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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18a · § 9A

§ 9A. Coordination requirements relating to the prosecution of cases involving classified information

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Briefings Required .— The Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division or the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, as appropriate, and the appropriate United States attorney, or the designees of such officials, shall provide briefings to the senior agency official, or the designee of such official, with respect to any case involving classified information that originated in the agency of such senior agency official. Timing of Briefings .— Briefings under subsection
(a)with respect to a case shall occur— as soon as practicable after the Department of Justice and the United States attorney concerned determine that a prosecution or potential prosecution could result; and at such other times thereafter as are necessary to keep the senior agency official concerned fully and currently informed of the status of the prosecution. Senior Agency Official Defined .— In this section, the term “senior agency official” has the meaning given that term in section 1.1 of Executive Order No. 12958. ( Pub. L. 96–456, § 9A , as added Pub. L. 106–567, title VI, § 607 , Dec. 27, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2855 ; amended Pub. L. 109–177, title V, § 506(a)(8) , Mar. 9, 2006 , 120 Stat. 248 .) Executive Order No. 12958, referred to in subsec. (c), which was formerly set out as a note under section 435 (now section 3161) of Title 50, War and National Defense, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13526, § 6.2(g), Dec. 29, 2009 , 75 F.R. 731. 2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–177 inserted “or the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, as appropriate,” after “Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division”.
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§ 9A
Coordination requirements relating to the prosecution of cases involving classified information
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96-456
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106-567
Stat.114 Stat. 2855
Pub. L.Pub. L. 109-177
Stat.120 Stat. 248
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