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FORT GEORGE G. M&:ADE. MARYLAND 20798-8000 
18 February 2010 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (lntelJigence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U/fFOUO) 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 
Agency during the quarter ending 30 September 2009 were unlawful or contrary to Executive 
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not detasked when the target traveled to the United Stat s on two se arate occa ion .. in 
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