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“ = bIE To: From: Office of the General Counsel Re: 278-HQ-C1229736-Vi0, 3/02/07 b2 DIE bl (8) eviewed b7D the records receive ime period requested in , Wy mn The original documents reflecti Laformat ion bik which was not requested have been forwarded to ADC and sequestered. Redacted copies which only reflect information requested by the NSL will be retained for the case file. (Dyn BE The President, by Executive Order 12334, dated 12/04/1981, established the President's Intelligence Oversight Board (PIOB). On 9/13/1993, by Executive Order 12863, the President renamed it the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) and established the Board as a standing committee of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Among its responsibilities, the IOB has been given authority to review the FBI's practices and procedures relating to foreign intelligence and foreign counterintelligence collection. (U) Section 2.4 of Executive Order (E.0.) 12863, dated 09/13/1993, mandates that Inspectors General and General Counsel of the Intelligence Community components (in the FBI, the Assistant Director, INSD, and the General Counsel, OGC, respectively) report to the IO0B “concerning intelligence activities that they have reason to helieve may be unlawful or contrary to Executive order or Presidential Directive.” This language has been interpreted to mandate the reporting of any violation of a provision of The Attorney General's Guidelines for FBI National Security Investigations and Foreign Intelligence Collection (NSIG), effective 10/31/2003, or other quidelines or regulations approved by the Attorney General in accordance with E.O. 12333, dated 12/04/1981, if such provision was designed to ensure the protection of individual rights. Violations of provisions that merely are administrative in nature and not seckay 2