Reading Room Document
FBI Request for Authorization to Conduct Certain Investigations at the Behest of Foreign Countries
In this memo, the OLC reiterated its conclusion that the attorney general could not order the FBI to assist other foreign intelligence services by conducting background checks unless the Secretary of State issued a formal request under 28 U.S.C. § 533(3).
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