Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5525.19
May 4, 2016
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: DoD Identity Matching Engine for Security and Analysis (IMESA) Access to
Criminal Justice Information (CJI) and Terrorist Screening Databases (TSDB)
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5124.02 (Reference
(a)), Secretary of Defense Correspondence Action Report (Reference (b)), and Annex D of the
Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and DoD
(Reference (c)), this instruction:
a. Incorporates and cancels Directive-type Memorandum (DTM) 14-005 (Reference (d)) to
update established policy and assigned responsibilities for accessing the CJI and TSDB
through IMESA.
b. Provides for the use of CJI and terrorist screening information retrieved through IMESA
to support the DoD physical security program in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5200.08 (Reference
(e)) and DTM 09-012 (Reference (f)); personnel security program in DoDI 5200.46 (Reference
(g)); insider threat program in DoDD 5205.16 (Reference (h)); antiterrorism program in DoDI
2000.16 (Reference (i)); and maintenance of law and order on DoD installations.
c. Provides for DoD’s use of CJI and terrorist screening information retrieved through
IMESA for crime prevention, antiterrorism, and implementation of personnel screening to
comply with Title I of Public Law (P.L.) 109-248 (Reference (j)), P.L. 101-647 (Reference (k)),
and Title I of P.L. 107-56 (Reference (l)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments (including the
Coast Guard at all times, including when it is a Service in the Department of Homeland Security
by agreement with that Department), the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(CJCS) 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 DoD (referred to collectively in this instruction as the “DoD
Components”).
