FY2009_1Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

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CENTRAL SECURITY SE:RViCE 
~~·oR'1 ' (:if":.:CRGE G. ME,~DE) MARVi .. .ANO 207~5-60<)0 
23 February 2009 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, 1NTELUGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (lntc!ligc.:nce Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U/frOUO) Report to th.e Intelligence Oversight Board on NSA Activities -
H\fFORMA T10N MEMORANDUM 
(U/JrOlJO} 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 Na…

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1. (U//F6UO) 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 
(Tsusw JU:L TO TIS A, l1VllY) Unintentional collection against United States 
persons. This qua11er, the,~~ . .wereO instances in which Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) 
analysts inad.y ertentty ·t ifrgeted or collected communications to, from, or about U S. persons 
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l· .... Unfortunately.., ..... '!JL.i:,~1.~.t.~.~- collection was purged from NSA databases in 2004. 
The details of the violation are still being ·i:eseaichect .... The·NSNCSS .. Offi.c~. Qftl!.e Inspector 
General (OIG) will track this action and report the results. 
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.. an NSA,inalyst s~\bmitted a ... purge request with 
the intent of deleting co":-:ll:-e-ct-:-io-.. n-,-;:"':'::fi-;6:;.-in....,.._ ...... "-----.,.1He /pist~enly believ~q that the request 
would effect purging fo_r ....... / 
\fas deleted from the·j 
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l::Wb:en the mistake was found. 
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(U) The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) 
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(b).(3)-P.L. 86-36 
(U) Business Records Order 
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(b)(3)-50 USC 3024(i) 
(T~//£1//REL TO USA, FVEY) On 28 Octobet.2008·~···~·~··~;~· analyst accessed Business Rewt:d 
FISA (BRFISA) data for0 t~lephopeselect.o r s without authorization. The violation occurred·.._ 
because the analyst used a°:.9.ld .. :versf?n of the navigation softwareJ 
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l··Tfie analyst tiPd<it_ed the navigation software on 9 December 2008, and 
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(U) The FISA Amendments Act 
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(SHSlffl'lf) A target selector wasMid~~~~: ;:zg ~~;~:~;:~T 
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to the United States. 
'an NSA\analy'st. .. r~ql!_~sled. detasking of the 
target's e-mail selector·O"n 
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inad vert.~nHf. omitted the request as he processed 
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an NSA anaJyst·+eifr~~d that an e-mail selector tasked for 
collecti611. under the FAA 
·Certificate did not meet the FAA tasking standards . 
...... ··Tll~ selector was d~task.ed 
As a result of this incident, the t~sking 
.................... prncess ·has .. b'een ... ~hanged to reduce the risk of future mistakes. Applicable selectors are now 
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I No collection or reportincr occurred. 
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AJl collectioh·-.re._Iated to th'itfarg.~t~ .wa:s desfro-yed,. ao.~L no reports were issu~ 
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