Reading Room Document
Authority of the Deputy Attorney General Under Executive Order 12333
The Deputy Attorney General has authority to approve searches for intelligence purposes under section 2.5 of Executive Order 12333. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19126/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit