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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G .. MEADE, MARYLAND Z07!i5--6000 
7 September 2010 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U/JFOUO) Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board on NSA Activities -
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(lJ//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 
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1. (U) Intelligence, counterintelligence, and intelligence.related activities that 
violate law, regulation, or policy substantiated during the quarter, as well as 
actions taken as a result of the violations 
(U) Intelligence Activities 
(UHFOUO) Unintentional Collection Against U.S. Persons or Foreign Persons 
in the United States 
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