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).
- 15 USC1681v applies to international terrorism, not generic business intelligence or contractor market research.
- Judicial review and applicable privacy/civil-liberties protections remain.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram-specific
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
- OUSD(I&S) organization: PREM, SASP, CL&S, Warfighter Support
- Army Counterintelligence Command mission and organization
- NCIS field offices, including Economic Crimes and Cyber Operations
- Air Force OSI: support to the Air Force and Space Force
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.