in an executive order issued on february 29, 2008, president george w. bush terminated the iob's authority to oversee the general counsel and inspector general of each u.s. intelligence agency, and erased the requirement that each inspector general file a report with the iob every three months. the order also removed the iob's authority to refer a matter to the justice department for a criminal investigation, and directed the iob to notify the president of a problem only if other officials are not already "adequately" addressing that problem.