### Question
What is the definition of intelligence agency?


### Answer
The definition of **intelligence agency** is as follows in *50 U.S.C. § 426*:

> the Central Intelligence Agency, a foreign intelligence component of the Department of Defense, or the foreign counterintelligence or foreign counterterrorism components of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 426*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 15-NATIONAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER IV-PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION**

