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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE 
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE MARYLAND 20755-6000 
5 April 2012 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD 
Tl-:IRU: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) 
SUBJECT: (U//fetfe) Report to the Intelligence Oversight Board on NSA Activities -
fNFORMA TION MEMORANDUM 
(U/.WOU8) Except as previously reported to you or the President, or otherwise stated in the 
enclosure, we have no reason to believe that intelligence activities of the National Security Agency 
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I.A (U) Intelligence Activities Conducted under Executive Order (E.0.) 12333 
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l.A.1 (U) Unintentional Targeting or Database Queries against US Persons (USPs) 
or Foreign Persons in the United States 
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the original message. The analyst was counseled regarding the impo1iance of checking e-mail 
distributions before sending any e-mail containing USP information. 
l.B. (U) Dissemination of US Identities 
(S//REL TO USA, FYEY) The NSA/CSS enterprise issued I 
l?IGINT product 
~·epo rts d_uring th~ fou~ih quarter ofCY201 ~ -. In thrse reJorts, ~IGINT ~nai·xsts ~nclude~ 
mformatton that 1dent1fied USPs or US entities on 
·occasions wlule ptifsumg foreign 
intelligence tasking. The majo…