NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ODNI News Release No. 2-18

January 11, 2018





DNI Coats Establishes New Intelligence Community Policy

on Requests for Identities of U.S. Persons

in Disseminated Intelligence Reports





DNI Directs Agencies to Implement Privacy Policy within 90 Days





Director of National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats today signed Intelligence Community Policy Guidance 107.1, establishing for the first time community-wide guidance for responding to requests for the identities of U.S. persons in disseminated intelligence reports, commonly referred to as “unmasking.”





On January 9, President Trump formally instructed the DNI to establish this policy.





The policy directs Intelligence Community elements—both civilian and military—to implement individual agency protections within 90 days in consultation with the Attorney General and Secretary of Defense, respectively.





Key provisions of the policy include:

A requirement that only IC element heads or their designees may approve requests for U.S. person identity information

Documentation for names or titles of individuals who will receive the information

A fact-based justification for each request

IC element General Counsel concurrence for requests that related to Presidential transition team members before those requests are approved by IC elements.

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