PUBLIC LAW 95-511—OCT. 25, 1978
(2) information with respect to a foreign power or foreign
territory that relates to, and if concerning a United States
person is necessary to—
(A) the national defense or the security of the United
States; or
(B) the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United
States.
(f) "Electronic surveillance" means—
(1) the acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other
surveillance device of the contents of any wire or radio communication sent by or intended to be received by a particular,
known United States person who is in the United States, if
the contents are acquired by intentionally targeting that
United States person, under circumstances in which a person
has a reasonable expectation of privacy and a warrant would
be required for law enforcement purposes;
(2) the acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other
surveillance device of the contents of any wire communication to or from a person in the United States, without the
consent of any party thereto, if such acquisition occurs in the
United States;
(3) the intentional acquisition by an electronic, mechanical,
or other surveillance device of the contents of any radio communication, under circumstances in which a person has a
reasonable expectation of privacy and a warrant would be
required for law enforcement purposes, and if both the sender
and all intended recipients are located within the United
States; or
(4) the installation or use of an electronic, mechanical, or
other surveillance device in the I"'^nited States for monitoring to acquire information, other than from a wire or radio
communication, under circumstances in which a person has
a reasonable expectation of privacy and a warrant would be
required for law enforcement purposes.
(g) "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the
I'^nited States (or Acting Attorney General) or the Deputy
Attorney General.
(h) "Minimization procedures", with respect to electronic surveillance, means—
(1) specific procedures, which shall be adopted by the
Attorney General, that are reasonably designed in light of the
purpose and technique of the particular surveillance, to minimize the acquisition and retention, and prohibit the dissemination, of nonpublicly available information concerning
unconsenting United States persons consistent with the need
of the United States to obtain, produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence information;
(2) procedures that require that nonpublicly available
information, which is not foreign intelligence information,
as defined in subsection (e) (1), shall not bo disseminated in
a manner that identifies any United States person, without
such person's consent, unless such person's identity is necessary to imderstand foreign intelligence information or assess
its importance;
(3) notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), procedures
that allow for the retention and dissemination of information
that is evidence of a crime which has been, is being, or is about
92 STAT. 1785
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