Administration officials have expressed concern not only that some of the intelligence is subject to varying, even contradictory, interpretations, but also that revealing it might compromise sources or help other countries learn about American spy satellites.
Alleged jihadis in the intelligence prisons are subject to religious "re-education" instead of a fair trial.
Although the UK intelligence agencies are subject to the act, they have been granted blanket exemptions under Section 3(4), which are signed off once every 25 years, and they are also exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.
The reality is that no other country in the world has gone to the lengths that Britain has to ensure their intelligence agencies are subject to the rule of law.
Possibly, variations in intelligence within the normal range are subject to less selection pressure than phenotypic variation associated with debilitating disorders such as schizophrenia or autism, and hence, associated with relatively more common variants.
Speaking earlier at an event in Essex, Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK's intelligence agencies were subject to proper scrutiny by the Intelligence and Security Committee in the House of Commons.
A member of the president's staff noted that if the new intelligence director was subject to Senate confirmation, he or she would be required to testify about the administration's deliberations on national security.
The usual suspects are leaders and intelligence agencies, who are subjected for ridicule for their failure to predict the tidal wave.
The agency's capabilities were directed only against "valid foreign intelligence targets" and were subject to stringent legal safeguards, she said.
The national intelligence director must be subject to Senate confirmation, along with the official in another proposed job, a high-level post running a new joint counterterrorism center.
