FY2010_1Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

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15 March 2010 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAJRMA1'i, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary ofDefonse (lmelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U//rOUO) Report to the Inteiligence Oversight Board on NSA Activities -
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(U//.rOUO) Except as previously reported to you or the President, or otherwise stated in 
t.he enclosure, we have no reason to believe that intelligence activities of the National Security 
Agency during the quarter ending 31 December 2009 were unlawful or contrary to Executive 
Order or Presidential Directive and thus should have …

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1. (U/JrOUO) Intelligence, counterintelligence, and inteUigence-related activities 
that violate law, regulation, or policy substantiated during the quartet, as well as 
actions taken as a result of the violations 
(U) Intelligence Activities 
(T8/,t611/REL TO USA, PctEY) Unintentional Collection Against United States Persons 
'This quarter there wereO
insti:l.IJ.Ces in which Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) analysts 
inadvertently targeted or collectedcotnmunj~ations to, from, or about U.S. persons while 
pursuing foreign intelligence tasking. A…

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database. The returned results from the overly broad or incomplete queries were deleted, and no 
reports were issued. Procedural errors contributed to Q
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Ian analyst failed to notice a 
U.S. selector among a list of foreign selectors before submitting a query. I 
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query associated with a target that was in the United States durin a 001tion of tjie'"_..· 
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an NSA analyst discovered thatthe. 
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(U) The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) 
(U) Targeting 
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requests, an analyst discovered that a FISC order did not include a I 
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telephone numbers. Analyst5 had used the foreign telephone numbers as selectors during 
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searches ofNSA data without first requesting additional information to determine U.S. person 
status. No reporting resulted from this search. Management instructed anaiysts to verify …

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matter was resolved and with the court's·express approval to resume receipt of specified 
communications and to resume its previo1:1s __ ?per~tional practices. The orderexpii:eoe:::::J-···::::: :::"{bj'(3)-P.L. 86-36 
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I Data·in .. NSA"s .. p(>"ssession was quarantined and collection ceased. 
(U) The Protect America Act {PAA) 
(U) Nothing to report. 
(U) The FISA Amendment Act (FAA} 
(U) Section 702 
(U) Unauthorized Targeting 
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bepa:r.!'lte occasions o1 
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analysts tasked selectors belonging to foreign in…

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...I NSA analysts discovered. ~1).<:lt. irLJ 
instances, selectors associated with valid foreign_targets had been incorreetlylaskoo under the 
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J~ertification. The 
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