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Quarterly Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board 
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on NSA Activities-Third Quarter FY03 (Uh'r'OUO) 
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PURPOSE: (U//FOU07 To forward to the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) of the 
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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 2075~000 
18 September 2003 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U/fPOUO) Report to the· Intelligence Oversight Board on NSA 
Activities - INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(U~OUO) 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 Security Agency dur…

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1. (U) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
a. (G#Sl) 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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(C1/5I) The NSA Office of General Counsel (OGC) reviewed various 
intelligence activities of the NSA/CSS to determine whether they were 
conducted in accordance with applicable statutes, Executive Orders, Attorney 
General procedures, and DoD and internal directives. The OGC advised 
Agency elements on a number of questions, including the collection and 
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serialized end product; in the "User Requested" column, a U.S. identity 
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