Office of Intelligence Policy and Review

Office of Intelligence Policy and Review
Staff agency overview
Dissolved2006
Superseding Staff agency
  • National Security Division
JurisdictionUnited States government agency
StatusDefunct
HeadquartersUnited States Department of Justice
Staff agency executive
  • Staff Counsel
Parent departmentUnited States Department of Justice
Key document
  • Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978), USA PATRIOT Act (2001), USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization (2005)

The Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (OIPR) was a staff agency within the United States Department of Justice. It was responsible for handling all Justice Department requests for surveillance authorizations under the terms of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), advising the Attorney General and Intelligence Community on legal issues relating to national security and surveillance, and intelligence legislation coordination.

The staff counsel often testified before Congress on behalf of the Clinton and Bush administration intelligence policies, including defending the USA PATRIOT Act before the House Judiciary Committee.

The OIPR was amalgamated into the National Security Division created under Section 506 of the 2005 USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization,[1] which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on March 9, 2006.[2] [3]

References

  1. ^ "USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005." Government Printing Office.
  2. ^ "H.R.3199 Major Congressional Actions Archived 2008-11-27 at the Wayback Machine." THOMAS.
  3. ^ "National Security Division Launches New Office of Intelligence". justice.gov. April 30, 2008.
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