FY2005_1Q_IOB_REPORT.PDF

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sight Board on NSA Activities 7 LI? 1• wrr 
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SUMMARY 
PURPOSE: (U//FOtJO) To forward to the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) of the 
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, via the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 
for Intelligence Oversight (ATSD(IO)), NSA's quart…

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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
f .ORT GEORGE G . MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 
14 March 2005 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U/fFOUO) Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board on NSA 
Activities - INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(U/t.FOUor 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 Se…

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1. (U) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
a. tQ'fBirDuring 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 (EO), Attorney General procedures, and 
Department of Defense (DoD) and internal directives. With few exceptions, the 
issues presented were routine and indicated that the operating elements 
understand the restrictions…

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3. (U) SIGINT ACTIVITIES 
a. ~SNSl)-Collection Against U.S. Persons 
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a. (S//81) During this quarter, the Deputy Director of the .. Nationci:1 Security 
Agency (D/DIRNSA) granted approval for consensual collection/against[]u.s. 
persons. DIRNSA-approved consensual collection againstOU.s. person~ was 
routinely terminated this quarter. 
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b. {87'/S:fi The AG granted authority to collect the communications oiOJ.S. 
persons during this quarter. 
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organizations, or entities; those products that contained information d~rived from 
communi.c·at.i.?ns of U.S. persons were not reissued. 
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~eleased a t~~a:(~o~eports 
containing the identities of U.S. persons or based on the con:ununications of persons 
later identified as U.S. persons. In all instancesJ 
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which were either not reissued or were …

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b. (U) Assistance to Law Enforcement 
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this quarter, the SID responded tOeque'sfs'fori~si.l~i·~·~C:''" .. ;·~ -~ i ~~ -P . L . 86-36 
assistance from law enforcement or other overnment a encies indudin r 
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c. (U) Working Aids 
(U//FOUO) The SID Office of Oversight and Compliance maintains ''U.S. 
Identities in SIG INT" and a matrix of blanket reporting waivers on its web page 
for use by the NSA/CSS Enterprise. The E.O., NSA/CSS Policy Number 1-23, DoD 
Regulation 5240.1-R, and USSID…