Whereas, under Section 908(b)(1)
of the USA Patriot Act, officials of the Federal Government who are not ordinarily
engaged in the collection, dissemination, and use of foreign intelligence in
the performance of their duties may be trained to do so at the discretion of
the Attorney General and the Director of Central Intelligence, pursuant to Section
908(a) of that same Act, and funded pursuant to Section 908(c) of that Act,
And furthermore, under Section 3(b)(ii) of the Executive Order establishing
the USA Freedom Corps, the Attorney General is a member of the USA Freedom Corps
Council, with the Director of the United States Peace Corps and other executive
branch or agency heads; and per Section 3(f)(iii) of that same Executive Order,
upon the request of the Chair of the USA Freedom Corps Council, to the extent
permitted by law, the heads of executive branch departments and agencies shall
provide the Council with relevant information,
Regardless of these or any other such sections of law, the U.S. Peace Corps
shall retain the right to withhold information from the USA Freedom Corps Council,
pursuant to Section 3(f)(iii) of the Presidential Executive Order establishing
the USA Freedom Corps, or pursuant to any request to provide the aforementioned
Council with relevant information;
Further held, that the U.S. Peace Corps shall withhold information and disallow
participation from any agency, entity, initiative, individual, or group of individuals,
where the distribution of said information or the allowance of said participation
would be contrary to the mission goals of the U.S. Peace Corps;