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 PUBLIC LAW 104-293—OCT. 11, 1996 110 STAT. 3467 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.— The table of contents for the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 109 the following: "Sec. 110. Restrictions on intelligence sharing with the United Nations.". SEC. 309. PROHIBITION ON USING JOURNALISTS AS AGENTS OR 50 USC 403-7. ASSETS. (a) POLICY. —It is the policy of the United States that an element of the Intelligence Community may not use as an agent or asset for the purposes of collecting intelligence any individual who— (1) is authorized by contract or by the issuance of press credentials to represent himself or herself, either in the United States or abroad, as a correspondent of a United States news media organization; or (2) is officially recognized by a foreign government as a representative of a United States media organization. (b) WAIVER. — Pursuant to such procedures as the President President, may prescribe, the President or the Director of Central Intelligence may waive subsection (a) in the case of an individual if the President or the Director, as the case may be, makes a written determination that the waiver is necessary to address the overriding national security interest of the United States. The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate shall be notified of any waiver under this subsection. (c) VOLUNTARY COOPERATION.—Subsection (a) shall not be construed to prohibit the voluntary cooperation of any person who is aware that the cooperation is being provided to an element of the United States Intelligence Community. SEC. 310. REPORT ON POLICY OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE AGAINST ATTACK (a) REPORT.— (1) Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Central Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report on the potential responses of the intelligence community to threats to and attacks upon the information infrastructure of the United States by foreign countries, groups, or individuals, or by other entities, groups, or individuals. (2) The report shall include the following: (A) An analysis of the threats posed to the information infrastructure of the United States by information warfare and other forms of non-traditional attacks on the infrastructure by foreign countries, groups, or individuals, or by other entities, groups,' or individuals. (B) A description and assessment of the counterintelligence ' activities required to respond to such threats, including the plans of the intelligence community to support such activities. (b) DEFINITIONS. —For purposes of this section: (1) The term "intelligence commiinity has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act - of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). (2) The term "information infrastructure of the United States" includes the information infrastructure of the public sector and of the private sector.

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