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Obama signed Intelligence Executive Order Changing Intel SIGINT Rules the DAY Joe Biden sought the report from Flynn's unmasking.
January 12th, 2017,
Joe Biden seeks to unmask flynn.
Obama expanded the power of the NSA to "share globally interception communications with the 16 other intelligence agencies BEFORE APPLYING PRIVACY PROTECTIONS."
The changes right as he left office put into place procedures that allow the NSA to share certain raw, unminimized signals intelligence information with other Intelligence Community elements, specifically for authorized foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. With respect to the copy of the updated procedures.
DNI James Clapper originally signed these new rules on December 15th, 2016. This was the same day that a SIGNIFICANT number of people requested to unmask Flynn including JOHN BRENNAN.
December 15th, 2016 Unmask Requests
Director of the CIA - John O. Brennan
USNATO Defense Advisor (DEFAD) - Mr. Robert Bell
U.S. Representative to the NATO Military Committee - VADM Christenson
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - James Corney
Chief Syria Group - [Redacted]
Deputy Assistant Director of NEMC [Redacted]
US NATO Office of the Defense Advisor (ODA) Policy Advisor for Russia - Lt. Col. Paul Geehreng
U.S. NATO Advisor to Ambassador Douglas Lute - [Redacted]
USNATO Deputy DEFAD - Mr. James Hursh
Chief Syria Group [Redacted]
US Deputy Chief of US Mission to NATO (USNATO) - Mr. Litzenberger
US Permanent Representative (PermRep) to NATO - Ambassador Douglas Lute
USA- DOE-IN - Executive Briefer - [Redacted]
USNATO Political Officer [Redacted] - Mr. Scott Parrish
USA - DOE- Deputy Secretary of Energy - Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
USA- DOE-IN - Executive Briefer - [Redacted]
USNATO Political Advisor (POLAD) - Mr. Tamir Waser
Prior to this, the procedures were governed by Executive Order 12333. This order permits dissemination of signals intelligence data "only in accordance with procedures established by the DNI in coordination with the Defense Secretary and approved by the Attorney General." Traditionally, NSA analysts MUST filter the surveillance information for the rest of the government—searching and evaluating the information directly, passing on only those portions of emails and phone calls that they determine relevant to colleagues at other agencies, and masking names and other information about innocent Americans using minimization procedures.
The Clapper Changes are as follows:
10 sections change outlining the procedures intelligence elements must follow when it comes to requesting, protecting, processing, retaining, disseminating, oversight, and legal use of raw SIGINT.
See the changes here:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/eo-12333-raw-sigint-availability-procedures-quick-and-dirty-summary