FY2010_4Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

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NATION AL SEC URITY AGENCY 
C ENTRA L SEC URITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 
30 November 2010 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U/lf'OU~ 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…

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I. (U) Intelligence, Counterintelligence, and Intelligence-Related Activities that 
Violate Law, Regulation, or Policy and Were Substantiated during the Quarter, as 
well as Actions Taken as a Result of the Violations 
A. (U) Intelligence Activities under Executive Order (E.0.) 12333 Authority 
(U) Unintentional Collection against U.S. Persons or Foreign Persons in the 
United States 
(~ttlt:EL 'fO USA, FVEY) In this quarter, there were Oins.t;mces in which Signals Intelligence 
(SIGINT) analysts inadve1iently targeted or collected commuriTcali…

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the target depatied the United States, the target's sef~cto rs were not detasked. 
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INSA analysts discovered that 
selectors for valid foreign in…

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selectors associated with a valid foreign intelligence target .. le,~1~ained tasked when the target 
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