The Winter 2012 version of the Intelligence Community Legal Reference book is the latest publication produced by the Office of General Counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The legal reference text includes various laws governing the activities of the Intelligence Community.  Since its initial publication in the Fall of 2007, the Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book has become the central legal reference text within the Federal government for the laws governing the activities of the Intelligence Community.Â
The new release incorporates new laws and changes made to existing laws since the publication of the Summer 2009 edition of the text, such as the passage by Congress of, among other pieces of legislation, the Intelligence Authorization Acts for Fiscal Years 2010, 2011, and 2012.