scope:

PURPOSE. This Instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Directive 3115.8 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5143.01 (Reference (b)).

b. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities in accordance with section 3039 of title 50, United States Code, (U.S.C.) (Reference (c)) for DoD collection of information outside the United States as defined in accordance with section 195 of title 50, U.S.C. (Reference (d)) about individuals who are not U.S. persons.

APPLICABILITY

a. This Instruction applies to:

(1) OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to as the "DoD Components").

(2) DoD Intelligence Collection Components as defined in the Glossary.

b. This Instruction does not apply to:

(1) And has no effect on, existing cooperative, liaison, coordinative, or jurisdictional relationships between the counterintelligence and criminal investigative components of the Department of Defense and the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other LEAs authorized by law, Executive order, Presidential directive, or interagency agreement.

(2) Foreign intelligence (FI) and counterintelligence activities conducted by the DoD Intelligence Components in accordance with DoD 5240.1-R and DoD Directive 5240.01 (References (e) and (f)), and subject to the limitations of Executive Order 12333 (Reference (g)).

(3) Counternarcotics-related activities as described in DoD Instruction 3025.21 (Reference (h)).