FY2002_2Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 
NSA STAFF PROCESSING FORM 
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IG-10003-02 
EXREG SUSPENSE 
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Quarterly Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board 
on NSA Activities-Second Quarter FY02 
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DISTRIBUTION 
SUMMARY 
PURPOSE: 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 intelligence activities. 
BACKGROUND: Executive Order 12333 and Executive Order 1286…

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6 June 2002 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U) Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board on NSA Activities -
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(U) Except as previously reported to you or otherwise stated in the 
enclosure, we have no reason to believe that any intelligence activities of the 
National Security Agency during the quarter ending 31 March 2002 wer…

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1. (U) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
a. (U I /FOUO) During this quarter, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed 
various reports of inadvertent violations of the Attorney General (AG) procedures, 
as well as Department of Defense (DoD) and internal directives, to determine if 
corrective action was appropriate. 
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··· ·· ... .. b. (U I /FOUO) The OIG completed two inspections during this quarter. The Office 
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!intelligence oversight (1/0) program was found to be in 
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3. (U) SIGINT ACTIVITIES 
a. (SH-SI) eollection Against U.S. Persons 
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(2) (U) Unintentional 
uarter unirit~;tional retrieval strate ies using the 
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(2) (U) Unintentional 
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5.!.GINT products were canceled 
because they contained the identities of U.S. persbn?, organizations, or 
entities. Of thoseQer.e.re.i?.~.~-~.:J: ... ~th the reference-.~~ the U.S. person 
obscured. 
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4. (U) OTHER ACTIVITIES 
(U) lntegrees in Analysis and Production 
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completed; ap~~~~~telyc=J;ID personnel received the briefings live, while 
other SID and Agency personnel viewed the presentation remotely or via videotape. 
(U) Policy Guidance Issued 
(~//61) The Signals Intelligence Director issued a policy memorandum 
concerning access to raw SIGINT traffic in order to ensure that the activities 
regarding access to raw traffic are consistent with NSA authorities under 
Executive Order 12333 and implementing regulations and directives. T…

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
·mem.orandum 
DATE: 
14 January 2002 
SID-001-02 
REPL v To 
Signals Intelligence Director 
ATTN OF: 
sueJECT: 
( U/fti'OUO)-Bignals Intelligence Policy on Raw Traffic Access and the SIG INT 
Production Chain - POLICY MEMORANDUM 
To: 
SIGINT Directorate, SIGINT/Extended Enterprise 
(U) Policy 
-t€7- United States SIGINT System (USSS) personnel and others who part1c1pate in the SIGINT 
production process are authorized to share raw traffic only with those individuals in the SIGINT 
production chain. In order to ensure our ac…