FY2012_3Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE MARYLAND 20755-6000 
10 October 2012 
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 -
IN FORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(U/,LFOUOr Except as previously repo11ed 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 Ju…

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I. (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 
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I.A 1 (U) Unintentional Targeting or Database Queries against U.S_,..-Per1Sb.f1S-P. L. 86-36 
(USPs) or Foreign Persons in the United States 
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(SllSWRfl J:O lJ~A, FVEY) During the first qua1ier of ca~eri'd·~~: year 201…

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(S//SE/i'REL TO USA, PV~Y) 
.dur.~~1g tasking, an NSA collection site 
····On··the··same.day, .the .. site . .detask.ed ... the .. telepho.n~ ... nJJ.mP.~r~ , ..... N9::£Q:JlectiQn/ 
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(S//Sl/i'REL TO USA, FVEY) o...QccasiO'i1's-I - --------.... fNSA 
forwarded I 
~he inadvertent intercept of a possible USP. All non-compliant 
data was purged, and no dissemination occurred. 
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selectors. The analyst was counseled on proper querying procedures , and all results were 
deleted. 
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l..c:t.1~ .. .N.S.A .. analysLper.fonnedD
queries on a foreign 
., .... , ... """""'''':::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .... inteHrgen·ce"tai'g·erwhiTe he was known to be in the United States. The que1y returned no 
f'~;J::;,r~:>-.................................. re.suits and no dissemination occurred . 
(b )'..,(3.)::""'.J;> .• L . 86- 36 
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an NSA auditor discovered that during 
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an analyst l~_ad ... eonducted multiple queries using U.S. terms as selectors. 
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/ The que1y returned ng.-r~sults. The auditor conducted training for the analysts on proper 
/' database queries. __ . ....-..-
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I an NSA auditor discovered that an 
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analyst J1ad ... performed __ .~··Qii_~r~ 
.... -------..... I The analyst deleted the results, and 
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no diss'f~mination oecl.in:ed·. 
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DOCID: 4165218 
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(5/f~tf~L 'fO USA, FVEY)I 
I-an NSA analyst discovered that a 
selector associated with a valid foreign target had ·h:n:nained tasked while the tar et was in 
the United States. I 
l·.tbe analyst detasked the selector 
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·bnit.~d States; 
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The queries for both of the targets were stopp 
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the United States from 
··The analyst .del ef~.c.Hhe results, a.rid no ~ 
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l ~ri ~~~ :::lyst disco~L that ~ne of 
several database queries 
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ldiiring a target's travel tolthe United] States 
froml 
l··The analyst was award 
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land 
stopped a…

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"· New-p.mc .u.res ... have. .. b~.~H .. J.9.$.tit.~1.t. 
to avoid recurrence o this 
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pro bl em . 
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(b-) ( 3) - P. L. 8 6-3 6 
(Sh'SIHREL TO USA, FVEY)I 
........ 
l:ii{NSA .. analyst discovered that th~ 
selector of an authorized foreio-iuarget··had.:::C:emain:el tasked while the target was in the United. 
States 
··Dafii ... collected during this period…

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s~~~~~:::1J::~~~~:.ecL.that...the..t.arge.tw~.$.j_nJh~. Y•.1.i.~~~L.~~~~-~~: No co II ecti on oG.cufred, 
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ar(Iq~;\ :attaly st di s~v·e,re.a .. that t asJ< ed 
selectors had not been detasked despit .... 
e-----~11otH1Cat ion of t!le·-targ~f>.·s arrival in'the 
United States 
st detasked t~e ·sefec.tof~ ... and l 
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