President

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

signed Executive Order 13388 on October 25, 2005. Its title is ''"Further Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information To Protect Americans."'' The executive order directs federal agencies to enhance their sharing of information on suspicions of terrorism. It also rewords the directives to intelligence agencies that instructed them to report to the

Director of Central Intelligence The director of central intelligence (DCI) was the head of the American Central Intelligence Agency from 1946 to 2005, acting as the principal intelligence advisor to the president of the United States and the United States National Security C ...

to report instead to the

Director of National Intelligence The director of national intelligence (DNI) is a senior, cabinet-level United States government official, required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to serve as executive head of the United States Intelligence Commu ...

. The Federation of American Scientists describes the Order as a response to Section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the report of the

9/11 Commission The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up on November 27, 2002, "to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks", includin ...

, and to the perception that intelligence agencies were "over-classifying" secrets. This executive order superseded

Executive Order 13356 Executive Order 13356 is a United States Presidential Executive Order signed on August 27, 2004, by President George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United S ...

External links

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Executive Order 13388: Further Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans
October 25, 2005, the White House Archives

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Federation of American Scientists The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is an American nonprofit global policy think tank with the stated intent of using science and scientific analysis to attempt to make the world more secure. FAS was founded in 1946 by scientists who wo ...

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text of Executive Order 13388
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