Executive Order 11905Superseded

United States Foreign Intelligence Activities

Gerald Ford

February 18, 1976

41 FR 7703

This executive order has been superseded

EO 12036 (Carter)

Summary

Restricted the activities of the U.S. intelligence community and banned political assassinations by the intelligence agencies. Issued in response to revelations by the Church Committee about intelligence abuses.

Topics

intelligencenational securityCIApolitical assassinations

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