CY2007_ANNUAL_IOB_REPORT.PDF

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NATiONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
F'C>RT GEORGF.: G. MEA.OE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 
It\ 29 February 2007 
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
(INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT) 
SUBJECT: (U//FOUO) Required Actions for the CY 2007 Intelligence Oversight Report to 
Congress-·· INFORMATlON MEMORANDUM 
(U/TOUO) Jn accordance with your memorandum of 15 November 2007, the enclosed 
consolidation of the National Security Agency's Quarterly Reports to the President's Intelligence 
Oversight Board…

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1. (Uf/FOUO) Intelligence, counterintemgence, and intelligence-related activities 
that violate law, regulation, or policy substantiated during the quarte r~ as well as 
any actions taken as a result of the violations. 
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(T81/8±/!H.EL 'FO u;Ji(. F'VEY) Unintentional collection against United States (U.S.) 
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·6ccasions Signals InteHig<mce (SIGINT) analysts inadvertently 
collected communications to, from, or about U.S. persons while pursu…

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unminimized SIGINT derived from court-approved collection. In the first instance, 
an analyst sent unminimized NSA FISA-derived communication…

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were disabled and thf;y received remedial training concerning the proper use of 
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(U//f"OUO) NSA/CSS Georgia. NSA/CSS Georgia has made significant 
improvements in its intelligence oversight progran1. The progTam management 
function was transferred to the operations staff from the security clirectorate. 
NSNCSS Georgia has implemented a process to track intelligence oversight training 
for newly arrived employees by using computer account creation information. 
Advanced intelligence oversight training on United States Signals Intelligence 
Dir<~ctive SIGINT Policy 0018 (USSID SP0018) and the FISA was created for 
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4. (U) Changes to NSAICSS published directives or policies concerning 
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