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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G . MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 
25 November 2003 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U77FOUO) Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board on NSA 
Activities - INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(U/f.FOUO) 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 S…

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1. (U) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
a. (O//SI) 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, Attorney General 
procedures, and DoD and internal directives. With few exceptions, the issues 
presented were routine and indicated that the operating elements 
understand the restrictions on NSA/CSS activities. 
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of possible violations of federal criminal law contained in SIG INT product; 
the testing of electronic equipment; and the applicability of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). With few exceptions, the issues 
presented were routine and indicated that the operating elements 
understand the restrictions on NSA/CSS activities. The OGC did not file any 
reports with the Intelligence Oversight Board during this quarter. 
3. (U) SIGINT ACTIVITIES 
a. (Si/SI) Collection Against U.S. Persons 
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a known associate of this company, whose email ~ddress had be~n 
targeted, was a U.S. person. The branch obtai_ped no intercept from 
tasking the email address and immediately _r~moved it from tasking. 
This person was mentioned in one SIGINJ.' ... reportl 
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however, the information in the report yvas .~ot . .derivedfrom his 
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In the "Unmasked" column, the U.S. identity was revealed in a 
serialized end product; in the "User Requested" column, a U.S. identity 
was released to a user at the user's request. 
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4. (U) OTHER ACTIVITIES 
(U) Assistance to Law Enforcement 
(8//Sl) During this quarter, the SID approved! 
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technical assistance from law enforcement, including requests from the 
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(U) Working Aids 
(U//POUO) The SID maintains "U.S. Identities in SIGINT" and a 
matrix of blanket reporting waivers on its web page for use by all NSA/CSS 
analysts. The E.0., NSA/CSS Regulation 10-30, DoD Regulation 5240.1-R, 
and USSID 18 are also available on-line. Several offices in SID ma…