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Jimmy Carter: By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America including the…

On the recordJanuary 23, 1978
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America including the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, and as President of the United States of America, in order to provide for the organization and control of United States foreign intelligence activities, it is hereby ordered as follows.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Executive Order 12036—United States Foreign Intelligence Activities

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