Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 50 > Chapter 44 > Subchapter IV - Protection of Certain National Security Information

• counterintelligence: means information gathered, and activities conducted, to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons, or international terrorist activities. See 50 USC 3003
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• foreign intelligence: means information relating to the capabilities, intentions, or activities of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons, or international terrorist activities. See 50 USC 3003
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• intelligence: includes foreign intelligence and counterintelligence. See 50 USC 3003
• intelligence community: includes the following:

  (A) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence. See 50 USC 3003

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.