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Premera THETA ET TT ET PT SUPT ET TTT LETTERS TPIUS TIPE TS 9 NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS TRAINING What, if any, training is provided to FBI personnel regarding the legal constraints on their authority? ALL INFGRMATION CONTAINED Response: HEREIN I5 UNCLASSIFIED DATE O6-14-c00? BY 65179 DMAFSKSRSIU NSL requests must be reviewed for legal sufficiency. Ail NSLs and NSL cover ECs must be reviewed by CDCs/ADCs in the field or NSLB attomeys at FBIHQ. OGC also provides guidance in the form of ECs, checklists, and other documents that are easily accessible on their internal website from any investigator or analyst’s desktop. Additional guidance has been issued Lo address issues raised by the Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s NSL usage. This new guidance: A. Prohibits the use of “exigent letters” and sets forth procedures for properly obtaining ECP A-protected information pursuant to the emergency disclosure provision of 18 U.S.C, § 2702. Prohibits issuance of NSLs solely from control files. Requires signed copies of NSLs to be retained. . Sets forth procedures for sequestering overcollected material. Clarifies that full credit reports cannot be obtained through an NSL unless there is an International Terrorism nexus. moO wD At Quantico, all new agenis receive training on NSLs during the National Security blocks of instruction. Although interspersed throughout, NSLs are primarily addressed during the instructional block on investigative techniques. This training includes a practical exercise in which students draft an NSL. Since publication of the IG’s Report, National Security Law Branch attorneys are routinely conducting training at FBI field offices. The 90-minute NSL training module is presented as part of all training programs. NSLB conducts periodic training at FBHIQ. All HQ agents will receive NSL and FISA Accuracy training at one of four sessions scheduled for May 2007. Since 2003, NSLB has provided training for at least 1,986 FBI employees involved in NSL drafting and approval.