Guidelines for Access, Retention, Use, and Dissemination by the National Counterterrorism Center and Other Agencies of Information in Datasets Containing Non-terrorism Information

Citation

Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Guidelines for Access, Retention, Use, and Dissemination by the National Counterterrorism Center and Other Agencies of Information in Datasets Containing Non-terrorism Information (Mar. 23, 2012) (full-text).

Overview

These guidelines authorize the National Counterterrorism Center to profile and track American citizens, suspected of no crime, for up to five years. The change represents a dramatic expansion of government surveillance.

See also

• Total Information Awareness