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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE MARYLAND 20755-6000 
28 September 2011 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U//FOUO, Report to the lntelligence Oversight Board on NSA Activities -
INFORMATLON MEMORANDUM 
(U/fFOUO~ 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 
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(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 
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(U) Unintentional Collection against United States Persons (USPs) or Foreign 
Persons in the United States 
(U//FOUO) During the second quarter of calendar year 2011 (CY201 l), signals 
intelligence (SIGINT) analysts inc:::J·insta.pces inadvertentl…

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·qccasions during. tliis···~·:1arter, analysts perfor~~~'ed. 
overly broad or poorly constructed database"ql:t~ries tJ1arpotentiaUy targeted USPs. These .......... 
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query and results were deleted, an no repo11s were issued. 
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B. (U) Dissemination of U.S. Identities 
(SffR:EL TO USA, FVEY) The NSA/CSS enterprise issued I 
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SIGINT .. pl:oducts, such disseminations were fou1id"to be improper, 
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Jatiaiysts learned of USPs, 
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