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`(c) CONFIDENTIALITY- No consumer reporting agency, or
officer, employee, or agent of such consumer reporting agency,
shall disclose to any person, or specify in any consumer
report, that a government agency has sought or obtained access
to information under subsection (a).

`Sec. 626. Disclosures to governmental agencies for
counterterrorism purposes

`(a) DISCLOSURE- Notwithstanding section 604 or any other
provision of this title, a consumer reporting agency shall
furnish a consumer report of a consumer and all other
information in a consumer's file to a government agency
authorized to conduct investigations of, or intelligence or
counterintelligence activities or analysis related to,
international terrorism when presented with a written
certification by such government agency that such information
is necessary for the agency's conduct or such investigation,
activity or analysis.

`(b) FORM OF CERTIFICATION- The certification described in
subsection (a) shall be signed by a supervisory official
designated by the head of a Federal agency or an officer of a
Federal agency whose appointment to office is required to be
made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate.