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C ENTRAL SECURlTY SERVICE 
FORT GE.OR<;!': G. MEADE, MARYLAND 207155-6000 
11 Februar.y 2008 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAlR~T\f, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
THRO: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U/fPOUO) Report to the Inte!Hgence Oversight Board on NSA 
Activities~ INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 
(U/JFOUO) Except as previously reported to you or the President, or otherwise 
stated in the enclosure, we have no reason to b~)lieve that any intelligence activ…

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1. (U//FOUO) lntemgence, counterintemgence, and Interugence~related activities 
that violate law, regulationf or policy substantiated during the quarter, as well as 
actions taken as a result of the violations. 
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(U) Intelligence Activities 
('PS/fSlllREL 'fO USA, AUS, CAN, GDR, MZL) Unintentional coilection against 
United States persons. I 
~~stances in which Signals Intelligence analysts 
inadvertently col1ected communication·s·-.~o, from. or about U. S. persons while 
pursuing foreign intelligence tuskmg wer~·r.~port…

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2. (U//fiOUO) NSA OlG Intelligence Oversight Inspections, Investigations, and 
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(U) Special Study on Retention of Domestic Communications CoUected Under 
FISA Surveillances. 
{Ct/f~f'} While conducting collection operations authorized under the FISA of 1978, 
a8 amended, NSA incidentally coHects domestic communications, subject to 
retention limitations. Although NSA information systems can be programmed to 
facilitate compliance with retention limitations, the Signals Intelligence Direct.orate 
ls not fully m~ing information system c…