FY2004_4Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 
NSA STAFF PROCESSING FORM 
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IG-10435-04 
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Quarterly Report to the Intelligence Over-
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sight Board on NSA Activities- Fourth Quarter FY04 
D INFORMATION 
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SUMMARY 
PURPOSE: (U/fFOUO) To forward to the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) of the 
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, via the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 
for Intelligence Oversight (ATSD(IO)), NSA's quarterly report on its intel…

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1. (U) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
a. (C,'fSI) During this quarter, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed 
various intelligence activities of the National Security Agency/Central Security 
Service (NSA/CSS) to determine whether they were conducted in accordance with 
applicable statutes, Executive Orders (EO), Attorney General procedures, and 
Department of Defense (DoD) and internal directives. With few exceptions, the 
issues presented were routine and indicated that the operating elements 
understand the restrictions on NSA/…

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Ito prepare an operating instruction to detail the IO roles, 
responsibilities and procedures for the workforce, to designate and publish a list of 
primary and secondary auditors to review interactive raw traffic databases, and to 
ensure that the auditors receive appropriate training in database audits. The NSA 
OIG will track the action through completion. 
2. (U) GENERAL COUNSEL ACTIVITIES 
l:075IY.rhe NSA Office of General Counsel (OGC) reviewed v…

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two incidents against U.S. persons overseas. Both incidents were reported to 
responsible oversight officials and corrective actions were taken. All unauthorized 
traffic collected has been destroyed. 
b. (Uf/FOUO) Dissemination of U.S. Identities 
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(S/1'8!) In acco,rdancEf w!th section 7 ofUSSID 18, U.S. identities were disseminated 
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~ime_s. during this quarter. The following table shows the justification and the 
number of instances of dissemination: In the "Unmasked…

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(3) (U) Raw Traffic Dissemination Outside the SIGINT Production 
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c. (U) Working Aids · 
(U//FOUO) The SID Office of Oversight and Compliance maintains "U.S. 
Identities in SIGINT
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for use by the NSA/CSS Enterprise. The E.O., NSA/CSS Policy Number 1-23, DoD 
Regulation 5240.1-R, and USSID 18 are also available on-line. 
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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 
29 November 2004 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U//POUO) Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board on NSA 
Activities - INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(U//FOUO) Except as previously reported to you or the President, or 
otherwise stated in the enclosure, we have no reason to believe that any intelligence 
activities of the National Security …