There is a whole section of the
National Security Directives that are on this website https://irp.fas.org/offdocs/direct.htm
listed by President.
Some are missing because they are classified.
But this website is a great resource for declassified documents.
The President has the power for secret surveillance.
Check this out.
https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2015/PSP-09-18-15-full.pdf
All Q told us was 'our promise to counter'.
So - its one answer, I guess.
But the variety of reactions was interesting.
So, our friends at the CIA were also involved
with WATERGATE?
https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/jfk/NARA-Oct2017/NARA-Dec15-2017/157-10014-10144.pdf
PDF Pages 260-261