A new Executive Order on intelligence – Information sharing (Executive Order (EO) 12333)

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Case Study I

A two to a three-page background paper on “A new Executive Order on intelligence,” is due at the end of lesson 4. Imagine that you are responding as the designated staff support to a specific member of the SSCI. (Which senator is your choice). The Senator, who is considering potential areas for IC reform, has asked you to draft a revision to Executive Order (EO) 12333 that would address a significant organizational management or oversight problem or issue facing IC leadership.

Identify one significant organizational management or oversight problem or issue facing IC leadership worthy of your senator’s attention.  The Senator is interested in an enduring but “fixable” problem related to intelligence management and oversight and the specific wording to be revised in the EO that would contribute to such a “fix.” Discuss the most important arguments in favor or opposition to the revision, the potential unintended consequences, and the pros and cons of suggesting to the president an Executive order instead of a lower level directive (e.g. an ICD) or perhaps new legislation to address the problem you identified.  Remember to identify your Senator.

To review the scenario for your Case Study One assignment, which is due midnight Monday of Week 4:  Imagine that in your role as a committee staff member, your Senator has said that   “I want to ensure our intelligence is effective and as efficient as possible….I want to propose an improvement to intelligence management and oversight based on the important issues that have been highlighted elsewhere as priorities….background paper I can present to the Chairman (note: the SSCI Chair);  no more than two or three pages with a focus on how one of those “most important things” that need to be done (or done better) and that might be addressed by the President by a new or revised Executive Order. Briefly summarize for me some of the essential backgrounds on the problem, some suggested specific wording for the EO on your proposed reform with the rationale for the change, as well as any arguments for any alternatives or against taking any action at all. If a particular action is not appropriate for a revised EO12333 or a new EO, suggest for me the means by which these actions should be promulgated (e.g. another executive order, departmental directive, legislation, etc.)”.

Answer snippet.

Executive Order (EO) 12333 can focus on regulating the issue of having regulations that are meant to govern certain overseas intelligence surveillance activities instead of using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This would aid in protecting the information collected from the Americans by the intelligent agencies (Lee et al., 2019).  The rights of Americans based on the Fourth Amendment are violated abroad by the practices of N.S.A.’s who collect the data of Americans from fiber-optic networks abroad. The N.S.A can collect and use phone calls, text messages, emails, and other communications from Americans under different rules which are permissive at times compared to when collected inside America. On the basis of protecting American’s private information……

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Appx. 1,000 words.