FY2011_2Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE MARYLAND 20755-6000 
14 June 2011 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U//FOUO) 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 intelligence activities of the National Security Agency 
during the quart…

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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 
A. (U) Intelligence Activities Conducted under Executive Order (E.0.) 12333 
Authority 
(U) Unintentional Collection against United States Persons (USPs) or Foreign 
Persons in the United States 
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(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 
(U//FOUO) During the first quarter of ~_a.J~ndar ... y…

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with a valid foreign intellirnce target ~~m.~i.ned . .tasked··whi'te .. Uie .. fa·i:get was in the United State~b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 
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2. (U) Database Queries 
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(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 
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(b)(3)-18 USC 798 
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(b)(3)-50 USC 3024(i) 
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I an NSA analyst performed Communications Metadata 
Analys,is,...against known USP selectors in a raw traffic database. The analyst believed 
tha,t·-t'he Supplemental Procedures Governing Communications Metadata Analysis, which 
,...au.thorizes communications metadata analysis without confirming the target's location 
,...,../ outside the United States, applied to the raw traffic database. No results were returned 
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from the queries and no reports were issued. 
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I an NSA analyst queried a raw…

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SIGIN.J ... Products. such disseminations were found to be improper, and the reports were 
canceled as NSA!Cssl 
lanaly_sts learned ofUSPs, US. organizations, or 
US. entities named without authcfriza:tion"" . .AJL.data in. the ·cao.~eled reports was deleted as 
required, and the repo1is were not reissued or wei.:e·l'eissued .. w.i.t.f.i""prope.r _minimization. 
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C. (U) The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) 
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1. (U) NSA/CSS Title I FISA 
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4. (U) The FISA Amendments Act (FAA) 
a. (U) Section 702 
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(b)(3)-50 USC 3024(i) 
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(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 
(b)(3)-18 USC 798 
(b)(3)-50 USC 3024(i) 
i. (U) Unauthorized Targeting 
°(b)(3).-P.L. 86-36 
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(U//FOUO) Note: As previously reported in the 2010 Second Q~;·ane.i:. Report, NSA CSS has 
implemented a new process to ensure that FAA collectio…

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selector was not detasked because by th~Ji1ne·the··efrol:· -;a~ ~.isceveiec( additional NSA tasking 
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l·an .. ]'\fSA analyst discovered that an FM §702 
selector remained tasked while the target was in the Un.iled Stfl_tes between I 
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1v . (U) Detasking Delays 
··:::>''°t9)(3)-P.L. 86-36 
(U/ ll'OlJo9.) l!<:<:ause··6f iiechni cal problei.ivi~ ·~ N SA ·~:;.:~·iOn system, collection continued 
oiQselecfors authorized under a FIS.C .. Order that expired .. ! 
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for collection after the selector was reqti"ested ··to
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