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115 STAT. 280 PUBLIC LAW 107-56 —OCT. 26, 2001 "(11) information, whether or not concerning a United States person, with respect to a foreign power or foreign territory that relates to— "(aa) the national defense or the security of the United States; or "(bb) the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States.". (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Rule 6(e)(3)(D) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is amended by striking "(e)(3)(C)(i)" and inserting "(e)(3)(C)(i)(I)". (b) AUTHORITY TO SHARE ELECTRONIC, WIRE, AND ORAL INTER- CEPTION INFORMATION.— (1) LAW ENFORCEMENT.— Section 2517 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: "(6) Any investigative or law enforcement officer, or attorney for the Government, who by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication, or evidence derived therefrom, may disclose such contents to any other Federal law enforcement, intelligence, protective, immigration, national defense, or national security official to the extent that such contents include foreign intelligence or counterintelligence (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a)), or foreign intelligence information (as defined in subsection (19) of section 2510 of this title), to assist the official who is to receive that information in the performance of his official duties. Any Federal official who receives information pursuant to this provision may use that information only as necessary in the conduct of that person's official duties subject to any limitations on the unauthorized disclosure of such information.". (2) DEFINITION. —Section 2510 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by— (A) in paragraph (17), by striking "and" after the semicolon; (B) in paragraph (18), by striking the period and inserting "; and"; and (C) by inserting at the end the following: "(19) 'foreign intelligence information' means— "(A) information, whether or not concerning a United States person, that relates to the ability of the United States to protect against— "(i) actual or potential attack or other grave hostile acts of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power; "(ii) sabotage or international terrorism by a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power; or "(iii) clandestine intelligence activities by an intelligence service or network of a foreign power or by an agent of a foreign power; or "(B) information, whether or not concerning a United States person, with respect to a foreign power or foreign territory that relates to— "(i) the national defense or the security of the United States; or "(ii) the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States.". 18 USC 2517 (c) PROCEDURES.—The Attorney General shall estabhsh proceiiote. dures for the disclosure of information pursuant to section 2517(6)