The Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (OIPR) was a staff agency within the
United States Department of Justice
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. It was responsible for handling all Justice Department requests for surveillance authorizations under the terms of the 1978
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
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and
Intelligence Community on legal issues relating to
national security
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and
surveillance
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, and intelligence legislation coordination.
The staff counsel often testified before
Congress on behalf of the
Clinton and
Bush administration intelligence policies, including defending the
USA PATRIOT Act before the
House Judiciary Committee.
The OIPR was amalgamated into the
National Security Division created under Section 506 of the
2005 USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization, which was signed into law by
President George W. Bush
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on March 9, 2006.
External links
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Congressional Testimony of Counsel, 04/26/05Congressional Testimony of Counsel, 04/28/05
References
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United States Department of Justice agencies