Section 203 of the Patriot Act addresses which capability?

• A. Empowers law enforcement to share criminal investigative information containing foreign intelligence or counterintelligence with intelligence and national-security personnel.
• B. Prohibits sharing of any foreign intelligence information with the CIA.
• C. Requires private companies to hand over data to the FBI on request only with a court order.
• D. Allows unlimited surveillance of U.S. citizens without warrants.

Answer: (A)

This section is about cross-agency information sharing that sits at the intersection of criminal investigations and foreign intelligence. It empowers law enforcement to pass along material that contains foreign intelligence or counterintelligence elements to intelligence and national-security personnel, so different agencies can connect the clues and respond more effectively to threats. That’s why this option is the best: it directly describes enabling collaboration and information flow between law enforcement and the intelligence community. The other statements misstate the idea—sharing with intelligence agencies is not prohibited, data access isn’t limited to court-ordered private-company data, and it does not authorize unlimited warrantless surveillance.