U.S. Permits Law Enforcement to Order Evidence Gathering from Intelligence Agencies

In an unprecedented move the U.S. Congress has enacted as part of Sec. 814 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 the right of the intelligence community, upon the request of a U.S. law enforcement agency, to collect information outside the U.S. about individuals who are not U.S. persons. The law provides that the intelligence community may collect such information even though the law enforcement agency intends to use the information collected for purposes of a law enforcement investigation or counterintelligence investigation ... [more]