### Question
What does special search mean?


### Answer
**Special search** has the following meaning in *50 U.S.C. § 3346*:

> the response of the Department of Defense to any of the following:


(1) A statutory requirement to conduct a declassification review on a specified set of agency records

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 3346*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 45-MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES > SUBCHAPTER III-SECURITY CLEARANCES AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION**

