FY2012_2Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE MARYLAND 20755-6000 
6 A ugust 2012 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to tJ1e Secretary of Defense (Jntelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U//FOUO) Report to the lntelligence Oversight Board on NSA Activities -
fNFORMA TlON MEMORANDUM 
(U//f'OUO) 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 National Security Agency 
during the quarter ending 3…

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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 
l.A.1 (U) Unintenti~nal Targeti~g or Dat~base Queries against ~·:'.:§••'''..f.>.~t~·~·~f- P . L. 86_ 36 
(USPs) or Foreign Persons m the United States 
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a USP had··b.e~n erroneousl~ ta.ske 
Al.though the analyst conducted the 
required rese~i:Clt;·I 
~ho passed the seled6tto :NS.1.\, f~~~ed to proyjde the USP 
status. The selector was de asked ,I 
lwere deleted ·! 
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analyst was counseled about the importance of questioning lead information. 
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I it was diss.o1~·;::d//i:at an.ksA analyst had 
performed a query in a raw .. traffic database using an e-mai)--selectof' associat¢d\ with a USP. 
The analyst mistake~_y...-6.elieved that the e-mail select~vwas ass~1eiated with ... I _
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The que1y results w.ei·e deleted. 
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raw traffic,.database 
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reports were issued. The analyst was counseled about the importance of using current 
information to verify location. 
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raw traffic database on selectors assogiatetl wuff.a 
.. targ'et and included ~pe,'period the target 
was in the United States,. ..... .The .. seleC:i.Q.r.s .. as·soClated with the target h9d".been detasked ._I __ __, 
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No results were returned from any of 
\\ the ueries, and no reports were issued. The analyst was counseled on correct procedures for 
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1 -~.n NSA analy~t _performed a query in a raw 
traffic data bas~·I 
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had been assigne4 to a USP. No results were returned By..t.he query, and no reports were 
issued. The analyst_ was counseled about performing checl< .. s··b.efore submitting queries. 
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queries in raw traffic databases on valid foreign i…