Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 3115.08
January 14, 2009
Change 1, Effective April 8, 2014
Certified current through January 14, 2016
USD(I)
SUBJECT: Collection of Information on Non-U.S. Persons Outside the United States at the
Request of U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs)
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction:
a. Reissues DoD Directive 3115.8 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction in accordance with
the authority in DoD Directive 5143.01 (Reference (b)).
b. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities in accordance with section 403-5a 3039 of
title 50, United States Code, (U.S.C.) (Reference (c)) for DoD collection of information outside
the United States as defined in accordance with section 195 of title 50, U.S.C. (Reference (d))
about individuals who are not U.S. persons.
2. APPLICABILITY
a. This Instruction applies to:
(1) OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to as the “DoD
Components”).
(2) DoD Intelligence Collection Components as defined in the Glossary.
b. This Instruction does not apply to:
(1) And has no effect on, existing cooperative, liaison, coordinative, or jurisdictional
relationships between the counterintelligence and criminal investigative components of the
Department of Defense and the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other LEAs authorized by
