreign powers, or international terrorist or narcotics activities.

2.7 Contracting. Agencies within the Intelligence Community are authorized to enter into contracts or arrangements for the provisions of goods or services with private companies or institutions in the United States and need not reveal the sponsorship of such contracts or arrangements for authorized intelligence purposes. Contracts or arrangements with academic institutions may be undertaken only with the consent of appropriate officials of the institution.

3.4 Definitions. For the purpose of this Order, the following terms shall have these meanings:

(f) Intelligence Community and agencies within the Intelligence Community refer to the following agencies or organizations:

(1) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

(6) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

(h) Special activities means activities conducted in support of national foreign policy objectives abroad which are planned and executed so that the role of the United States Government is not apparent or acknowledged publicly, and functions in support of such activities, but which are not intended to influence United States political processes, public opinion, policies, or media and do not include diplomatic activities or the collection and production of intelligence or related support functions.

UNCLASSIFIED

NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947

July 26, 1947

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 3. [50 U.S.C. 401a] As used in this Act:

(4) The term “intelligence community” includes –

(B) the Central Intelligence Agency

(H) the Federal Bureau of Investigation

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

SEC. 101. [U.S.C. 402] (a) There is hereby established a council to be known as the National Security Council (thereinafter in this section referred to as the “Council”).

(i)(1) There is established within the National Security Council a committee to be known as the Committee on Transnational Threats (in this subsection referred to as the “Committee”).

(3) The function of the Committee shall be to coordinate and direct the activities of the United States Government relating to combating transnational threats.

(4) In carrying out its functions, the Committee shall:

(A) identify transnational threats,

(B) develop strategies to enable the United States Government to respond to transnational threats identified under subparagraph (A),

(D) make recommendations as to appropriate responses to specific transnational threats,

(E) assist in the resolution of operational and policy differences among Federal departments and agencies in their responses to transnational threats,

(F) develop policies and procedures to ensure the effective sharing of information about transnational threats among Federal departments and agencies, including law enforcement agencies and elements of the intelligence community, and,

(G) develop guidelines to enhance and improve the coordination of activities of Federal law enforcement agencies and elements of the intelligence community outside the United States with respect to transnational threats.

(5) For the purpose of this subsection, the term “transnational threat” means the following:

(A) Any transnational activity (including international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the delivery systems for such weapons, and organized crime) that threatens the national security of the United States.

(B) Any individual or group that engages in an activity referred to in subparagraph (A).

ASSISTANCE TO UNITED STATES LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

SEC. 105A. [50 U.S.C. 403-5a] (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE –

Subject to subsection (b), elements of the intelligence community may, upon the request of a United States law enforcement agency, collect information outside the United States about individuals who are not United States persons. Such elements may collect such information notwithstanding that the law enforcement agency intends to use the information collected for purposes of a law enforcement investigation or counterintelligence investigation.

ADDITIONAL ANNUAL REPORTS

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:

SEC. 114. [50 U.S.C. 404i] (a) REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES – (1) Not later than December 31 of each year, the Director of Central Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional leadership a report describing the nature and extent of cooperation and assistance provided by the intelligence community to Federal law enforcement agencies with respect to efforts to stop the illegal importation into the United States of controlled substances.

(2) Each report shall include a discussion of the following:

(A) Illegal importation of such controlled substances through transit zones such as the Caribbean Sea and across the Southwest and northern borders of the United States.

(B) Methodologies used for such illegal importation.

(D) Quantities of such controlled substances transported through each route.

(3) Each such report may be prepared in classified form, or unclassified form with a classified annex.

SPECIFICITY OF NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET AMOUNTS FOR COUNTERTERRORISM, COUNTERPROLIFERATION, COUNTERNARCOTICS, AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

SEC. 506. (a) IN GENERAL – The budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the President for a fiscal year that is submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, shall set forth separately the aggregate amount requested for that fiscal year for the National Foreign Intelligence Program for each of the following:

(3) Counternarcotics.

(b) ELECTION OF CLASSIFIED OR UNCLASSIFIED FORM – Amounts set forth under subsection (a) may be set forth in unclassified form or classified form, at the election of the Director of Central Intelligence.

DATES FOR SUBMITTAL OF VARIOUS ANNUAL AND SEMIANNUAL REPORTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES

SEC. 507. (a) ANNUAL REPORTS – (1) The date for the submittal to the congressional intelligence committees of the following annual reports shall be the date each year provided in subsection (c)(1)(A):

(I) The annual report on coordination of counterintelligence matters with the Federal Bureau of Investigation required by section 811(c)(6) of the Counterintelligence and Security Enhancement Act of 1994 (50 U.S.C. 402a(c)(6)).

(K) The annual report on certifications for immunity in interdiction of aircraft engaged in illegal drug trafficking required by section 1012(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2291-4(c)(2)).

(2) The date for the submittal to the congressional intelligence committees of the following annual reports shall be the date each year provided in subsection (c)(1)(B):

(G) The annual report on counterdrug intelligence matters required by section 826 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.

EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN OPERATIONAL FILES FROM SEARCH, REVIEW, PUBLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE

SEC. 701. [50 U.S.C. 431] (a) Operational files of the Central Intelligence Agency may be exempted by the Director of Central Intelligence from the provisions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code (Freedom of Information Act), which require publication or disclosure, or search or review in connection therewith.

DECENNIAL REVIEW OF EXEMPTED OPERATIONAL FILES

SEC. 702. [50 U.S.C. 432] (a) Not less than once every ten years, the Director of Central Intelligence shall review the exemptions in force under subsection (a) of section 701 of this Act to determine whether such exemptions may be removed from any category of exempted files or any portion thereof.

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The sections on CIA intelligence activities are included within this information for two reasons. As revealed in the sections, the CIA and FBI work in coordination in operations concerning counternarcotics intelligence investigations. One of Tim Ring’s lawyers personally knew a former CIA case officer who suggested that Ring might have been working for a CIA case officer who had posed as FBI. It is known that the United States Government provides aliases and official U.S. government identification credentials containing false information to case officers and special agents for use in operations requiring anonymity and plausible deniability.

As part of the response to Ring’s Freedom of Information Act request, the DOJ/FBI confirmed that documents were located which originated with an other Government agency (OGA).

* See: DOCUMENTATION, The Mexico Operations, for the DOJ/FBI FOIPA response.

The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation maintain that Ring’s files are still classified and remain exempt from disclosure, now 30 years after Ring’s 1994 counternarcotics foreign intelligence operations. The DOJ and FBI have also since admitted that all payment records concerning Tim Ring have been destroyed.

All of Ring’s personal copies of his operational files and payment records disappeared during the 1995 search of his home office by Glendale Police Detective Robert Hawkins. GPD Hawkins had a prior disciplinary history for not turning in items seized during searches, which MCAO failed to disclose to Ring’s lawyers until moments before the 2012 evidentiary hearing. GPD Hawkins was shadowed throughout this case by FBI Special Agent Ronald Myers, himself the subject of warnings to Ring before this case investigation concerning FBI Myers’ reputation within the FBI for being dishonest.

During Ring’s three decades long legal battle, the courts have done nothing to force proper disclosure of evidence by the government. In 2012, after Ring proved that the government had lied and concealed evidence, Judge Robert Duber II refused to address or acknowledge any of that proof in his ruling. Judge Duber essentially rewarded the government for its corruption and its ability to conceal evidence.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office currently remains under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, for purposely lying and presenting false evidence in numerous cases.

The DOJ has refused to respond to requests for an investigation into MCAO’s corruption in the wrongful conviction of Tim Ring.

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