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bo b7C iRey, 01-31-2003) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION pe Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 17/15/2006 To: Can Valerie signout an all Division EC? Attn: ADIC/S3Ac cbc From: Office af the General Counsel National Becyurj 4 anes Contact: Approved By: Caproni Valerie E ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED Thomas Julie F HEREIN I$ UNCLASSIFIED DATE 06-19-2007 BY 65179 DMHSESR/IU Drafted By: pik Case ID #: (U) 319X-HQ-A1487720-0GC 1073946 Title: €U) LEGAL ADVICE AND OPINIONS; UPLOADING OF NSL RETURN INFORMATION Synopsis: (U) Provides guidance to the field as to the need to review NSL return information prier to uploading the information inte FBI databases. Details: (U) It has come to the attention of the Office of General Counsel, National Security Law Branch (NSLB), that there may be eccasions in which NSL infermation has been uploaded into Télephone Applications and other databases pricr to having been reviewed by any FEI personnel. This is particularly likely to occur if the information is received in electronic form. However, a problem arises if the information that was received is not responsive to the NSL and thus, not relevant to an authorized national security investigation, or, alternatively, if there was a mistake by the FBI in the NSL such that the records are responsive but met relevant to an authorized investigation. Such deficiencies in the NSL return information may never be discovered, or, discovered too late to prevent the use of information that the FBI did not properly collect. Therefore, it is imperative that the records be reviewed before uploading to assure that they are relevant to an authorized national security investigation. Thereafter, if the records were properly obtained,