07.12.2013 - 14:35 [ National Security Agency ]

Statement for the Record of NSA DIRECTOR LT GEN MICHAEL V. HAYDEN, USAF House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 12 April 2000

NSA‘s electronic surveillance authority is found in Executive Order 12333, entitled „Intelligence Activities.“ Executive Order 12333 authorizes NSA to collect, process, and disseminate signals intelligence information for national foreign intelligence (and counterintelligence) purposes and in support of U.S. military operations.