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(C) Taking More Counterterrorism Reporting Out of ORCON Channels
FROM:
Chief, Reporting Policy & Guidance (S12P1)
Run Date: 04/11/2006
(C) In recent months, Information Sharing Services' (S12) forward-deployed Unified Reporting
Service Center to the Office of Counterterrorism (S2I) made significant strides toward the
Intelligence Community-wide goal of maximizing dissemination of counterterrorism-related
intelligence with as few restrictions as possible. Dissemination of reports on the crucial
counterterrorism target outside of restrictive ORCON channels has increased 75% ,
thanks to the URS center's coordination with S2I leadership and front-line analysts. S12's
Reporting Policy and Guidance Office and the Analysis and Production Operation Staff are
finalizing guidance that will extend this ORCON reduction effort to all organizations that report
counterterroism information throughout the United States SIGINT System (USSS). The impetus
for these actions is two-fold:
(U//FOUO) The first is Executive Order 13356: Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism
Information to Protect Americans , which directs the DNI to ensure that terrorism information be
shared free of controls such as those requiring the receiving organization to obtain the
originator's consent prior to disseminating the information further. E.O. 13356 stresses that
sharing counterterrorism information within the Intelligence Community and allowing its full use
by trusted partners in the Global War on Terrorism often outweighs the potential risk to sources
and methods. This is not to say that the protection of sources and methods is not important.
The forthcoming guidance will take these equities into account, as described below.
(U//FOUO) Secondly, a recent review has shown that the number of SIGINT products bearing
the ORCON caveat continues to be excessive and application of the ORCON caveat often does
not comply with DCID (Director of Central Intelligence Directive) 6/6 which governs its use.
(U//FOUO) Once the official guidance is published, there will be a six-week grace period so that
TOPIs (Target Offices of Primary Interest) can determine what information they believe still
requires ORCON protection under the requirements detailed in DCID 6/6. As DIRNSA's
approving authority for ORCON usage, Chief S12 will review any TOPI request to keep specific
lines of reporting in ORCON channels. Requests will be staffed through the S2 Operations Staff
to Chief, S12 for approval. Details will be published on the RPG website and announced via the
RPTGUIDANCE e-mail alias which reaches hundreds of analysts and senior reporters across the
USSS.
(U//FOUO) This will be the first step in a fundamental review of all USSS ORCON reporting. After
this initial CT phase is completed, we will work closely with the S2 Ops Staff to address the
remaining target sets.
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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