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by exempting some types of information, such as that on interna-

tional terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, from the provi-

sions of EO 12958, in effect tightening up security classification.

EXECUTIVE ORDER (EO) 13376. Issued by President George W.

Bushon 18 April 2005, EO 13376 replaced the director of central in-

telligence(DCI) with the director of national intelligence(DNI) on

the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board(PFIAB). The

DNI, whose position was established by the Intelligence Reform and

Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, oversees the intelligence com-

munity (IC), a responsibility that had belonged to the DCI since 1946.

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FAMILY JEWELS. “Family Jewels” refers to a compilation of Central

Intelligence Agency (CIA) illegal activities, first commissioned by

Director of Central Intelligence (DCI)James Schlesingerin 1973

and made public by his successor, DCI William Colby, later that year.

There is reason to believe that by making public the compendium of

CIAmisdeeds, Colby felt he would be helping to forestall any damag-

ing congressional action against the CIA—an agency in which he had

spent most of his adult life—and reinvigorate American intelligence by

“coming clean.” The revelations, however, sparked public outcry

against the intelligence establishment and ushered in a period of in-

tense scrutiny, culminating in the investigations of the Rockefeller

Commissionand the Churchand Pike Committeesin Congress.

FEATURE (OPERATION). Feature was a Central Intelligence

Agency (CIA)covert action, ordered by Secretary of State Henry A.

Kissingerin late 1975 to provide material assistance to Angolan

rebels fighting against the Sovietand Cuban-backed government.

Although approving lethal assistance in the form of weapons, the 40

Committeeforbade the CIAfrom sending advisors to Angola. Con-

gress voted in 1976 to terminate the operation.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI). The FBI is the

premier federal law enforcement agency of the U.S. government and,

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