CLASSIC: The NSA: Fact, Fiction and Fright
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Definition of Foreign Intelligence
Foreign intelligence is really a catch all that can include most anything happening abroad. Executive order 12333 defines it as information relating to the capabilities, intentions, and activities of foreign powers,. Don't let the quote organizations or persons part of that definition hide behind the more important seeming term, foreign powers. This definition means that quotes unquote, foreign intelligence includes speech about political and human rights activities. So if you send an email as part of a nonprofit thing to free a political prisoner, it can include self impacting the economy.
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