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II. APPROVAL AND REVIEW OF SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
A. Presidential Findings and Memoranda of Notification
1. Presidential Findings
In all cases, special activities of the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) in foreign countries require, under the terms of
section 662 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended
(22 U.S.C. 2422), Findings by the President that such activities
are important to the national security of the United States.
Presidential Findings shall be obtained with respect to all CIA
activities abroad, other than those activities that are intended
solely for obtaining necessary intelligence within the meaning of
section 662 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
No special activity may be conducted except under the authority
of, and subsequent to, a Finding by the President that such
activity is important to the national security of the United
States. In all but the rarest of circumstances, no special
activity may be undertaken prior to the President's having signed
a written Finding. In cases in which the President determines
that time is of the essence and that the national security
requires that a special activity be undertaken before a written
Finding can be presented for signature, and that oral authoriza-
tion therefore is required, contemporaneous record of the
President's authorization shall be made in writing, and...
a
corresponding Finding shall be submitted for signature by the
President as soon as possible, but in no event more than two
working days thereafter. No Finding may retroactively authorize
or sanction a special activity.
2. Memoranda of Notification
In the event of any proposal to change substantially the means of
implementation of, or the level of resources, assets, or activity
under, a Finding; or in the event of any significant change in
the operational conditions, country or countries significantly
engaged, or risks associated with a special activity, a written
Memorandum of Notification (MON) shall be submitted to the
President for his approval. All actions to be authorized by
means of an MON must be important to U.S. national security as
set forth in a previously-approved Finding. An MON also shall be
submitted to the President for his approval in order to modify a
Finding in light of changed circumstances or passage of time; or
to cancel a Finding because the special activity authorized has
been completed or for any other reason.
The procedures for approval by the President of an MON shall be
the same as those established by this Directive for approval of a
Finding.
UNCLASSIFIED
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