CY2010_ANNUAL_IOB_REPORT.PDF

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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE MARYLAND 20755-6000 
This should be 
2011. 
4 February 2010 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
(INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT) 
SUBJECT: (U/t'f'OUO' Required Actions for the CY 2010 Intelligence Oversight Report to 
_Congress - JNFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(U//POOO) In accordance with your memorandum of 17 November 2010, the enclosed 
consolidation of the National Security Agency's Quarterly Reports to the President's Intelligence 
Oversight Board for calendar year 2010 is provided to assist th…

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(U) National Security Agency/Central Security Service Annual 
Intelligence Oversight Report 
I. (U) Intelligence, Counterintelligence, and Intelligence-Related Activities that 
Violated Law, Regulation, or Policy and Were Substantiated during the Year, 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 (USPs) or Foreign Persons in 
the United States 
(U//FOUO) During calendar year 2010 (CY2010), Nationa l S…

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(S//Rl:L .... TO USA, ....... F'lE'i) During 
(U//rOUO) Table 2: E.O. 12333 - Database Query 
Violations, CY2010 
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NSNCSS 
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occasions performed overly broad or poorly 
No. of 
Occasions 
No. of 
Selectors 
Affected 
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constrncted database queries that potentially 
\.~>.... targeted USPs. For example, queries used 
Failure to verify foreignness of the 
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4. (U) Retention 
(U//FOUO) During CY2010, there was one instance of improper retention. Intercept of a valid 
foreign intelligence target in the United States was retained I 
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occurred because an NSA/CSS analyst fai led to mark the collection properly for deletion . 
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B. (U) Dissemination of U.S. Identities 
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(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 
(SffSI/IREL 'fO USA, F'V r: t) NSA/CSS issuecf.I ............. ··1s i6 J"Nf…

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(U) Detasking Delays 
(U//FOUO) During CY2010,0
violations wherein the FISC-authorized target selectors were 
not detasked as required were discovered. 
(U//Fet1e)) Table 5: NSA/CSS Titie I FISA Violations - Detasking Delays, CY2010 
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No. of 
No. of 
Selectors 
Occasions 
Affected 
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Miscommunication resulting in a failure ~o det~~k 
selector 
Analysts discovered targeted individualsD 
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Selectors were not fully…

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a. (U) Targeting 
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(U//FOUO) Table 6: NSA/CSS FAA §702 -Targeting Violations, C.'f2.01<f:::::.:-·· 
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(U/1150UO) Table 7: NSA/CSS FAA §702 - Database Query Violations, CY2010 
No. of 
No. of 
Selectors 
Occasions 
Affected 
USP selector used in query against FAA §702-authorized collection -
Analyst was unaware of 
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the prohibition to exclude §702 data, or selector entered in error 
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Analyst included in query dates during which target was known to be in the. .. Unitea-·:;s:t~:t~§::::::::::::::::::::-·· 
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d. (U) Tasking Errors 
(U//FOUO) There 
wer$.·0 
FAA §702-
related tasking errors--1"~ CY20 l 0. In one 
instance, an NSAj.CSS analyst inadve1iently 
( U/IFOU~ Table 9: NSA/CSS FAA §702 -Tasking 
Errors, CY2010 
No. of 
Occasions 
No. of 
Selectors 
Affected 
re-tasked ..... I:~:J .. selectors 
that 
had 
been 
Selectors were inadvertently 
detask.~( . ....-Selectors 
were again detasked, 
re-tasked 
(b)(3).-P.L. 86-36 
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