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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE MARYLAND 20755-6000 
15 January 2013 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U//FOUG) Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board on NSA Activities -
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(U//FOUOJ Except as previously reported to you or the President, or otherwise stated in the 
enclosure, we have no reason to believe that intelligence activities of the Nati.onal Security Agency during 
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I. (U) Intelligence, Counterintelligence, and Intelligence-Related Activities that 
Violated Law, Regulation, or Policy and Were Substantiated during the 
Quarter, as well as Actions Taken as a Result of the Violations 
I.A (U) Intelligence Activities Conducted under Executive Order (E.0.) 12333 
Authority 
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Persons (USPs) or Foreign Persons in the United S.tates:..-·· 
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