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Action brief · INT-37

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

Objective
Protect technology and industry
Family / instrument
Intelligence, counterintelligence and security · Financial intelligence support
Statute
Authority holder
Authorized government agency and designated certifying supervisory official; DoD element must establish its underlying authorized function.
Executor · routing lead
Properly authorized Defense CI/intelligence element and trained records-request officials

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

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

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

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

What this does not authorize / limits

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).

Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded

Program process, audience and dated intake check (2026-10-04)

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Existing statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.

Actor sources

Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.