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NATIONAL .SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
F'ORT GEORGE G. MEADE:, MARYLAND 207!1$-GOOO 
18 February 2010 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U//f'OUO~ Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board on NSA Activities -
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(UltfOUO) 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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SIG! 'T product reports during this quarter. !11 the e, errts" SIG! T analysts 
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pursuing foreign intelligence. All data have been deleted or estror 
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