JTTF Enhancement Act of 2003

DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

`(1) upon request of the head of State or local law enforcement agency, the Director of Central Intelligence may detail any employee within the Central Intelligence Agency to that State or local law enforcement agency on a nonreimbursable basis; and

`(2) subject to the approval of the Director of Central Intelligence, the head of a State or local law enforcement agency may detail any employee of that State or local law enforcement agency to the Central Intelligence Agency on a reimbursable basis.

`(b) PERIOD OF DETAIL- Details shall be for such periods as are agreed to between the Director and the head of the State or local agency.

In other words, the local police are likely to get CIA agents working with them on a regular basis. This violates the clear separation of powers between foreign intelligence (something of a gray area) and local crimefighting, with the result that police forces may begin adopting tactics and procedures of intelligence work. And that means operating outside the Constitutional protections we cherish.