FY2005_3Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

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PURPOSE: (U//BOUeT To forward to the Intelligence Oversight Board (JOB) of the 
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22 August 2005 
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//fi'OUO) 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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1. (U) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
a. (Cf;l81) During this quarter, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed 
various intelligence activities of the National Security Agency/Central Security 
Service (NSA/CSS) to determine whether they were conducted in accordance with 
applicable statutes, Executive Orders (EOs), Attorney General (AG) procedures, and 
Department of Defense (DoD) and internal directives. With few exceptions, the 
issues presented were routine and indicated that the operating elements 
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2. (U) GENERAL COUNSEL ACTIVITIES 
(Cl/SI) The NSA Office of General Counsel (OGC) reviewed various intelligence 
activities of the NSA/CSS to determine whether they were conducted in accordance 
with applicable statutes, EOs, AG procedures, and DoD and internal directives. 
The OGC advised Agency elements on a number of questions, including the 
collection and dissemination of communications of or concerning U.S. persons 
(USP); the reporting of possible violations of federal criminal law contained in 
SIGINT product; the testi…

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corrective actions were taken. With one exception noted below, all unauthorized 
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"Unmasked at User Request" column, a U.S. identity was released to a user at the 
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7.2.c.1 Foreign Official 
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