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INT-37 / Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Obtain narrowly authorized financial records or consumer reports for intelligence/counterterrorism

Invoke statutory financial-privacy exceptions for authorized foreign-intelligence/CI requests and the separate consumer-report disclosure power for authorized international-terrorism work.

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Authority / instrument · INT-37

Financial intelligence support

Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Authorized government agency and designated certifying supervisory official; DoD element must establish its underlying authorized function.

What this does not authorize / hard limit

12 USC3414(a)(5) mandatory financial-institution compliance power is specifically FBI; do not infer identical compulsory bank-record power for DoD from(a)(1).

Recorded executor

Properly authorized Defense CI/intelligence element and trained records-request officials

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Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedNormal lawful intelligence/CI program funding; no special financial subsidy authority. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedA released NCIS letter documents historical use of the financial-record framework. It is not a current template, and the FBI-specific compulsory power must not be attributed to DoD. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolINT-37 · Security & information

Authority holder: Authorized government agency and designated certifying supervisory official; DoD element must establish its underlying authorized function.

Security & information

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Existing statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · implementation not verified. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

A released NCIS letter documents historical use of the financial-record framework. It is not a current template, and the FBI-specific compulsory power must not be attributed to DoD.

NCIS 2002 financial-record request — historical example

Who this route serves
Government legal/compliance officials and recipient financial institutions
Administering office / routing lead
NCIS in the released historical record; current authorized requesting official must be verified
Documented use

The letter documents use of the financial-record framework, not every distinct consumer-report or compulsory authority in this record.

What this evidence label means
Historical example only

The released letter cites the Right to Financial Privacy Act and includes a certification; current delegations and modern safeguards were not established by this document.

Status reference date: 2002-11-27 · research checked 2026-10-04

DoD FOIA release — NCIS financial-record request · November 27, 2002 letter and statutory certificationhistorical official release · published 2002-11-27 · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

DoD FOIA release — NCIS financial-record request · November 27, 2002 letter and statutory certificationhistorical official release · published 2002-11-27 · Evidence record

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reference, not an application portal: This source does not accept funding applications.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Reviewed exact statutory distinctions and a released official NCIS example; searches of public intelligence guidance did not establish a current instrument-specific request template.

What remains unverified

  • A current agency delegation, legally reviewed request format and branch-specific review/notice safeguards were not publicly verified. No private intelligence-gathering route is offered.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Specific authorized foreign intelligence/CI or international-terrorism purpose as statute requires.
  • Specific customer/entity/account identifier; written statutory certification and review/notice safeguards.

Limits & exclusions

  • 12 USC3414(a)(5) mandatory financial-institution compliance power is specifically FBI; do not infer identical compulsory bank-record power for DoD from(a)(1).
  • 15 USC1681v applies to international terrorism, not generic business intelligence or contractor market research.
  • Judicial review and applicable privacy/civil-liberties protections remain.

Funding conditions

  • Normal lawful intelligence/CI program funding; no special financial subsidy authority.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

Resources

  • Appropriate NIP/MIP program/resource owner and agency comptroller
    Office profile

Approval

  • Designated supervisory certifying official
  • Agency counsel and oversight review
    Office profile

Execution

  • Properly authorized Defense CI/intelligence element and trained records-request officials

Partners & review

  • DNI for NIP matters
  • Relevant CCMD J2 and Service intelligence staff
    Office profile
  • FBI/CIA or State only where required by the activity

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Authorized requirement → CI/intelligence counsel → precise statutory request and certification → lawful recipient response/review → controlled use/dissemination.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedNormal lawful intelligence/CI program funding; no special financial subsidy authority. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedA released NCIS letter documents historical use of the financial-record framework. It is not a current template, and the FBI-specific compulsory power must not be attributed to DoD. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Confidence: High on express statutory capability; execution/delegation and currently available resources require program-specific confirmation.

Currentness: GovInfo2024 Title12 chapter35 and Title15 chapter41 subchapterIII full statutory texts read; OLRC §3414 indexed snapshot2026-09-20. No extension-dependent FISA power is claimed.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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