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National Security Letters — Part 1

1188 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Dec 4, 1981 · Broad topic: General · Topic: National Security Letters · 1018 pages OCR'd
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“4, b7E (U) sECRED To: From: office of the General Counsel Re: 278-KQ-C1229736-VIO, 12/13/2666 Upon viewing the information provided| lin resporse ta the NSL, determined that the content of the e-mail messages was included with the header and footer information, TFO advised SRA of the situation. Contact was meade with [J Associate Division Counsel [tre provided dézails on how to report the incident and harndie the material. (U) There were no reports written or leads set as a result of obtaining these records. Efforts are currently underway to separate the header and footer information from content. The original disk will then be forwarded to the Po enies Division Counsel cr FRIHO as directed. (U) The President, by Executive Order 12334, dated 12/04/1981, established the President's Intelligence Oversight Beard (PIOB}. On 09/13/1993, by Executive Order 17863, the President renamed it the Intelligence Oversight Board (10B) and established the Board as a standing committee of the President's Foreign Irtelligence Advisory Board. Among its responsibilities, the I0B has been given authority to review the FBI’s practices and procedures relating to foreign intelligence and foreign counterintelligence collection. (0) Section 2.4 of Executive Order 12863 mandates that Inspectors General and General Counsel of the Intelligence Community components (in the FBI, the Assistent Director, Tnspection Division (INSD), and the Generali Counsel, Office of tne General Counsel {OGC), respectively) report to the IOB intelligence activities that they have reason to believe may be unlawful or contrary to Executive Order or Presidential Directive. This language has been interpreted ta mandate the reporting of any violation of a provision of The Attorney General's Guidelines for FBI National Security Investigations and Foréign Intelligence Collection (NSIG), effective 10/31/2003, or other guidelines or regulations approved by the Attorney General in accordance with EO 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 deemed to have been designed to ensure the protection of individual rights are generally not reported to the I0B. The FBI Inspection Division is required, however, to maintain records of such administrative violations for three years so that the Counsel to the IOB may review them upon request. The determination as to whether a matter is “administrative in sechag 2 b?c b2 bE
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