FY2011_4Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE MARYLAND 20755-6000 
12 December 2011 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U/tf'OUO) 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 intelligence activities of the National Security Agency 
during the quarter ending 30 September 20 I I were unlawf…

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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 
I.A (U) Intelligence Activities Conducted under Executive Order (E.0.) 12333 
Authority 
l.A.1 (U) Unintentional Collection against United States Persons (USPs) or 
Foreign Persons in the United States 
(U//fOU0-1 Durina the third quarter of calendar year 2011 (CY2011 ), signals intelligence 
(SIGINT) analysts inQnstances inadvertently targeted or collected com…

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I an NSA analyst task~d the telephone number of a 
green card holder. The Followrng day, the tasking was cancele.d, the collection was deleted, and 
all reports were cancel ed. 
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the selector before querying, the analyst failed to review the results of the research, which 
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l.B. (U) Dissemination of U.S. Identities 
(S/i'itEL 'fO USA, ttv~·1j The NSA/CSS enterprise issued I 
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reports during the third quarter of CY201 l. In those reports, SIGINT anal:Y.sts included 
information that identified USPs or U.S. entities on I 
L9ccasions while pursuing foreign 
intelligence tasking. The majority ofthe U.S. entities' names·.were those oflnternet service 
providers in e-mail selectors. In0
SIQ:J.NT products, disseminations were found to be 
improper, and the repotis were canceled ·as"NS.A./~SS I 
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has been marked for purging. 
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l·- a, __ SIGINT analyst posted FISA info rmation to a chat 
window that was not authorized for FISA·d.a.:ta. Chat posts age off after 48 to 72 hours. 
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NSA FISA targets to an employee 
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(U/~) Note: As previously reported, NSA /CSS has implemented a new process to ensure 
the uroin o FAA 702 collection that is re . uired to be ur ed rom NSA 'CSS databases. 
to·identifa ... n.anc.o.mp!LCJ.11,t data that should be purged. All collection …