10 U.S.C. § 424 — Disclosure of organizational and personnel information: exemption for specified intelligence agencies

(a) Exemption from disclosure: unless the President requires it, or subsection (c) applies, no law can be read to require disclosing either the organization or any function of an organization listed in subsection (b), or the number of people employed by, or assigned or detailed to, that organization — or any such person's name, official title, job category, grade, or salary. (b) Covered organizations: this exemption applies to three specific Department of Defense organizations: the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (c) Provision of information to Congress: the exemption in subsection (a) does not apply when the information is being provided to Congress. Congress can still get this information even though the general public disclosure requirement is turned off.