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Executive Order 12139
Foreign intelligence electronic surveillance
Signed by James Earl Carter Jr. on May 23, 1979.
Later amendedThe Federal Register edition of the order.
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Amends
EO 12036, January 24, 1978
National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.