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50 U.S.C. § 3141 — Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources
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**(a) Disclosure of information by persons having or having had access to classified information that identifies covert agent** Whoever, having or having had authorized access to classified information that identifies a covert agent, intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent’s intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.
**(b) Disclosure of information by persons who learn identity of covert agents as result of having access to classified information** Whoever, as a result of having authorized access to classified information, learns the identity of a covert agent and intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent’s intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
**(c) Disclosure of information by persons in course of pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents** Whoever, in the course of a pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents and with reason to believe that such activities would impair or impede the foreign intelligence activities of the United States, discloses any information that identifies an individual as a covert agent to any individual not authorized to recei
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**(a) Disclosure of information by persons having or having had access to classified information that identifies covert agent** Whoever, having or having had authorized access to classified information that identifies a covert agent, intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent’s intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.
**(b) Disclosure of information by persons who learn identity of covert agents as result of having access to classified information** Whoever, as a result of having authorized access to classified information, learns the identity of a covert agent and intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent’s intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
**(c) Disclosure of information by persons in course of pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents** Whoever, in the course of a pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents and with reason to believe that such activities would impair or impede the foreign intelligence activities of the United States, discloses any information that identifies an individual as a covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such individual and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such individual’s classified intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
**(d) Imposition of consecutive sentences** A term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall be consecutive to any other sentence of imprisonment.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 415c, comprising section 601 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110–53, was editorially reclassified as [section 3306 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3306&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Authority.—** The Secretary of Defense may withhold from public disclosure operational files described in subsection (b) to the same extent that operational files may be withheld under section 701 of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3141](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3141&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b) Covered Operational Files.—** The authority under subsection (a) applies to operational files in the possession of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency that—
(1) as of September 22, 1996, were maintained by the National Photographic Interpretation Center; or
(2) concern the activities of the Agency that, as of such date, were performed by the National Photographic Interpretation Center.
**(c) Operational Files Defined.—** In this section, the term “operational files” has the meaning given that term in section 701(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3141(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3141/b&num=0&edition=prelim)).
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**(a) Exemption of certain operational files from search, review, publication, or disclosure**
(1) The Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, with the coordination of the Director of National Intelligence, may exempt operational files of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from the provisions of [section 552 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552&num=0&edition=prelim) which require publication, disclosure, search, or review in connection therewith.
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(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), for the purposes of this section, the term “operational files” means files of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (hereafter in this section referred to as “NGA”) concerning the activities of NGA that before the establishment of NGA were performed by the National Photographic Interpretation Center of the Central Intelligence Agency (NPIC), that document the means by which foreign intelligence or counterintelligence is collected through scientific and technical systems.
(B) Files which are the sole repository of disseminated intelligence are not operational files.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), exempted operational files shall continue to be subject to search and review for information concerning—
(A) United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence who have requested information on themselves pursuant to the provisions of section 552 or 552a of title 5;
(B) any special activity the existence of which is not exempt from disclosure under the provisions of [section 552 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(C) the specific subject matter of an investigation by any of the following fo
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**(a) Establishment** There shall be a National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
**(b) Head of Center** The Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center shall be the head of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
**(c) Location of Center** The National Counterintelligence and Security Center shall be located in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
**(d) Mission** The mission of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center shall include organizing and leading strategic planning for counterintelligence activities of the United States Government by integrating instruments of national power as needed to counter foreign intelligence activities.
**(e) Functions** Subject to the direction and control of the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, the functions of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center shall be as follows:
(1) **National threat identification and prioritization assessment** — Subject to subsection (f), in consultation with appropriate department and agencies of the United States Government, and private sector entities, to produce a strategic planning assessment of the counterintelligence requirements of the United States to be known as the National Threat Identification and Prioritization Assessment.
(2) **National Counterintelligence Strategy**
(A) *Requirement to produce* — Subject to subsection (f), in consultation with appropriate department and agencies of the United States Government, and private sector entities, and based on the most current National Threat Identification and Prioritization Assessment under paragraph (1), to produce a strategy for the counterintelligence programs and activities of the United States Government to be known as
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 431, comprising section 701 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as [section 3141 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3141&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3141
ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections
468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu-
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Executive Documents
TERMINATION OF TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC
ISLANDS
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Is-
lands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title
48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
SUBCHAPTER V—PROTECTION OF
OPERATIONAL FILES
§ 3141. Operational files of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency
(a) Exemption by Director of Central Intelligence
Agency
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agen-
cy, with the coordination of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, may exempt operational
files of the Central Intelligence Agency from the
provisions of section 552 of title 5 (Freedom of
Information Act) which require publication or
disclosure, or search or review in connection
therewith.
(b) ‘‘Operational files’’ defined
In this section, the term ‘‘operational files’’
means—
(1) files of the National Clandestine Service
which document the conduct of foreign intel-
ligence or counterintelligence operations or
intelligence or security liaison arrangements
or information exchanges with foreign govern-
ments or their intelligence or security serv-
ices;
(2) files of the Directorate for Science and
Technology which document the means by
which foreign intelligence or counterintel-
ligence is collected through scientific and
technical systems; and
(3) files of the Office of Personnel Security
which document investigations conducted to
determine the suit
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