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(Uy. . BERET To: Inspection From: Generali Counsel ’ Re: ASY 278-HQ-C1i229736-VIO, 07/10/2006 (U} Section 2.4 of Executive Order (B.0.) 12863, dated 09/13/1993, mandates that Inspectors General and General Counsels of the Intelligence Community components (in the FBI, the Assistant Director, INSD, and the General Counsel, oGc, respectively) report to the IOB "concerning intelligence activities that they have reason to believe may be unlawful or contrary to Executive order or Presidential directive." By longstanding agreement between the FBI and the IOB {and its predecessor, the PIOB), this language has been interpreted to mandate the reporting of any violation of a provision of the Attorney General Guidelines for National Security Investigations and Foreign Intelligence Collection (NSIG) or other guidelines or regulations approved by the Attorney General in accordance with E.O. 12333, dated 12/04/1981, if such provision was designed in full or in part to ensure the protection of the individual rights of U.S. persons. Violations of provisions that are essentially administrative in nature need not be reported to the IOB. The FBI is required, however, to maintain records of such administrative violations so that the Counsel to the IOB may review them upon request. a vf With regard to the continuation of an FBI PI, Section I1.C.4 of the NSIG provides in pertinent part that: (3) (Uy - Although this provision of the NSIG is primarily administrative in nature, it was designed in part to protect the rights of U.S. persons by limiting the length of time that the FBI can conduct a PI without periodic oversight. SHCRET 3 bl bl b2 b7E