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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE: 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 2.075!5-eooo 
12 September 2008 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN. INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: 
(U//FOUGt 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 
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1. (U//fiOUO) Intelligence, counterintelligence, and intelligence-related activities 
that violate law, regulation, or policy substantiated during the quarter, as well as 
actions taken as a result of the violations. 
(U) Intelligence Activities 
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(TSl/Sb'/ REL 'fO USA, FVBY) Unintehtional collection against United States 
persons. This quarter, there were D instances in which Signals Intelligence (SIG INT) analysts 
inadvertently collected communications to, from, or about U. S. persons while pursuing for…

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l All collected data was purged when the violation was 
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ports were issued on the data. 
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(U) Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) 
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(U) Database Queries 
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(SffS:f//REL TO USA, FVEY) Tb-ere-W~;~c:J-f~stances ofuni~ten:tion~l collection resulting 
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the United States. Tasking was terminated, and collection.~as purged from NSA databases. No 
reports were issued. 
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tool that was not authorized as a dissemination tooJ.Joti 
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not have the ability to track U.S. person i.g.formahon. When recognized! 
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deleted. Although not a violatiog ofthe FISA and related authorities, the practice do"es not 
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provide an audit trail of_Jb.eU:s·:· person information passed to others within the S[GINT 
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(U) Destruction Delays 
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~nadvertent interce ts collected from 
were purged L.,I _ _  
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~ut the aqalyst forgot to 
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1...p_r_o....,a-u-ct .... io_,11 staff found the oversi t 
at .~lii¢.b.:time the collection was deleted. The 
analyst reviewed the procedures for purging collectionfotessen the:Possibility, .. 9,t~ .. ~~yuITence of 
a retention violation. 
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4. (U) Changes to NSA/CSS published directives or policies concerning 
intelligence, counterintelligence, or intelligence-related activities and the reason 
for the changes. 
(U) Nothing to report. 
5. (U) Procedures governing the activities of Department of Defense (DoD) 
intelligence components that affect U.S. persons (DoD Directive 5240.1-R, 
Procedure 15) Inquiries or Matters Related to Intelligence Oversight Programs. 
(U) Nothing to report. 
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