DOD MANUAL 5240.01
P
ROCEDURES GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF DOD
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Originating Component: Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of
Defense
Effective: August 8, 2016
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the DoD Issuances Website at
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
Incorporates and Cancels: Directive-type Memorandum 08-011, “Intelligence Oversight Policy
Guidance,” March 26, 2008
Procedures 1-10 of DoD 5240.1-R, “Procedures Governing the Activities
of DoD Intelligence Components That Affect United States Persons,”
December 7, 1982
Approved by: Loretta B. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States
Ashton B. Carter, Secretary of Defense
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5240.01 and Executive Order (E.O.)
12333, this issuance:
• Establishes procedures to enable DoD to conduct authorized intelligence activities in a manner that
protects the constitutional and legal rights and the privacy and civil liberties of U.S. persons. DoD
authorized intelligence activities are foreign intelligence and counterintelligence (CI) activities unless
otherwise specified in this issuance.
• Authorizes the Defense Intelligence Components to collect, retain, and disseminate information
concerning U.S. persons in compliance with applicable laws, Executive orders, policies, and regulations.
