DoD Launches Database for Counterintelligence Threat Tracking
Published Date: 7/21/2025
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Summary
The Department of Defense is creating a new system called CICA to keep track of investigations about people who might be working with foreign spies or terrorists. This system is different from others that protect DoD secrets or handle insider threats. They’re also proposing some rule changes to keep parts of this info private, so watch for updates soon—this affects anyone involved in these investigations and helps keep the country safe without extra costs.
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New DoD CICA records system
The Department of Defense is creating a new system of records called Counterintelligence Investigations and Collection Activities (CICA), DoD-0025, to keep records about counterintelligence investigations and collection activities. The system is used to determine whether an individual is acting for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations, persons, or international terrorist organizations. You may be affected if you are the subject of one of these investigations because records about you will be maintained in this system.
DoD proposes Privacy Act exemptions
The DoD is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would exempt the new CICA system (DoD-0025) from certain provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. If you are involved in one of these counterintelligence investigations, those proposed exemptions could limit the application of some Privacy Act protections to records about you.
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