Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-83
§4869 Counter-intelligence Training for Certain Diplomatic Security Special Agents
Title 22 › Chapter 58— DIPLOMATIC SECURITY › Subchapter IV— DIPLOMATIC SECURITY PROGRAM › § 4869
Summary
Diplomatic Security special agents who mainly do counterintelligence work, or who are posted where the State Department’s Security Environment Threat List rates Human Intelligence as High or Critical, must get specific, required counterintelligence training. The training must be created and taught in agreement with the leaders of the relevant parts of the intelligence community. The term "intelligence community" means what 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) defines.
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Title 22, §4869
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(a)Diplomatic Security special agents who are assigned to positions with a primary counterintelligence role or a diplomatic post rated as High or Critical for Human Intelligence on the Department of State’s Security Environment Threat List shall receive specific and substantive mandatory counter-intelligence training that is developed and conducted in consultation with the heads of relevant elements of the intelligence community.
(b)In this section, the term “intelligence community” has the meaning given that term in 3003(4) of title 50.”.
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22 U.S.C. § 4869
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 18, 2026
Release point: 119-83