NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78137E 29 April 2016 JASON LEOPOLD 1669 BENEDICT CANYON DRIVE BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210 Dear Mr. Leopold: This is the final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 30 May 2014, and addresses the specific items listed below: 3) any and all records about the NSA's "search" be it manual or electronic, for emails written/ sent by Edward Snowden 4) any and all records that refer to the search for emails writtenjsent by Edward Snowden, in particular, a search for emails in which Mr. Snowden reported raised questions/concerns about certain NSA programs and operations andjor raised questions/concerns about the legality andjor illegality of certain NSA programs and operations; 7) any and all records about the type of search the NSA conducted in order to locate any emails written/ sent by Edward Snowden; 17) any and all records that refers to discussions about emails written/ sent by Edward Snowden, particularly emails in which Snowden reportedly raised questions/concerns about certain NSA programs and operations and/or raised questions/concerns about the legality andjor illegality of certain NSA programs and operations; 18) any and all emails that will show where the NSA searched to locate emails written/ sent by Edward Snowden. We have completed our search for records for these portions of your request. These five items of your request that are the subject of today's production significantly overlap; for this reason, we are unable to tie each responsive record to a particular item of your request. The records being produced today are responsive to more than one specific item. Pursuant to agreement by both parties, NSA has taken steps to remove duplicated documents. First, we have removed exact duplicates of email strings provided by more than one person, as well as documents provided in one production release that are also related to categories of information being produced for a later production release. Once produced, the same document will not be reproduced. Furthermore, we are not producing partial strings of ·identical email chains when a complete string is produced. That is, if a chain of 20 emails is produced, NSA will not be producing as separate documents each of the 19 email chains that occur below the final email. Any emails containing FOIA Case: 78137E new information or chains that have been altered are not limited in this manner and are produced as unique documents. Due to a technical flaw in one of our operating systems, a few timestamps in the email headers within certain documents were unavoidably altered by the system during their processing for this case. Those timestamps are identified in reference stamps indicating duplicated text. As a result of the Agency's review, certain information has been deleted from the enclosures. Some of the information deleted from the documents was found to be currently and properly classified in accordance with Executive Order 13526. This information meets the criteria for classification as set forth in Subparagraph (c) of Section 1.4 and remains classified SECRET as provided in Section 1.2 of the Executive Order. The information is classified because its disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to the national security. Because the information is currently and properly classified, it is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the first exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S .C. Section 552(b)(1)). This Agency is authorized by various statutes to protect certain information conceming its activities. We have determined that such information exists in these documents. Accordingly, those portions are exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6 , Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). In addition, some of the information has been deleted from the enclosures pursuant to the fifth exemption of the FOIA. This exemption applies to inter-agency or intra-agency memoranda or letters which would not be available by law to a party in litigation with the agency, protecting information that is normally privileged in the civil discovery context, such as information that is part of a predecisional deliberative process, attorney-client work product, and attorney-client privilege. Please note that the Agency has not redacted all information that constitutes predecisional deliberative process material, attorney-client work product, and attorney-client privilege. In accordance with FOIA guidance promulgated by the Attorney General on 19 March 2009 , NSA has only withheld that predecisional deliberative process material, attorney-client work product, and attorney-client privilege information that would cause a foreseeable harm to the Agency's. internal deliberative processes. Personal information regarding individuals has also been deleted from the enclosures in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6). This exemption FOIA Case: 78137E protects from disclosure information that would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. In balancing the public interest for the information you request against the privacy interests involved, we have determined that the privacy interests sufficiently satisfy the requirements for the application of the (b)(6) exemption. Finally, Exemption 7 of the FOIA protects from disclosure records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes. This includes information that, if released, could interfere with enforcement proceedings, or would reveal law enforcement techniques or procedures. The information withheld under (b)(7)(A) and (b)(7)(E) from the enclosures meets the threshold requirements for withholding under exemption 7 of the FOIA. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has asked that we protect information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(3). Those deletions have been marked with the code OGA (Other Government Agency). Any appeal of the denial of that agency's information should be directed to ODNI. Correspondence related to your request should include the case number assigned to your request, which is included at the top of each page of this letter. Because this FOIA request is the subject of litigation, please direct any related correspondence to the NSA's litigation counsel, Brigham Bowen, at the United States Department of Justice. Sincerely, JOHN R. CHAPMAN Chief, FOIA/PA Office Ends: ajs U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division Federal Programs Branch Mailing Address P.O. Box 883 Washington, D.C. 20044 Overnight Delivery Address 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 Tel: (202) 514-6289 Fax: (202) 616-8470 Brigham.Bowen@usdoj .gov BY ELECTRONIC MAIL June 3, 2016 Jeffrey Light LAW OFFICE OF JEFFREY L. LIGHT 1712 Eye St., NW Suite 915 Washington, DC 20006 202.277.6213 RE: Leopold v. NSA, No. 14-cv-919 (D.D.C.) Dear Jeffrey: In response to inquiries your client has made to NSA through public affairs channels, I relay the following from NSA, along with the attached three documents. 1. DOCID 4228926: this document was produced in the July 2015 production and, in fact, included in Plaintiffs article from August 19, 2015 entitled "NSA Finds New Snowden Emails- But They're Not About His 'Concerns' with Surveillance." One of Plaintiff's questions suggests he did not receive the document. For his convenience, we are providing another copy here. 2. DOCID 4301740: this is a reprocessed version of the document previously released as 4294915, with corrections on P. 7 and P. 15 corresponding to incorrectly-placed redaction boxes for text that overlapped with other records. The P. 7 correction addresses a problem correctly noted by the Plaintiff in the questions he recently sent regarding the April 2016 production. 3. DOCID 4301870 this is a reprocessed version of the document previously released as 4295018. The redactions have not changed. The only change is the text box on P. 5 showing that text is redacted because it overlapped with information from former 4294915, which is now 4301740 because of the reprocessing cited above. Additionally, we offer the following explanation regarding 4294921. In the April2016 NSA response, the Agency noted that due to a technical flaw in an operating system, some timestamps in email headers were unavoidably altered. Another artifact from this technical flaw is that the organizational designators for records from that system have been unavoidably altered to show the current organizations for the individuals in the To/From/CC lines of the header for the overall email, instead of the organizational designators correct at the time the email was sent. Please let me know if you have any questions. Counsel for Defendants Enc. DOCID 4228926 DOCID 4301740 DOCID 4301870 2 DOCID: 4272115 Secure: 963-2374/5047 Outsi de:,,. J ,.,.....,,.,.,=-==,,.,.,-=-,-,,=c--:! ATTORNEY CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. 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From: Green Miller Marci L NS{ON1'' USA CIV Sent: Thursday, Mav 29r 2014 .1:38 PM / )sA-D2, USA CIVJ l'JSA7DS4 USA CIV; DL PAOMedia (ALIAS~ DNl; DL OGC Medialeaks (ALIAS) D23; DL ODOC Medialeaks (ALIAS) !)4 _ ·. Cc: iNSA·FlY USA CIV;! !NSA-S0121 USA CJV;! ! NSA-028 USA CIV Subject: RE: (U) ACTION: Request for Information in Support of Media Leaks Action To:! I Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 2 DOCID: 4272117 All, We are going to post the ema il to nsa.gov and IC on the Record ASAP. Is there any issue with posting as it appears in the this attachment' Please advise ASAP. Marci (U) Merci l. Green Miller NSA Public Affairs Office Personal:! B / 969,7503$ PAO Office: 443·634 -0721 B / 969-7499 S .... - .... Media line: 301-688-6524 ' -~·..···· .. .. - . BlackBerry:...__ _ _ __. l ., Unclass email: mlgree3@nsa.gov .,,,•... ......... From I ~sA: 62 USA c.rv. · ,,' ..···/-·.· , •' .. -....... -· ./ , ....c- " . ,'. .- i Sent: Thursday, May 29 2014.1-2:56. 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OPS28 288140, Suite: 6250 (UIIFOUO) My Dropbox From:! ., NSA-DS4 USA CIV Sent: Thursday, May 29, 20.14 12: 12 PM , , To: DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DN l; DL OGC_~ertjal eaks /Al !AS) ~23; DL ODOC_Melb.Y Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDHFOR OFFICIAL USE O~JLY Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDh'FOR OFFICIAL USE OP~LY Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDNFOR OFFICIAL USE OML'I' Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE Otqt't' Classification : UNCLASSIFIEDh'FOR OFFICIAL USE or:,JLY Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE O~JLY 4 DOCID: 4272118 ...- .. ... _..... .. _... .. .... - ..... .. .. ... ·• ...- ····· . ., - ...·°) ., ··,.(bl·- ... (3) - P. 1,. 86- 3 6 ,·· IThursday, May 29, 2014 I·· · ·1:11 PM From: Sent: To: Ro Cc: ers Michael S ADM ' ·a· Le Ri hWd H; Fleisch, Frances J; Stone, Corin R; De, Rajesh',c----,_-.::.,--' '.========s.;,:·L MLTF_ccre; Bauman, Ethan;! pherman, David J FOLLOW-UP: PER YOUR REQUEST: Transcript AOM Subject: Sir, Based on dialog with the White House the plan is now to have press spokesman Carney use the following material in his press brief: NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow- up noted. f~(c1i;)\attiiiJ)ifil\i"lie1~~i eijJ;atef 1:Jfda1I. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach f rom him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. The additive difference from what was provided below is the intent to release the e-mail. At this time NSA Media Leaks PAO is reaching out to NOC and media outlets which have inquired about Snowden's claim to notify them of our intent to share the text of the internal corres ondence between Snowden and the OGC. ft is the same beni n e-mail that ov NSA's Leg Affairs.... office-so -.-----:-:--::---:--c,--:-:-:--:--,;:,-----------··.~:·. ·····wilJ.Jie.·infofmed ... they can advise Senator Feinstein's office. Please advise if you have any questions/concerns. ~'- 'ib'i (3)-P.L . 86-36 (bJ (SJ r , ···• ___JI' ., . . ~··· .. ) . ·· OGA ODNI .... ... Joe "ria•est(Vines Vanee M· ·. ..,,···· _.,,···· ,L._ __ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ ___JIONI-Media@dni.gov' '--- - ---llRichards, Rebecca J Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; DL PAOMedia Subj ect: Re: NBC/email 86- 36 ; 1 . __ I _____,I [Text below is duplicated in DOCID 4249177) DOCID: 4272119 DOCID: 4272119 42721 '1 - DOCID: 4272120 I From: !NSA-02 USA CIV Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 2·:4.4. PM To: Vines Vanee M NSA-DNI USA DV; Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV; !NSA-D2 USA CIV;! !NSA-[ USA CIV; BLPAOMedia (ALIAS) DNl \ Cc: De Rajesh NSA-02 USA 8V; Bauman ftbao I NS~:-DL USA CTV; Sherman David J Dr NSA-DJ USA OV Subject: RE: (U) PAO RESPONSE RE.:. !lt~':1 \ I (~1 Classification: GOP~FIDENTIAL//~~OIZORI~ .- ,: , · ·, ..... ..... ··<:· I don't have the email on the low side. I-- .,._I.,----___.I- •· Principal Deputy General Counsel Office of General Counsel OPSB2B Room 2B8l40 I ... - . ····........ .... - ................... _ tuJ/963 ,ss4arsr From: Vines Vanee M NSA-DNl USA CIV ~~1t: .... - ... ... /,,' .·· ,·'•' t'. 23 Friday, May ' ~~;~~e-U NSA-DN U.SACiv;J ,. . l~SA-ots USA CIV;J JNSA~D USA CIV; DL PAOMedia (AL!AS) DNl / ../ / , Cc: De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV; Bauman ftbao I NSr-D,LUSA CIV; Sherman David J Dr NSA-DJ USA' CIV Subject: RE: (U) PAO RESPONSE RE: (U)L Jtem ./ / / ~:~es Classification: GONFID[P~TIAU/P40FORr~ Thanks, ma'am. I'll include DoJ. May I have the e-mail on the Low Side, too? ./ Best, vanee' / f I From: !N~-D2 USP..;fu Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 2:30. 1>.M -' : To: Vines Vanee M NSA-DNl .USA OV; Grimes Arlene u NSA'DN USA av;! NSA-D28 USA CIV; !NSA-D USA CIV; DL PAOMedia/(ALIAS) DNl Cc: De Rajesh NSA-D2 U$A CIV; Bauman Ethan L NSA -Dt USA CIV; Sherman David J Dr NSA-DJ USA CIV; ! !IIISA-D2 USA CIV / Subject: RE: (U) PAO RESPONSE RE: I ........... Vanee, ·····....... Thanks for taking the call and agreeing to coordinate. ······, . I will still be here for a w hile if something comes up and yo" need me. , ....__..... I Principal Deputy General Coun~el Office of General Counsel OPSB2B, Room 288140 luJ/963°:s54g(s) ---------- ···, "··· DOCID: 4272120 From:! 1Nst,-D2 USA CIV Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 2:·2.s PM . - - - - - - ~ To: Grimes Arlene U NSA·DN USA 01/; J USA CIV;i J',SA·D USA NSA·D28 USA CIV; Vines Vanee M NSA-DNl qv; Dl PAOMed,a (AL/AS} DNl Cc: j)P Ba:sb :;:·: ISA C!li'; Bauman Eth~n L NSA-DL USt>.·av; Sherman David J Dr NSA-DJ USA av;L _ ___ _ JNsA-D2 USA av .-----'--, I SubJect: E: ( A RESPONSE RE: (U1 J!tem Classification: COMFIDENTIAl/iN{)FOR;; · ··. . ... Arlene, ........... '· Not cleJr why NSA OGC would coordinate the release. Seems like th·, ,fis.p~rt .;f'tf:i~ normal PAO coordination process. Raj has signed off and understand that Stu Evans ha; ··as·,,;.ell··oi.Ml).e iow side. '-.... ... _ ............ .... . .. Principal Deputy General Counsel Office of General Counsel OPSB2B, Room 288140 1 ' __ .. ..- .... ·-- ·· ....,, ·~::. ,•' ,, .... - ,,,, .. - ,,, ···, ... - '•, , ~<>~:; ;~;:', ........ ......... . ,~.:;:~~/(b)(3)-PL 88-38 ···~·; ,•/ f /// ...... _ ..,, -· ju}/963 ' 5548(;i From: Grimes Arlene U NSA·DN USA CJV····· Se~t; Friday May 23, ~014 2:09 P~I , .. .... ... / / .. ·· • av; To sA-D28 llSA Vines Va.pee MNSA-DNt USA av; J JNsA-D ust CIV; DL PAOMedi, (ALIASr DNl . / .. .. . ,!' CC NSA-02 USA av; De°'Rajesh NSA~DiUSA CIV; Bauman .Et ha{ L NSA-DL USA CIV; Sherman David J Dr NSA-DJ USA av · .. ··· ./ Subject: (U) PAO RESPONSE . RE: (Uj Item ............ Classification,-COP~FIDENTIALO~JOFORN ~--,~~AO··:·upports publicly releasing this informati on. Of course, DoJ,;;~~ WH and ODNI would also need to approve. Several reporters continue to ask about this, riiatter_.i,0 we agree with Raj that we need / · t o get out in front of t his one. Can OGC please coordinat e with DoJ, the WH and ODNJ.? Thank you, (UHF009j Arlene A ~ene U. Grimes . Chief. NSA Media Leaks Public Affairs Offii:e 265053 Personal: 969-750Ss PAO Office: 969- 7499s Ii Blackberry/external email: J After-hours media queries: . J·· ,•.·_: / '--------J DOCID: 4272120 My dropbox (tor large files); Froml .. NS-A--D-2_8_U_SA_CI_V------------~ SElnt: Friday, ~)a\i 23, 2014 1:56 PM To: Vines Vanee M NSA-DNl USA ClV;l Grimes Arlene ..·. u NSA-DN USA CIV . iNSA-D USA CIV; DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DNl; Cc.: ,... . NsA-62 USA CIV; De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA C!V; Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV; .. ~tierman Daviq .JDfNSA-DJ USA CIV .. • Sub~~ct_::RE_: (!J~ ~tern ,./:; . -: ~'. Cla~sification: UNCLASSIFIED//f'eUe ~;;:;·l,.88-36 - - - ==- -================= ====== ================== Vinee We defer to your judgment on this. Perhaps it is worth a phone call to indicate that when this issue first surfaced we looked and tould only find one inquiry to OGC and it consisted of a basic legal question ..... est way_. ·· poss, e. Deputy General Counsel litigation and Management NSA Office of GenerJI Counsel 963-5548 secure) (b)(3}P.L. 86-38 (b)(5) ,unclassified) ATTORNEY WORK PROOUCT//ATTORNEY CUENT COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OGC approval From: Vines Vanee M NSA-DNl USA av Se · 2014 1:35 PM • To NSA-028 USA CIV; . NSA·D USA CIV; DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DN1; Grim n N US/\ CIV Cc: 1 SA-D2 US.A 'CJV; De Rajesh NSA·D2 USA CIV; Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV Sub~je::-:ct:..:-;,RmE'"":'(U"')r--~,_ltem ;Classification: OG-~J FIDENTIAL//~IOJ;ORM •Ma'am/ PAO ce-it~inly defers to OGC and LAD regarding the propriety of a public release. I do know that reporter:-.,,iould be very interested in the item. / · !.f ;"' (b)(3}P.L. 86-36 ------ -- -- -- DOCID: 4272120 Speaking strictly in t erms of media relations, I wonder whether ! Best, vanee' II l (b)(3)-P.L. (b)(S) I From: !NSA-D28 USA av Sent: Jf riday, May 23, 2014 12:21 PM,__ _ _ ___, To: Vines Vanee M NSA-DN1 USA Cl'{~ ~SA-D USA aV; DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DNl;, Grimes Arlene u NSA-DN USA av . · . Cc.:J INsA-92 US,A av; De Raj esh NSA-D2 USA CIV; Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV Subject: RE: (U~ _ It~m \. O~assific,at ion : -,.,-- -- QNCLASSIFIED/ /F9','9 - . --- ---. - -------- ~-- -- =-·- =-- ----===-- ===-- == ,All, J / Deput y General Counsel 1 ' L.itigation and Management / NSA Office of General Counsel 963-5548 (secure) j f. j !(unclassified) f/>. fu)(3~P. t 86,~6 ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCTI/ATTORNEY CUENT COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION . ····..... Not to be r e leased without OGC approv.:,I ·· .. ..... . 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Litigation and Management NSA Office of General Counsel I 963-5548 (secure} .. __ .. - · ·· . -··. ........ - .... . :,:·-.... ·:·.. . ..,~ . __,, ... . _..... ..._ '.i ::~J:;;::,(b)(3}-P.L8S.:la ,, _...,.,:: / 1(undas~ifie.d)_.. ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT/ /.ATTq~-~ ---~·~;~;;_:O~MUNICATION PRIVIU(l°ED ..COM MU,NICATIQN Not t.9 b <(ref~~s:e"d wi~.hoUt OG.c .·.ipproval From! Senf fridav JNS..O::pn USA QV· / · · Mal 23 ~OJ4 11 :05 AI;-1, / To: 5A-Df8 USA CIV Subject: FW: ( U l t e m ... Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE O~JLY This confirms that the HPSCI/SSCI and Minority/Majority House and Senate Le.idership staff were provided a minimally ;.'ldacted copy of the email (redactions of NSA personnel names). Associate General Counsel (Legislation) Office of Genera! Counsel 963-3208 OPS2B711 2 DOCID: 4272120 **ATTORNEY WORK PROIHiCT//ATTO Rl'\1EY CLIENT COMM UNI CA TION//PRIVII.£ GED COMMUNICATION ** Not to be re!e.ised without OGC ;;ppro\'al. Fro~ lN~-Dl USA av Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 '11:01 AM To: Lehner Jrathan NSti·D22 LISA Subject: (U) Item · •. ··... ···... _av Classification: UNCLASSIEJED/iPSR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ···....... Jon Attached is the e-mail and attachm ent that Etha·n and Senate Lea de rs hip staff. s.enf ·.rt w ent < ...... to HPSCi, SSC! , and House ·· ... "~ ··,... •· ' ···· ... ·- er,is .:il1v(• /\t a1xs Offk<• OPSW ?rl 2, Su ;1,, 6'.IB2 %3-3747 > - ~·;.·kkU i,-,.,.,:~\'1,~'1,·,1,'1,V, "'*~**>\-~,h1, ....... (U / / FOl::!8) --... ~. ··~~. ·····-···················-···· a,·. "'· .,:::,,(b)(3).P.L 8&.38 Please send large files to rn·., Oropbox: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//pQ~ OFP:IGI/\L USE ONLY Cl11ssifieel By: vFRViAeJ De1ived Fro111. PolGA/CGGM 1 52 Dated. 20070108 Declassify GA: 20a90a01 Classification: CONFIDEP.fTIAL'.'NOFORN =--====~=============~========= =================--==~--= Cl assi fication: UNCLASSIFIED// FOl,;O Classifies 19y: 111+wine3 Dclived F101 11. f~3A/C33M 1-5~ Dated . 20070108 Declassify 01,. 20398501 Classification: CONFIOEP4TIAL//MOFOR!lt DOCID: 4272120 (l,){3)-P.L. 86-38 ···\ ,_,•, ==::;==== ======-== =;= ===:,;= = ===========' . = = = === = Classifi ca t ion: UNCT..ASSI F'.IED/,'FOUO \. 01.;>JssifieEI Bf: a1:1§Fi1+19 P:10111 ,_PJGAfCGSM 1 52 D.it~g; 2GG7G1Qg Declassify .OR: 20390501 . De,ived \ Classification: COPdFIOENTIAU/PJOFORN 1-5:i! J . Dated. 2een,1e8 Decla~sify 20390501 o.,,. Classification: COPJFIDENTIAL//NOFORPJ Glas~ifiea By:j 09rivea froffi: NS/'JCSSM 1 52 Dat9a: 20G101og Deelsssi~'- GA: 20390a01 Classification: COPJFIDENTIAL//NOFORPJ Classified\By. v, 11vil ,e~ Qeriu9g fro1+1: ~le/\iCeeM 1 §2 Deted, 266761 e8 Deeles:,ity 011\203§65e 1 Classification: GOPJFIOEPJTIAL//NOFORN Da teel. 299701 og Deelessify 011 203§05Cl 1 Classification: GOPJFIDE:NTli'ltU/NOFORN GlassifieEI By: vffiviAe3 Derives FreFR: PJGf'c/CSSM 1 52 Dates: 20G701Qg Declassify 011. 20390501 -- -- - - - - - - l DOCID: 4272120 .(b!(3)-P.L. 86-U \ Classification: GO~JFIDENTIAL/fNOFORM i::: ~~~/~ilM 5 Derived 1-52 Dt1ted: 20070108 Deelassify Or1. 20390501 Classification: CO~JFIDe~ITIAL//NOFORM Clf!ssified By. 111191 eeS Delived F,0111. MSA/CSSM 1 52 DateEl: 20070108 Deelassify OA: 2Q4GG7G1 Classification: GO~JF1DE~4TIAL//NOFORM -------- I DOCID: 4272122 .,/, ib)(3J-P.L, ~\<.., 8$-36 Blacker Cindy S NSA-DJ4 USA CIV tfsfu/ From: Rogers Michael S ADM NSA-D USA_ Monday, July 14, 2014 6:28 PM .f ··• • 1 / Sent: To: Cc: She:man David J Dr NSA-01 l/$8 CW_/ledgett ~f~hai~ H J.r NSA:~ USA CII/; Stone Conn R USA CN,! jNSA-D USfl,U/ \ . D DIR STAFF; DL ddir_staff'(ALIAS) S; DL EXDIRjTAFF •(ALIAS) D; D( medialeaks_core (ALIAS) D; Brooks Elizabith J>;° NS/liDc USA CIV; Soule l rumblill D NSA,DC USA CN; DL cos_staff (ALIAS) D~; Baum~,,-Et)ian L NSA-DL ~SA CIV;J IN,SA-DL USA CIV; Grimes Arlene-U NSA-DN ,USA CIV; DL pao; (ALIAS) D_N3; Richards Reb~ca J NSAOS USA C!V;I . . . . / iNs')''.os USA CIV; Del~ng John NSA-~.,.;U:.;.S:.;.A_C:.;.!V;.:. ··;.._r-_ i----__..N"sA-04 USA ~tv; !'!SA-soi. USA crv NSA-S02 USA .(JV; De Rajesh NSA- 02 USA C!V;;::.::::...:....:::c:J:=---r.N~SA-D2 1SA-D23 USA CIV; USA C!V .· 'E NSA-028 USA CIV; .______,NSA-028 USA Cl\/; NSA-028 USA CIV; Kuntz Cheryl R NSA-DJ USA CIV; Phillips Pamela N NSA-DJ4 USA CIV; Blaskowski Paul J NSA- DJ4 USA CIV RE: (U} Addi tional FOIA Requests for Snowden Email, Related Internal and External Deliberations I Subject: ii' \ M Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/ff OR OfTICli\L USE ONLY Copy and keep me informed here please. Ir, MSR ADM Michael S. Rogers, USN Commander, U.S. Cyber Command Director, NSA /Chief, css FT George G. Meade, MD .... - NSAN;.:E:.;. T._j- - - - -.....---' SIPR: Comm ._l_ _ _ ____,l- ,------,--....JI- - c.,I A.pproved for Release by NSA on 02-05-2016. FOIA Case# 78137 1 ::··:=- ,,;,•-...:,.,,._, ....(b)(3}-l'.L. 86-U DOCID : 4272 1 2 2 Cla s s ificat ion : uNCLASSIFIED//F9l:iC~ ==-=~===~======~======~===~===~ =========--=====;==-=~ Sir, (U/ / Fe1:i0l We have provided a final response to all but one of the ~10 requests NSA received on this matt er. (U//fOl:JOj Most sought all email correspondence between Mr. Snowden and ei ther OGC or OIG. We have responded by providing t he one exchange known to exist in this regard and previously released to the public. {U,','F0t:JO) A f ew requested all of Mr. Snowden's email correspondence from eit her 2006 or 2009 t o 2013. We have responded by indicating the complete set of Mr. Snowden's email are part of an ongoing investigat ion and cannot be released (a few media outlets are choosing to ignore that first part and instead say that we refuse to release them, which is a distortion of t he fact s). How ever, we did include t he one email not ed above and reaffirmed t hat w e have found no other complaints t o OGC or OIG. {UNFOl:IO) The single outstanding request is a com plex one seeking all of ou r exchanges w ith the Senator Feinst ein, the SSCI, NBC, and other m edia outlets regarding Mr. Snowden's emails as w ell as our int ernal deliberations/ talking point s on the one released. This request has been added to our grow ing backlog and w ill wait its turn for further processing, the next st ep in which would be to task wit ~ searches for responsive document s. I cannot · ·- ·· · estimate a time w hen we get to it. Dave ·····(b)(3}-P.L. 86~ (b)(5J David J. Sherman Associate Director for Polic•r and Records National Securit y Agency Room 2A0858 ._I_ _ _ __,I 969·2850 (secure) l{€ommercial)"' - ·· ! . . . ;~~ ;;::>:.· . From : Rogers Michael $ .ADM "NSA-D USA USN ·· , ··;... / · Sent: Monck;y, July ·t ( 2014 7:01 AM / _., ·:::>··· •••. ::::Pif!\>(!3}P.L. 86-36 ..;;:,.;, ;.,. , \ / .· . ./ . , . ··, , ' -. ._ ··. ', -. _ -._ '·.. ·· .. ti~~ ov;j j J Dr NSA·DJ.YSA 9,;';..:Jedgett Richard H.Jr NSA;d USA av; S~ ne Corin' ~ Ld: D DIR STAFF; DL dl;!ir_:staff (ALIAS) S; DL EXqIR~STf,fF (ALIAS) D; DL medialeplo'ssible steps have qeen taken to en sure there are no other emails from S to OGC .... ··· From: Evans, Stuart [mailtoL--c------,,..._-----...,....., Sent: Saturday, May 24 1 2014 09:25 AM To: Hayden. Caitlin j I Vines , Vanee M; Beaghlerj , Sina .__I 1 E:\pproved for Release by NSA on 02-05-2016. FOIA Case# 7813a ---- ---- :qacrn.: 4212148 1--------------------..JI...J·Q.,.N,uf.;·,.edia@d.D ~,.gov · '-·--~---~----=-----------'! ?e, cc: Grimes, Arlene u; DL PAOMedia Rajesh Subject: Re : NBC/email ; ····· .7 (b)(3) . OGA /(b)(6) OONI + Raj (Caitl in's note is below). ·"/(b){3)-P.L. 86.:)6 • •••• • :· 0 From: Hayden, Caitlin Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 09: 20 AM To: 'Vi nes vanee M' 1 .-··· --··· .. .- ... ...:,,<·· .... - .. -·· ··· ,. ....• .. ·' 1-8°·"'-h\e" «-;,. c ...,~...,· ·· ~tuart; 'Rober1/ Litt' T bI . I --······· l 'DNI-Media' ; L___..---------,._ _:;·:·:.::;.. . .·_ · · ,.,_f@usdoj . gov> foplicated in Cc: ' Grimes, Ar l ene U' I I' DL PAOMedia · j ,.· )OCJD Subject: RE: NBC/email'----------' 249177 -- - - - - -- -- JD TLFLAIU 1363 I3: EMS DOCID: 4209359 b, \31 donotreply@nsa gov Friday, May 23, 201 4 4 22 PM donotreply@nsa.gov matthew cole@nbc com FOIA Request (Web form submrss,on) From: Sent: To : Cc: Subject: Name : Matthew P . L . bo 3o Col e Emai l: matthew .cole@nbc. com Company: NBC News Postal Address: 30 Rockefe lle r Plaza Postal 2nd Line : Rm 412El Postal City: New York Postal State- prov: NY Zip Code: 10112 Country: United States of America (h ) f,) work Phone: Records Requested: Request any and all emails, document s or any other form of commu nication sent by or from EDWARD SNOWDE N to the Office of General Counsel, or equi valent, or t o any lawyer or legal office within the agency during the years 2012 and 2013, as well as any communi cation in res ponse t o Mr. Snowde n . il.pproved fo r Release by NSA on ::>4-27-20 15. FO IA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4209355 ib, '3,-P . L . 8• 3,j From: Sent: To : Cc : Subject: donotreply@nsa .gov Friday, May 23, 201 4 3 49 PM donotreply@nsa.gov matthew cole@nbcun1.com FOIA Request (Web form submission) Name : MATTHEW A COLE Email: matthew . cole@nbcuni .com Company : NBC NEWS Postal Address: 30 Rockerfeller Pl aza Postal 2nd Line: Rm 41 2E1 Postal City: New York Postal State -prov: New York Zip Code : 10112 Country: Unit ed St ates of America Work Phone: ~'~~~~..., Records Requested: Request any and all email s , doc ument s or any other form of communication sent by EDWARD SNOWDEN to the Office of General Counsel, or equivalent, as well as from SNOWDEN t o the of fi ce of legal compliance, or equivalent, includi ng but not limited to, the years 2012 and 2013. 6-pproved fo r Release by NSA on 04-27-20 15 =0 1A Case# 78 137 DOCID: 4293882 hsA-D28 USA CIV From: Sent: To: L_,_..,.---r----JJ..:i...i:;i..w-r SA CJV; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; DL ODOC_Medi aleaks (ALIAS) 04; Cc: NSA-T USA lV Subject: DL OGC_Medialeaks (Al1AS) D23L---r-~c.....i.:.6.,,j,'SA CIV; DL ssct (ALIAS) Sl; DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DNl; DL Q...REGISTRY NSA-Q31 USA CIV RE: {U) ACTION : Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns Importance: High Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/IFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Thankd._-__.!for the reminder! © .. • (b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 To ALL, I forgot to include a suspense. We need your POC right away so that we can ta lk/horse trade/and write agai nst these questions today. Jay Carney (White House spokesman) is going in front of the press at 1230 today ... he will get th e standard fair that we have used over the past few months ... we can't possibly pass anyth ing useful to him by that time . ADM Rogers has schedu led a updat e on the NBC Interview in his office tomorrow at 0900 . Our info will be used the re as well. So ... we need to have our input written and ready by 1400 today. (bH31·P.L. 86-36 (b)(S) Than ks! Rgds, I (b)(3),P.L. 86-36 Media Leaks Task Force OPS 28, 288090 969-5009 (S) ..__~~~__.~u) From:! INSA-Q USA av Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:29 AM F&pproved fo r Release by NSA on 04-22-2016, FOIA Case# 78 13~ DOC~D: 42~3882 .,. (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 !J NSA-S3M2 USA CIV To:j Subject: RE: (U) ACTION : Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns O suspense? A DS&CI Chief qf St(!/J' 968-6000M : L . . I- - - - - - ' From:! ~SA-S3M2 USA CIV se11t; Thursday. May 29, 2014 11:2s AM To:j ] NSA-Q USA CIV; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) NSA-T USA 0V Cc: DL OGC_Medj:~:ak: (Al 041 "-------1 :AS) Q23J !NSA-D23 USA av; DL ssct (ALIAS) 51; DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DNl; DL Q_REGISTRY;I ______ -- , JNSA-Q31 USA CIV Subject: (U) AC f : now en s Claims of Voicing Concerns Importance: High [Text below is duplicated in DOCI D 4249209) DOCID: 42 93882 DOCID: 4294451 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE. MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78121 9 June 2014 MAITHEW J WIECEK (b)(6) Dear Mr. Wiecek: This is an initial response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "Any and all correspondence from Edward Snowden to any entity within the NSA in which he notes his concern about the scope and/ or legality of a US surveillance program. I would also like a copy of the response he received, if any." This letter acknowledges that we have received your request and provides some administrative information. Your request has been assigned Case Number 78121. Due to a significant increase in the number of requests being received by this Agency, we are experiencing delays in processing. We will begin to process your request and will respond to you again as soon as we are able. Correspondence related to your request should include the case number assigned to your request, which is included in the first paragraph of this letter. Your letter should be addressed to National Security Agency, FOIA Office (DJ4), 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Ft. George G. Meade, MD 207556248 or may be sent by facsimile to 443-479-3612. If sent by fax, it should be marked for the attention of the FOIA office. The telephone number of the FOIA office is 301-688-6527. Sincerely, FOIA Customer Representative FEpproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4294452 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE. MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 7812 lA 1 July 2014 MATIHEW J WIECEK (b)(6) Dear Mr. Wiecek: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "Any and all correspondence from Edward Snowden to any entity within the NSA in which he notes his concern about the scope and/ or legality of a US surveillance program. I would also like a copy of the response he received, if any." For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered an "all other" requester. There are no assessable fees for this request. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. A thorough search of our files was conducted, but there are no documents indicating that Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials to raise concerns about NSA programs. The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David J. Sherman. The fact that we were unable to locate records responsive to your request may be considered by you as an adverse determination, and you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person notified of an adverse determination may file an appeal to the NSA/CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days after the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/ CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248. To aid in processing the appeal, it should reference the inability of the Agency to locate the records you seek, in sufficient detail and particularity, and the grounds upon which you believe this Agency maintains such records. The NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent unusual circumstances. ~pproved for Release by NSA 011 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813n DOCID: 4294452 FOIA Case: 78121A As you may be aware, one document was located that shows that Mr. Snowden raised questions about the agency's interpretation of NSA's legal authorities. Although it is not responsive to your request since it does not discuss NSA programs or raise concerns about NSA programs, we are providing the document to you as a courtesy as it was previously released. The document can also be found posted on the icontherecord.tumblr.com website, as well as on NSA.gov. Sincerely, ~}1:rfl;;Jj4/; PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office Encl: a/s DOCID: 4294457 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL"i (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) FOIACase: 78071 M/R: (Ul Final/ Partial Denial (U) This letter further responds to Mr. Matthew Cole's FOIA request of 23 May 2014, received in the FOIA office on 27 May 2014, for "Any and all emails, documents or any other form of communication sent by or from EDWARD SNOWDEN to the Office of General Counsel, or equivalent, or to any lawyer or legal office within the agency during the years 2012 and 2013, as well as any communication in response to Mr. Snowden." (U) For the purposes of this request, and based on the information provided by the requester, he is considered a representative of the media. The requester states that he is affiliated with NBC News. A search of their website confirms that Mr. Cole is a current writer for NBC. NOTE: Mr. Cole has also posted an article, dated 29 May 2014, titled "Paper Trail? NSA Releases Email Snmvden Sent to Agency Officials." (U/ ,•V'VV/II /r,r,y • ~ (U/fFOUO) I UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY fl.pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4294457 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONI?l FOIA Case: 78071 (U) \Ve provide 1he requester wi1 h l clocunwnt (2 pagt's) with a Pariinl Denial rFsponse, explaining the exemptions rited and providing NS!\ amwal rights. l _______.!and Cindy Blacker, DJ41, 966-4073, (U//FOUOl .... 29 May 2014 (ll) Pnul Hlaskowski. D,J4. 066-4072. 2() Mav 2014 (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(S) (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID: 4294458 UNCLASSIFIED//POR OPPICIAL USE ONL"l FO IA Case: 77 440 {b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) M/R: (U) FINAL RESPONSE - NO RECORDS (U/-/FOUO) The attached letter responds to Mr. ,Jason Leopold's FOIA request of 8 April 2014 for "any and all emails written by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in which Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials through email to raise concerns about NSA programs." --- (u ,, ,1rv,1 . Tr\ 1 I nr;,~~··~ I UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 1 FOIA Case# 7813~ (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 DOCID: 4294458 (b)(3J-P.L.s6-36 (b)(5) UNCLASSIFIED/ /FOR OFFICIAL USB ONLY FOIA Case: 77440A UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID: 4294458 (b)(3)-H. 86-36 (b)(5) UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY FOIA Case: 77440A UNCLASSIFIED //FOR OFFICIAi. USE 01\ILY DOCID: 4294458 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USB ONLY FO IA Case: 77 440A (b){J)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(S) (u 1 1 I rv,T • - 1,,\ I (U) The requester is advised that he is considered a "representative of the media". We inform him that there are no assessable fees for this request. We explain that there are 110 responsive records relating to concerns about NSA progmms, and prouicle appeal rights. We do advise that there is one emoil between Mr. Snouxlen and the OGC thot mises questions about NSA ·s interpretations of legal authorities and aduise that we are prouiding it as a courtesy, although it is not responsiue to his request. We enclose a copy of the document (2 pages) which was located by OGC and previously released in Case 78071. The requester is informed that this document has also been made publicly available and can be found at www.odni.gov as well as on the IC on the Record website (IContheRecord. tumblr.comj. Finally, appeal rights are provided for the "no record" response. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (U//FOUO) f[ ') I C.i11d11 !Jiu, I DJ41, 966-4078, -lu'I · fl) \;nil.~'() I 7 ;11 -iq \);,\ 10 April 2014 i(J l l UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OPPICIAL USB ONLY DOCID: 4294458 UNCLASSIFIED//F'OR OF'F'ICIAL USE ONLY FOIA Case: 77440A (U) Cindy Blacker - 5 June 2014 (U) pnphill 6/ 5/ 14 ljJending meeting crnd OGC concu1Te11ce) Updated 6/23/14 UNCLASSIFIED//POR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID: 4294459 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USB ONLY (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) FOIA Case: 78104 M/R: (U) FINAL/PARTIAL DENIAL (U) The attached letter responds to Mr. Paul S Szoldra's FOIA request of 29 May . 2014, for "Any . and all emails, letters, records, or other correspondence sent by Edward J. Snowden to the National Security Agency Office of General Counsel. I also request any and all emails, letters, records, or other correspondence sent in response to his queries." IT r I I rr'\T T/Y, I I (U//FOUOJ ! (U / ,,-,_,,V\JJI / .. - . I T .--, (U/fF8~81 I UNCLASSIFIED//POR OPPICIAL USE ONL"l [?;pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016, FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4294459 (b){J)-P.L. 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (b)(S) FOIA Case: 78104 (U / /FOUOd (Uf1'FOUOi I (U) The requester is advised that he is considered an "all other" requester. We inform him that there are no assessable fees for this request. We enclose a copy of the document (2 pages) which was located by OGC and previously released in Case 78071. A Partial Denial response is provided, explaining the exemptions cited. The requester is informed that this document has also been made publicly available and can be found at \\'W\v.odui .goY, on the IC on the Record website (IContheRecord.tumblr.com), and on NSA.gov. Finally, appeal rights are provided for the cited redactions. (U/-fFOUerl (l_ l Cirnh Hl;ick( r (U) pnphill 6/ 23/ 14 IDJ41, 966-4075, 3 June 2014 l .lun1 2()1:f (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL"l DOCID: 4294461 UNCLASSIFIED,'/FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (bl(3)-P.L. 86- 36 (b)(5) FOIA Case: 78107 M/R: (U) GRANTED-IN-FULL (publically availablet (U) The attached letter responds to David A. Garrett's FOIA request of 29 May 2014, for a copy of an e-mail from Edward Snowden to the NSA's Office of the General Counsel, which has recently been mentioned in the press. (U) Mr. Garrett shows an affiliate of "Examiner .com," which is a blog media outlet that anyone can join. Per the web site, "Examiner.com is fully powered by Examiners, thousands of wtiters who are self-motivated independent contributors. Each Examiner is able to express through words and photos a deep expertise in a topic." To join this web site, the person should be "credible, passionate and knowledgeable subject matter expert." As Mr. Garrett did not provide any evidence as such, and because there are no fees for this request, we are not addressing his fee category. The "all other" category was selected in CTS for admin purposes. For case 74230 shown below, he was given "media" status, but for any future requests, his category should be fully investigated; he may need to provide evidence of his "deep expertise in a topic." UNCLASSIFIED/ /FOR OFFIClAL USE ONLY ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016, FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4294461 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USB ONLY FOIA Case: 78107 (U) We inform Mr. Garrett of his assigned case number, and because there are no assessable fees for his request, we have not addressed his fee category. We inform him the responsive material requested is available on the NSA.gov web site and provide him the exact web address. Finally, we inform him that we have administratively closed his request. (U//FOUO) I....______.I DJ41, 966-4076s, 6 June 2014 (b)(J)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) {bl(3)-P.L. 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIP..L USE ONLY DOCID: 4294462 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (b)(J)-P .L. 86-36 FOIA Case: 78111 (b)(5) M / R: (U) NO RECORDS (U) The attached letter responds to Matthew Keys's FOIA request of 29 May 2014, for "any and all e-mails sent by Edward J Snowden using theemail address ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov to any and all National Security Agency officials, including officials at the Office of General counsel, for the time period between January 1, 2014 and April 1, 2014." Per information in his request, he is placed in the "all other" fee category. The referenced e-mail account is to NSA internal (NSANet) e-mail. (U//POUO} We inform Mr. Keys of his "all other" fee category, and that there are no assessable fees for his request. We infonn him that we confirmed 1oith the appropriate office (Security) that because Mr. Sn01oden ceased to be affiliated with NSA in June 2013, there are no records responsive to his request since he did not have an active NSA email account after that time. Finally, we provide our appeal procedures. (U // POUO) l...,..,,_,.....,....,.....,...--.....1 (U) pnphill 6/ 23/ 14 (b)(3J-P .L. 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4294464 UNCLASSIFIED//F'OR OFFICIAL USE ONI?l 86 36 ~~~i~:-P.L. - FOIA Case: 78113 M/R: (U) FINAL RESPONSE - PARTIAL DENIAL OF DOC AND FULL DENIAL OF REMAINING EMAILS (U / / FOUO) This letter responds to Mr. Paul Szoldra's request of 29 May 2014, for "any and all email correspondence sent and received by Edward J. Snowden, an intelligence contractor working for the National Security Agency, date range approximately from Jan. 2006 to Mar. 2013. He used the following email address: cisnmwl,u nsn.ic.gov. He also may have used these email addresses as well: f·jsnowd:i1 nsa.gm , edward. i. s nowdenil n sa. ic. gu\·, e(hva rd. s nmvdc1Yu n sa. ic. ~ov ." (U / I ,~-«I -.......,'-"..._,JI .a. (U/7'F8H8d (U I / lI ~1 r'.JTV V f I UNCLASSIFIED//POR OPF'ICIAL USE ONLY (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 78131) DOCID: 4294464 fb){3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(S) (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USB ONL¥ FOIA Case: 78113 ·-~.TT,'\\ I (u 7/1VV"-'/I 'u J ,~f'>TT~ I IL '-JVVJ (U f / :VOUO) I I I UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID: 4294464 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 FOIA Case: 78113 (b)(S) (U / fff'OUO) The requester is advised of his all other fee category and that there are no assessable fees for this request. Since there are no fees associated with this request, we explain that we are not addressing his request for a fee waiver. Appeal rights are provided for any denial (no records of complaints; redactions in the released Snowden email if responsive to the request; and/or full denial of all other Snowden emails. (U/f-FOUO) l....._______jDJ41, 966-4078, 25 June 2014 (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID: 4294466 UNCLASSIFIED//POR OFFICIAL USE ONLY lt~\~t.L. 86 36 - FOIA Case: 78119 M/R: (U) FINAL/PARTIAL DENIAL (U) The attached letter responds to Mr. Gregory T. Korte's FOIA request of 29 May 2014, for "Any and all communications to and from Edward Snowden to the National Security Agency's Office of General Counsel. This request includes communications, in whatever format, and does not have a time limit." Mr. Korte advises that he is a journalist employed with USA Today, ;ind ,ils,, :--, t k:-, (·:--,.1wdiie pr;)( ,·ssing. A review of the News Media Yellow Book confirmed that he is a reporter with USA Today. rr,, I (U//FOUO) I (u I tDr\T I (u I , ' 1 , ,~r,TTr., I' I '--'V'--'I ., UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OPPICIAL USE ONL..l f\pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016, FOIA Case# 7813~ I DOCID: 4294466 (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(5) UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY FOIA Case: 78119 (U) The requester is advised that he is considered a "representative of the media". We inform him that there are no assessable fees for this request; therefore, we did not address his request for a fee waiver. ~in1, this i,·ttT 1/1\ I J. (U / '-/ V I r'V'\T / 1 .._,. ir,I (U//FOUO) I UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID: 4294469 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY FOIA Case: 7811 SA (U //FOUOl Appeal rights are provided for the denials (redactions in the released Snowden email and full denial of all other Snowden emails). (U /iFOUOI Pamela N. Phillips, Ch/DJ 4, 966-4071, 6/26/ 14 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) UNCLASSIFIED/ ,'FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL"'f DOCID: 4294470 UNCLASSIFIED//POR OPPICIAL USB ONLY FOIACase: 78114 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b}(5) M/R: (U) FINAL RESPONSE - PARTIAL DENIAL OF DOC AND FULL DENIAL OF REMAINING EMAILS (U //F'OUO) This letter responds to Ms. Rosie Gray's request of 29 May 2014, for "any and all email communications to or from the email address ~'isnowdu ns,L ic .gov." (U//r'OUOII fTT / /Dn.T Jr',\ I (U//FOUO): (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED/,'FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY @\_pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case # 7813~ I DOCID: 4294470 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY {b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (i:,)(51 FOIA Case: 78114 11 I/ / Dr\ T Tffl"I (U//D,-,.TTI • ·\Jv"CTI I lu/ l,, , I 1r,-,-I ...._., (U//FOUO) I I f UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID: 4294470 UNCLASSIFIED/,'FOR OFFICIAL USB ONLY (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) FOIA Case: 78114 (U //fi'OUO) The requester is advised of her all other fee category and that there are no assessable fees for this request. Appeal rights are provided for any denial (no records of complaints; redactions in the released Snowden email if responsive to the request; and/ or full denial of all other Snowden emails. (U//l'OliOll.___ _ ___.~41, 966-4078, 26 June 2014 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//POR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID: 4294471 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL'Y FOIA Case: 78274A tbl(3J-P.L. se.3s (b)(5) M/R: (U) FINAL RESPONSE - PARTIAL DENIAL OF DOC AND FULL DENIAL OF REMAINING EMAILS (U//FOUO) The attached letter responds to Ms. Rosie Gray's FOIA request of 29 May 2014 for "any and all email communications to or from the email address ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov." A 20-day letter was sent on 18 June 2014. Ms. Gray is affiliated with Buzzfeed.com and claims to be a media requester. For purposes of this request, we place Ms. Gray in the "all other" catego:ry and advise her that there are no assessable fees for this request. (U / ,-~TTr'>J /''-"V'-'/1 I (U/fF8B8j : (bl(3)-P.L. 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016, FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4294471 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL'Y (bl(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) FOIA Case: 78274A (U /f FOUO) ·I lu/ (u I -- - . - .I I r'\J\J\JII I rr.T rr.1 • I ,~,' UNCLASSIFIED//POR OFFICY...L USE ON'I.Y DOCID: 4294471 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY FOIA Case: 78274A (U / / POUOj q'he requester is advised of her fee category and that there are no assessable fees for this request. Appeal rights are provided for the denial (redactions in the released Snowden email and full denial of all other Snowden emails). (U/ fFOUOr Pamela N. Phillips, CH/DJ4, 966-4071, 6/26/ 14 (b)(3WL. 86-36 (b)(51 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAi. USE ONLY DOCID: 4294473 UNCLASSIFIED//POR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(5) FOIA Case: 78118 M/R: (U, FINAL/PARTIAL DENIAL (U //fOUO) The attached letter responds to Ms. Ellen Nakashima's FOIA request of 29 May 2014, for "All e-mails to or from Edward Snowden, a former contract employee (Dell, Booz Allen, with the NSA in Japan and Hawaii. He worked in Japan from 2009-2013 and in Hawaii from 2013-2014." (U) This request has been assigned case number 78118. The requester is a report with The Washington Post and is currently recognized as a 'representative of the media.' There are no assessable fees for this request. /U''~r-.TTr"I I I • '--"'·"--'I I (U/fF8t:f81 (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 I UNCLASSIFIED/,'FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL''l f\pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 1 FOIA Case # 7813~ DOCID: 4294473 UNCLASSIFIED//POR OFFICIAL USE ONLY {b)(J)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(5) FOIA Case: 78118 (u/ ,~r.,rr. .. -....J'-...1'-./J I (U / I, rv,TTr.. I '--'_...._,,,JI .a. (U / / r.1tT rr.1 I ,·~'-'""II III/ /r:V,Tir\1 I UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID: 4294473 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL"l FOIA Case: 78118 (U /fFOUO) The requester is advised of his fee category and that there are no assessable fees for this request. If appropriate, we explain that we do not address the request for a fee waiver. Appeal rights are provided for any denial (no records of complaints; redactions in the released Snowden email if responsive to the request; and/ or full denial of all other Snowden emails. (U//VOUO) ,_,_ _ _ _.....loJ41, 966-4075, 24 June 2014 (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(S) (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USB ONL¥ DOCID: 4294476 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY FOIA Case: 78399 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(S) M/R: (U) FINAL/PARTIAL DENIAL (U /fFOUOr The attached letter responds to Mr. Matthew Keys' FOIA request of 27 June 2014 for "any and all e-mails sent by Edward J Snowden using the e-mail address ejsnowd@,nsa.ic.gov to any and all NSA officials, including officials at the office of General Counsel, for the time period between January 1, 2013 and June 1, 2013. t (U / J.:QYOI I (U /-f ~9H8tl (U / I /Dr\T Tr\\ ~- I -1 I UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY F;\pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813~ (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 DOCID: 4294476 tb)(3)-P.L.ss-3s UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL¥ (b}{5) FOIA Case: 78399 --·T~I (u //l'VV'--'11 (U / ,£ J;:QYQ) I (U /-f FSec,tl (U//FOUOJ I UNCLASSIFIED //FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL'':l DOCID: 4294476 UNCLASSIFIED/,'FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (bl(5) FOIA Case: 78399 (U //FOUO) The requester is advised of his fee category and that there are no assessable fees for this request. He is provided with a copy of the email previously released in Case 78071. Appeal rights are provided for any denial (no records of complaints; redactions in the released Snowden email if responsive to the request; and/ or full denial of all other Snowden emails. (U/ /FOUOJ (U) pnphill 1.,..,..,,...,...,,......_ __.loJ41, 966-4075, 30 June 2014 7J 1/ l 4 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY -I:>OCID: 4294494 Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV _ _ _ _ _ _ _,NSA-D USA CIV From: Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:49 PM Rogers Michael S ADM NSA-0 USA USN Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-0 USA CIV; Stone Corin R USA CIV; Brooks Elizabeth R NSADC USA CIV; Shea Teresa H NSA-S USA CIV; Moultrie Ronald S NSA·S USA CIV; De To: Cc: Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV;! k>JsA-02 USA CIV· Delong John M NSA-C USA CIV; Ensor Leoine! K NSA·Q USA CIV;! jNSA-D4 USA CIV; Richards Rebecca J NSA-DS USA CIV; DL medialeaks_core (ALIAS) D; Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV; SA-D USA CIV; NSA· D USA CIVUSA CIV NSA-Q3 USA CIV; NSA- 31 USA CIV; !...._____. ;;..,;...;;..;..~__;..;..;..:.i_.----- S;..;A....;-S;...U;;..;S;...A_C.;;.;I..;.V:..11;_ _ _ _ _ _ NSA-S02 USA NSA-0 USA CIV; ! .,...;:;;;.;..i.._ _ _ ____,NSA-133 USA CIV ! --,.=-..:N..;.;S;.;..A;..;·D:.,USA CIV; NSA-T USA CIVI !NSA-D USA SA·D USA CIV..__ _ _,...__s_A_-o_c_u..;..sA__;C~IV; Bauman Ethan L NSA_.NSA-DL USA CIV; DL USA CIV SA-02 USA CIV (U) UPDATE: Context Of Snowden Engagements _____ Subject: ______ .... Classification: SECRETHNOFOR~4 MAY CONTAIN ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGED INFORMATION MAY CONTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSlTIVE INFORMATION TO: (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Admiral Rogers Sir, BLUF: (Uf/FOU07 With specific regard to Mr. Snowden's repeated claims that he expressed his concerns about "clearly problematic programs to more than ten distinct officials," I, as the accountable NSA official for Media Disclosures issues, accept responsibility for the representation that the only engagement we have uncovered is a single web platform e-mail engagement with an attorney in the NSA Office of General Counsel. This is the same e-mail released in lightly redacted form on the heels of the recent NBC interview (See Attachment A below my signature block). I apologize that my failure to characterize that determination with full context, as I set out to do below, left NSA/CSS leadership insufficiently informed about this matter. It is my responsibility to keep NSA senior leadership informed about these developments as they occur and I will endeavor to correct for that going forward. (Ch'i'ff) In short, there were three interactions between Mr. Snowden and either OGC or SV, only one of which involved a written question and answer. During the course of the investigation, standard interview questions were used, but were tailored as needed to follow the flow of the interview. It is also important to note that there were questions included that were meant to uncover whether Mr. Snowden was dissatisfied with the US government. BACKGROUND ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016, FOIA Case# 7813~ .D0¥£!:Jlrj we1~ 2,i:1.,~t~ee separate engagements between SY and Edward Snowden. One of those three SY engagements resulted in the e-mail exchange with OGC that was released after the NBC story. None of the engagements expressed concerns about NSA programs or activities. I. (C/fl~t ·) The contact initiated by Edward Snowden on 5 April 2013 about the hierarchy of authorities reflected on a slide in a training course was submitted to the NSA OGC via the "Email Us" form on their internal website. This form generated an email to an OGC alias and copied Snowden. This email was recovered by investigators from Snowden 's email In box, and was marked as having been read but not forwarded or responded to. Because it was about an SV training course (OVSCl 800 Legal Compliance and Minimization Procedures), it was forwarded for action by the OGC to SV's lead for Access Oversight Training and Strategic Guidance. Although the individual in SV knew the correct response to the question, they determined that it would be best for the OGC to provide an authoritative response since the question raised a legal point. Snowden's e-mail was forwarded to OGC and the response was made for the record (See Attachment A). There was only one question asked and only one answer provided; the e-mails forwarded back and forth did not deal with the underlying question, but which organization would answer it. (CAA'ff) We are aware of two other contacts by Snowden with SV: 2. (U//FOUO) In early April 2013 an individual who did not identify himself appeared at the desk of an employee in the SV training area. He asked if he could talk to someone about the OVSC1203 (FISA Amendment Act Section 702 training) course. In the words of the SY employee he seemed upset and proceeded to say that he had tried to take OVSCl 203 and that he had failed. He then commented that he felt there were trick questions throughout the course content that made him fail. ((Note: SV Training has standard responses used to respond to questions like this.)) The SV employee introduced herself and infonned him that the OVSC courses did not contain any trick questions and that all of the answers to the test questions could be located within the course content. She reminded him that the course is open book and not timed. He was told that students get multiple attempts to successfully pass the course and if he was not successful after multiple attempts, he would need to contact the office for further assistance. In the view of the SV employee he seemed to have calmed down by then and said he still thought the questions tricked the students, but he would try again. He departed the SV training area and to her knowledge did not address the issue with SV training again. This interaction did not involve concerns about NSA programs and activities. 3. (Uttf?OU8) While serving as a Systems Administrator with Dell in 2012, Edward Snowden assisted NSA Hawaii personnel with access to files related to a "FISA document template" process. Subsequent to that an SV employee at NSA Headquarters contacted Snowden to gain assistance in solving a similar problem. He addressed that support remotely from NSA Hawaii. This activity was within the routine duties performed by Mr. Snowden as part of his employer's contract with NSA. (S//HF) Note: The same employee was involved in the first two engagements with SV. In response to the June 2013 Agency All (See Attachment B) she provided in writing her account of these engagements. DETAILED CONTEXT (U//FOUO) Through interviews, research and solicitations for information in support of investigative and other requirements we have accumulated a set of data which represents our best, most authoritative capture of encounters initiated by Edward Snowden which may have some bearing on the investigation, media disclosures and or his claims. We cannot affirm with I 00% certainty that this is a complete set of information, that would 2 . 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(: Lt 1 { '! { t,J I lH H {!! : h l ·, '--~-----' ,-1 f ! r1 r: ti,; rt 1( i_: t c, r t (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 Ji, r;: L, ;;)., (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 From~ !NSA-53M2 USA CIV Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 4:14 PM To: DL SV __ Medialeaks (ALIAS) SV43; DL ssct (ALIAS) Sl; DL NTOC ML (ALIAS) V2 Cc: DL OGC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) 023; DL dJg tasker (ALIAS) D; DL ODOC Med1aleaks (ALIAS) 04 I. DOCID: 4294509 SuujccL fi/v'. (Li) iviL Tr i 549 -- Vdnity Fair: Search of Correspondence Importance: High ,l Ii ' (b )(3 )-P .L. 86-36 ._______I· From:! !NsA-S3M2 USA CIV --····Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 3:28 PM To: DL OGC_ Media Leaks (ALIAS) D23· DL OD Cc: DL medialeaks core (ALIAS) D;.,;-~l""T"?"r."~........------,"""":r-,o:""l"T.-.=-:--.J NSA·Dl USA CIV;! !N IV; Subject: (U) MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair: Search o..----.--- Importance: High OGC, IG, and ODOC, (U) ML TF 1549 has been entered into the system and requires your action. (Cl/~ff) A Vanity Fair article due out this week is expected to assert that Edward Snowden made an attempt(s) to express his concerns about NSA's activities. Request that the IG, OGC, and ODOC, please search your official email, web-based contacts, and correspondence for any evidence that he contacted your office for any reason. If found, provide a short recap of the exchange. 3 DOCID: 4294509 (C//i·ff) 111e Va11iiy Fair ari.ide is already in publication, and may be on the street as soon as tomorrow. NSA and the IC are formulating a possible response, and need your information as soon as possible. (U) POC in Media Leaks isl...---~f69-7878s. (b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 Thank you. Rgds, I Media Leaks Task Force OPS 28. 288090 969-5009 (s) cation CQftjFiDEr,~TIAUil<:JOFO~N tion SE T '181'.'~JOFOR~d 4 DOCID: 4294513 From: Sent: ITbmsdav Mav ?9 I2014 7·57 AM To: Cc: 1 FW: REPLY: DNI and WH Status Subject: All, See questions below. This is urgent tasker from the 8th deck.Dad answered some of these questions before as the head of ADMIN. Deputy General Counsel Litigation and Management National Security Agency I (b) (3) -P.L. 86-36 I 963-0235 direct, 963-5548 (main line) -----Original Message----From: De, Rajesh Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 7:54 AM To.i Ledgett, Richard H Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; Vines, Vanee M; Bauman, Ethan Subject: Re: REPLY: ON/ and WH Status I '---------------' Oko l ~ g n a lawyer to work through authoritative answers to all of these questions with ML TF ~ I s work this). I suspect the issue will be QBE for today, but we should work to have answers prepared to be thorough. ----- Original Message ----From:!...... _ _ _ _ _____. Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 07:21 AM To: De, Rajesh; Ledgett, Richard H Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; Vines, Vanee M; Bauman, Ethan,1..._ _ _ _ ____. Subject: REPLY: DNI and WH Status Raj, F\pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case # 7813~ DOCID: 4294513 t don't know specifically, but I would expect it would authoritatively address things like: What is the training and awareness provided to gov't and contractor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be inconsistent with law or ethics? What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur? What is the process, accountability for addressing such reports? Is there a record of these kinds of inquiries and responses? Do we have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measures? Did we receive correspondence from Edward Snowden about his concerns? If so, in what form, on what dates and with what specificity as to content? Were his inquiries responded to? If so, how and when? How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted? Was it exhaustive and authoritative? Is it possible there is correspondence we overlooked, didn't record? (b) (3)-P.L. 86-36 -----Original Message----From: De, Rajesh Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 7:15 AM To: Ledgett, Richard Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; Vines, Vanee M; Bauman, Ethan,i.... , _ _ _ __. Subject: Re: REPLY: ON/ and WH Status H;l ! I think the WH request for Q and A is just an attempt to put off decision be Caitlin does not want to release the email. I'm not even sure what a Q and A would say. you have any idea? DOJ has already said they defer to the IC after pointing out minimal litigation risk. LJdo ----- Original Message ----From: Ledgett, Richard H Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 06:31 AM 2 D0~C~9+-4-2-9-4.§.;J,.-i3 I CJ Cc:._G_r-im_e_s_,-A-rl-en_e_U_;_\l'...... ines, Va nee M; Bauman, Ethan; De, Rajesh,i · Subject: Re: REPLY: DNI and WH Status L-------1 Great - let's move with alacrity on those fronts. Raj, can you help with the Q/A and expediting through DOJ? Rick Rick ledgett Deputy Director (b) (3)-P.L. ----- Original Message ----- 86-36 From:!...._ _ _ _ _ __. Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 06:26 AM To: ledgett, Richard H Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; Vines, Vanee M; Bauman, Ethan; De, Rajesh;'-!_ _ _ ___, Subject: REPLY: ON/ and WH Status Rick, -----Original Message----From: Ledgett, Richard H Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:34 AM To: Bauman, Ethan; De, Rajesh; Murphy, Wayne {b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b) (5) M,j._______. Subject: Re: I'm good with that. Owhat do DNI and WH say about it? Rick Ledgett Deputy Director ----- Original Message----From: Bauman, Ethan Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 01:2~5~A~M~ _ _ _ _. , - - - - - - - - , To: De, Rajesh; Ledgett, Richard - - - - - - - - L -_ _ _ ____J H;! 3 (b) (3)-P.L. 86-36 (b) (3)-P.L. DOCID: 4294513 r .. 86-36 (b) (5) L..: __ ..... n.- .. JUUJC:l.L. /1C:. 0/c) ...., mobile} ____ .__ 1 1 ----- Original Message ----From: De, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 09:19 PM To: Ledgett, Richard Cc: Bauman, Ethan ---------Subject: Re: (b) (3) -P. L. 86-36 H;I ----- Original Message----From: De, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 201410:30 PM To: Ledgett, Richard H~.._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...., (b) (3) -P. L. 86-36 (b) (5) We should release the Snowden email asap. (b) (3)-P.L. 4 86-36 DOCID: 4294712 NSA-028 USA CIV From: ---....-----'~SA-D28 USA CIV Sent: l To: Subject: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:27 PM NSA-D28 USA CIV FW: (U) MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair: Search of Correspondence - ACTION RESEND - LAST CALL Classification: GONFIDE~JTIAL//~JOFOR~J (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Deputy Associate GC, litigation NSA Office of General Counsel 963-5047 secure) **ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT//ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION//PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION** Not to be released without OGC approval. NSA-D2 USA CIV Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 12:29 PM To: DL gc_agcusers {ALIAS) D2 Cc: DL GCSECR Subject: FW: (U) MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair: Search of Correspondence - ACTION RESEND - LAST CALL Classification: CO~JF1DENTIALHNOF0Rt'4 Assoc's, Please confirm that the search has been completed by each practice group. Please respond ASAP. Office Manager to the Deputy General Counsels Office of General Counsel (D2) 963-5548. OPS2B 2B8140, Suite 6250 I I (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (UNFOU0 7My Dropbox From:! !NSA-D2 USA CIV Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:56 AM To: DL GCUSERS Cd lNSA-02 USA CIV Subject: RE: (U) MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair: Search of Correspondence - ACTION RESEND - LAST CALL ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016, FOIA Case# 7813n DOCID: 4294712 Classification: GO~~FIDENTIAL//NOFORtoeJ For those of you who have not completed this action please do so. I will be responding to the Media Leaks Task Force at noon today and need to know by then if there are any other exchanges with Snowden. Again please only positive responses and respond only to myself an~ ! Thanks all for your assistance with this action. Office Manager to the Deputy General Counsels Office of General Counsel (D2) 963-5548. OPS28 288140, Suite 6250 I I (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (Uh'FOUO) My Dropbox from:1 !NsA-02 usA c1v Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 4:51 PM To: DL GCUSERS Subject: FW: (U) MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair: Search of Correspondence - AcnON RESEND Importance: High Classification: CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN Please see action below and respond to myself and! ~cc'd) ASAP with any exchanges you had. No need to respond if you had none. Many of you have probably already seen this and if you have already responded no need to respond again. Thanks. Office Manager to the Deputy General Counsels Office of General Counsel (D2) 963-55481 OPS2B 288140, Suite: 6250 I (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (U//FOUO) My Dropbox From:! !NSA-S3M2 USA CIV Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 3:28 PM To: DL OGC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D23; DL ODOC_Media!eaks (ALIAS D4· DL d_i _tasker (ALIAS) D Cc: DL medialeaks core (ALIAS) D; NSA-D USA CIV· NSA-D USA CIV; Ellard George Dr NSA-Dl USA CIV;! ]N Subject: (U) MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair: Search o Importance: High [Below text duplicated in DOCID 4294509) @0019: 4294712 boczn: 4294712 DOCID: 4294833 °{b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ~SA-DJ09 USA CTR ....___ _ _ __.!NSA-D USA CIV Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:32 PM Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV: Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DNlJ !NSA-D USA CIV; DL medialeaks_cor·e ALIAS D· De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV;! NSA D2 USA CIV; SA-DL USA CIV; Ensor Leoine! K NSANSA-Q USA CIV; SA-D USA CN; NSA-Q31 USA CIV; t - - ~ - - - - J NSA-Q3 USA CIV; Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV; NSA-D21 USA CIV ....__ __. From: Sent: To: Cc: I .... ,____ Subject: (U) REPLY: (U) FINAL PAO REPLY RE: (U) UPDATE: (U) FORWARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Classification: COt''{b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 I 1· Media Leaks I ask Force National Security Agency:Ceritral Sewnty Service OPS28~2-B8=0=90..___ _ ___ I JV'/ICS UNCL . NSTS ...,o,..,59....,5..,.0""11,-----""" I ____ BLACK ... From: Rogers Michael S NSA-D USA USN Sent: Wednesdav A~ril 09, 2014 12:57 PM To:! -' Rajesh NSA-D2 USA USA CIV Cc: ysA-D USA CIV; Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV; Fleisch Frances J NSA-0 USA CIV; De tv; !NSA-D2 USA CIV; Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV;j ~SA-DL I· NSA-Q3 USA CIV; Ensor Leoine! K NSA-Q USA CIV; .,___..i..;.;:;.;..;...::..:...:::.=:...:..,.;- ; DL medialeaks_core (ALIAS) D; DL PAOMedia (AL ~--------,...,,_NSA-D2 USA CIV· NSA-D21 USA CIV; NSA-Q31 USA CIV· NS ~--.....,.,.,N"""SA.,....-"""o....,,usA CIV; NSA-D USA CIV; USA CIV; SA-D USA CIV; Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV; Subject: RE: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Importance: High NSA I I ! l USA CIV; NSA-D USA CIV; N A- 1 USA av_.;____ SA-0 USA CIV: lNSA-D SA-DL USA CIV av;! Classification: COPff IDDHIAU/P~OFORP~ Let's be ready to be very public here. If his claims are factually incorrect and we do not have security concerns with the subject matter we should be very forthright in stating his claims are vvrong and factually incorrect. I want us to do the coordination ASAP vice waiting for an article ,ind then spending three weeks debating our way ahead. Ir, MSR ADM Michael S. Rogers, USN 5 DOCID: 4294833 Lomr1ander, U.) Lyber command ·· :'(b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 Director, NSA / Chief, CSS FT George G. Meade, l'v1D j NSA NET! SI PR :l.r------,._---1r Comr;i.__ _ _ _...., From :l !NSA-D USA CIV Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 3:35 PM To: Rogers Michael S NSA-D USA USN; ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV; Fleisch Frances J NSA-D USA av; De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV; JNSA-D2 USA CIV; Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV;l !NSA-DL USA CIV Cc: NSA-Q3 USA CIV; Ensor Leoinel K NSA-Q USA av; NSA- USA CIV;! i.--...iua~~~~V; DL medialeaks core ALIAS D· DL PAOMedia (ALIAS NSA-D USA CIV; l---------,__JNSA-D2 USA av· SA-D21 USA CIV; NSA-Q31 USA CIV; -----,._......JNSA-Q31 USA av· NS Sf,-0 lJSA ClV'r-1---......, '------r-...................~:u.,,-IV NSA-D USA CIV; CIV; !NSA-D USA av SA-D USA CIV; Bauman Ethan L NSA-Dl USA CIV; SA-DL USA CIV Subject: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article [Below text is duplicated in DOCID 4272116) ! I L WIN: ?294833 DOCID: 4294833 ·nocro: 4294835 °(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV .___ _ _ ___,,NSA-D USA CIV Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:11 AM Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV; Shea Teresa H NSA-S USA OV; De Rajesh NSA-02 USA CIV SA-D2 USA ov;I !NSA-D28 USA CIV; r ' - - - - - - - - - - - 1 NSA-Q3 USA CIV; ! jNSA-Q31 USA CIV~ ! NSA-Q31 USA CIV; Soule Trumbull D NS ·DC USA CIY· I I .............__.......A CIV; Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV;! ~SA-D23 USA From: Sent: To: Cc: CIV Subject: 1 (U) FOLLOW-UP: 2014_05_30 FYSA---(U)._l_ _ ___,~indings (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Classification: GONFIDEr~TIAt~...._ _ _ _ _ ____, Liz, (U//f"OUO) I understand you may have taken a task this morning to organize a review of the thoroughness of the check for material which may represent outreach by Edward Snowden to officials at NSA along the lines of what he has publicly claimed. Please advise if there is something you need from me or the task force to assist with that action. (U//FOUO) Thread below may be of interest/reelvance. (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 I' ..... I Media Leaks Task Force National Security Agency/Central Security Service ~~~?i: : : NSTS - (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(7)(A) (b)(7)(E) 1 BLACK!.___ _ ____, From:! )'JSA-D28 USA CIV Sent: Frtday, May 30, 2014 6:25 PM To: DL medialeaks core (ALIAS) D; Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV; Vines Vanee M NSA-DN1 USA CIV jNsA-D23 USA CIV~ !NSA-D23 USA CIV Subject: (U) FW: 2014_05_30 FYSA---(U~ !findings Cc! Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) All, In making sure we had done due diligence with respect to any follow on actions for NBC, we reviewed the SV documentation of three Snowden interactions about why he failed an exam, the Dell trouble ticket and the OGC question. (excerpted below).I ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 1 FOIA Case# 7813~ 9ee±E> : 4 2 9-4-8 3 5 !rhus if engaged and if appropriate, we have never denied the existence of correspondence just correspondence containing any complaints. Regards Deputy General Counsel Litigation and Management NSA Office of General Counsel 963-5548 (secure) ! !(unclassified) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(S) (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 SV information: !regarding the • An email exchange circa APR 2013 when Snowden was with FHV, with NSAW legaI hierarchy restion from the OVSC1800 course that was eventually referreJ to the OGC... and ans we red by f Provides more background on the "one" contact we accounted for in our work today.) svl j _ • A personal exchange circa APR 2013 with sv! !when Snowden appeared at her desk with concerns about "trick questions" in the test for OVSC1203 being the reason why he failed the test.! !explained there are no trick questions, and that directly-related answers can be found verbatim in the course material. She also explained that he can retake the test...which appeared to calm his concerns. • Email exchange circa 2012 while Snowden was a SysAdmin with Dell. He helped NSAH personnel regardi1r2----, sysadmin support and access to particular files related to a "FISA document template" process. Later, SVL._J ~ontacted Snowden because she had a similar problem and needed assistance, which he provided long-distance by email. ! MLTF does not see these as items that show his "concerns" ... but they do show interaction with the Compliance elements fo NSA, albeit administrative in nature. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 FromJ.__ _ _ Sent: Friday, Ma To: ....__ _ _ _~INSA-Q31 USA CIV~.__ _ _ _ _ _INSA-Q31 USA CIV; Subject: (U) mdings Classification: CONFID[PqTIAL1......__ _ _ _ _ ___. D (b){3)-P.L. 86-36 (b){7)(A) (b){7)(E) 2 (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(7)(A) (b)(7)(E) I?l DOCID: 4294835 {him-5?1. Eli-36 {535315} 2N3 ii) phi (I) 1 35-35 {Mimi} {blmf?} 835 mam. 5 {WW-an} {11371151 ·~ocrn: il-Z'g-4~3".!)i----------------- (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (U//FOUO) I Special Agent I 1 Assigned to Q3r FANX 2, Room A2A048, Suite ea32 Direct: 968-3374(sl Office: 9r8-5441ls_ DropBox ...._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____J 6 (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(7)(A) (b)(7)(E) 'oocro: 4294835 I____. "This email contains information subject to the Privacy Act." Classified By .... Derived From: ~~SA/GSSM 1 52 Dated: 20070108 Declassify On: 20a90601 (b)(1) (b)(J)-P.L 86-36 Classification: CQtqFI DEfqTIAtrl.__ _ _ _ _ ____, !____ Classified By: .... Derhted From: NSA/CSSM 1=52 Dated. 200701 08 Deelessif)· GA: 20390501 Classification: COMFIDEtqTIAL~,__ _ _ _ _ ____, -----------------------------------------------------Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/7POUO Glessi1ied By:! Deriro1ed Fron,: NSA/CSSM 1 52 Dated. 20070108 Declassify 0, 1. 20390601 Classification: cor~FIDE~JTI/\L~....- - - - - - - - ' (b)(J)-P.L. 86-36 7 ! DOCID: 4294838 · (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 Blacker Cindy S NSA-DJ4 USA CIV ,___ _ _ _ _ _ _ NSA-D4 USA CIV From: Sent: To: Monda , June 10, 2013 12:06 PM NSA-SV USA CIV....-----NSA-SV USA CIV! !NSATl32 USA CIV;,___ _ ___. SA-SV42 USA CIV;,...!----------.i-NS-A---SV_4__,USA CIV Subject: (U) I had email contact with him Importance: High (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 Classification: TOP SECRET/ISi/i_ _ _ _ _ _ __ This WJS in relJtion to not being .'.lble to open the EMT files forwJrded to me from Hawaii. From: Snowden Edward J NSA-FHX4 USA CTR Sent: Thursda , Au ust 30, 2012 6:19 PM To SA-SV4 USA OV; !NSA-FHS2I USA CIV;! NSA-unknown USA CTR; SA-T99 USA CTR .___ _ _..... Cc: SA-FHX4 USA CIV; 1NSA-FHX4 USA ovl !NSA-FHX4 USA CIV Suti1e : 1c e IM98705 - CRITICAL - NsAW Oversight cannot read/access NSAH files I I I Classification: TOP SECRET//Sl!I_ _ _ _ _ _ ____, (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Ah. Appreciate the clarification . .rtf files aren't actually word docs, MS Word just has a default association to open them since they're universally readable. This is because Word is "greedy" by design in regards to file associations. To fix that: 1) Right click one of the .rtf files and hover over the "Open With" option 2) 3) Click "Choose default program" Select "Word pad" from the list of programs, make sure the box in the bottom -left that says "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" is checked, then click ok. a. If "Wordpad" is not visible on the list, you'll have to click "Browse" and go to the location of the executable to find it. You can do a windows search for wordpad.exe, but it's probably in C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories (named wordpad.exe) if NSAW is using a modern OS build. Now you just have to double click (or however you prefer to open the files) and Windows will start the proper application automatically. If you're still having trouble, please feel free to call me directly on the number below. Thanks, Ed Snowden Systems Administrator, Computing Services, Office of Information Sharing NSA/CSS Hawaii - HT322 ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4294838 :"(b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 ~ecure: ':1'.:>L-4:iUl Black:,_!_ _ _ _ ___, !NSA-SV4 USA CIV From:! Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:59 AM To: Snow~en Edward J :~~-FHX4 USA CTR;L ~SA-FHS2I USA CIV; ovl -----rsA-unknown I USA CTR;L --- SA-T99 USA CT....~ - - - - - - . Cc:! -FHX4 USA CIV;j INSA-FHX4 USA Subject: RE: (U) Ticket IM98705 - CRITICAL - NSAW Oversigfit cannot read/access NsAH files ! rsA-FHX4 USA CIV Classification: TOP SECRET/!COMIPH/1 ....._ _ _ _ _ _ ___, (b)(1) (bl(3)-P.L. 86-36 okJy, will try thJt. My 2"" question was that I don't want to have to open word docs in word pad from now on. What is the u!timc1te solution to this problem. From: Snowden Edward J NSA-FHX4 USA CTR Sent: Thursda Au ust 30, 2012 5:54 PM A-SV4 USA CIV; ~SA-FHS2I USA CI~ !NSA-unknown US NSA-T99 USA qs ~-----i Cc: SA-FHX4 USA crv;l ~SA-FHX4 USA c1v~ NSA-FHX4 USA CIV SubJect: RE: (U) Ticket IM98705 - CRITICAL - NSAW Oversight cannot read/access NSAA mes ! To I (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 Classification: TOP 8ECRET//S1/~,___ _ _ _ ____. Hil.....___ The .rtf file format supports embedded images, and Wordpad should render them the same as Word. You can test this by grabbing an image (Ctrl+PrintScreen will capture a screenshot of your desktop, if you don't have one), and saving it into an rtf file. It should display, save, etc, the same as any other document viewer. Regarding your second question, I'm not sure I understand the question. If you'd prefer a different file format (pdf?), that's easy enough to implement, but as a proprietary format, it would be more difficult to programmatically parse that a more open standard like rtf, which could limit the production unit's ability to automate this in the future. Ed Snowden Systems Administrator, DE.LL - . (b)(3)-P .l. 86-36 Computing Services, Office of Information Sharing NSA/CSS Hawaii - HT322 Secure: 952-4501 Black: .... !______. !NSA-SV4 USA CIV From~ Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:39 AM To: Snowden Edward J NSA-FHX4 USA CTR;! !NSA-FHS2I USA CIV;! !NSA-unknown USA CTR: NSA-T99 USA CTR .....__ _ ___, Cc: ~SA-FHX4 USA CIV;! ~SA-FHX4 USA CIV; rsA-FHX4 USA CIV Sub1ect: RE: (0) Ticket IM98705 - CRITICAL - NSAW Oversight cannot read/access NsAR flies l I I Classification: TOP SECRET//COMIMT/!.__ _ _ _ _ _ _....., (b}(1) (b)(3)-P.L. sa-36 2 DOCID: 4294838 td - 1 was able to open recent tiles in wordpaci Sometimes the word docs contain embedded pictures - I don't know what would happen to them in wordpad thougl1? -(b)(3)-PL 86-36 WhJt else can we do to turn this problem off at the source 1 From: Snowden Edward J NSA-FHX4 USA CTR Sent: Tuesda T I Au ust 28, 2012 6:41 PM I NSA-SV4 USA av;._!_______.!NSA-FHS2I USA CIV~.__ _ _ _....... NSA-unknown I cc: I SA-FHX4 USA av; NSA-FHX4 USA CIV; Sub~1e=':""""T,,..-,-TTT'l'""T':':1c::r,::::1.e IM98705 - CRITICA:C - I\ISAVV Overs1gni cannot read/access NSAH fil Classification: TOP SECRET//Sl/~------- !NSA-FHX4 USA CIV (b)(1) (b)(3)-PL 86-36 He11~..__ _ _.... Thanks for reaching out. The folks generating these documents are still getting fully trained up on the new process, so we suspect they may have missed a small but critical step in the process (i.e. saving the .rtf in a non·MS·Word program, not simply saving the document as a .rtf from within MS-Word). That said, I suspect you may still be able open the .rtf files you were sent if you use a program to open them that is NOT/NOT MS Word. For how to do this: Please open "Wordpad (this program is entirely distinct from Microsoft Word, even though it has a similar name)." To do so: o Hit the start button, then type "wordpad" and hit enter (for Windows Vista or 7), or o Hit the start button and then click "run," and then type "wordpad" and hit enter. Once the "Wordpad" program is open, try to open the .rtf files. The reason this works is because the links that you're having trouble with are only understood by MS Word, which seems the embedded links and tries to "phone home." By opening the .rtfs in a non-MS-Office-Suite program (such as Wordpad, which is installed by default on Windows systems), you're basically telling the computer "Only show me the content of the files, and ignore any MS-Word specific metadata." As for the genesis of problem, I can only speak to the technical causes, which are complex, but I'll do my best to simplify them.I This by itself would not be a problem, since you're being sent the files directly, however, the program used by the analysts to generate these files (Microsoft Word) embeds a huge amount of hidden metadata into every file it creates. In this case, it's creating a "phone home" link that tells Word where to get a copy of the FISA document template that was used to create the file (this is really bad design on Microsoft's part, but in their defense they were probably assuming an open-sharing environment). That means when someone outside the enclave tries to open the document in Word, Word immediately detects the phone home link and tries to go get a copy of the document template (from the enclave it can't reach). It also won't let you do anything for roughly five minutes (more bad design) until it decides that the enclave is actually inaccessible, rather than temporarily non-responsive. Normally, the simple fix to this would be "don't create the document from a Word document template," but since the analysts rely on macros embedded in the document template for a part of their production process (minimization), we 3 (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 DOCID: 4294838 have to go with a soiut1on that ailows them to use the macros, and then disassociate all of the "trash" metadata this generates from the produced content. That's why the .rtf (a universally readable format) file needs to be created outside of Word - non-Word programs don't understand all the phone-homing chicanery and simple omit that information from the finished file entirely. Creating the .rtf this way creates a file that you can still open in Word and won't phone home - which is our desired result Conversely, if the .rtf file is saved within Word, you just get a universally-readable file that still wants to phone home -- this is what I suspect you were emailed. However, opening those files in a program that is not Word will still ignore the "phone home" instruction, because only Word can understand that instruction. Other text editors will just ignore it, and allow you to open the file anyway. I hope that fully answers your question. If you'd like any additional information, please feel free to contact me directly. Also, please let me know if you g1g_ or are not able to open the .rtf files in Wordpad (NOT/NOT Word) so I can factor that into any further troubleshooting. Yours in service, Ed Snowden Systems Administrator, i"-'d (b)(3j-P.L. 86-36 Computing Services, Office of Information Sharing NSA/CSS Hawaii - HT322 Secure: 952-4501 I _____. Black: ... From:! !NSA-SV4 USA av Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 9:28 AM To: Snowden Edward J NSA-FHX4 USA CTR;! us.11 CIB !NSA-FHS2I USA CIV;I _ _ _ _....!NSA-unknown Cc:I ~SA-FHX4 USA CIV;l !NSA-FHX4 USA CIV;! Subject: RE: (U) Ticket IM98705 - CRITICAL - NSAW Oversight cannot read/access NsAH files Importance: High Classification: TOP SECRET,'/COMl~H,I..._ _ _ _ _ _ __. jNSA-FHX4 USA CIV (b)(1) (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 Ed, I am the POC at NSAW who alerted to this problem. The files I received in RTF format this morning have the same problem. What is the reason that there are hidden links that we are all struggling to compensate for? What has changed in the last month or so .. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 SV/Oversigh: & Compliance 969-0151 Sit Frv1HO OP 3Wi45 4 DOCID: 4294838 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 From: Snowden Edward J NSA-FHX4 USA CTR I se~t: Friday, August 2~ 2012 9:06 PM T o : N S A - F H S 2 I USA OY·l~sA-unknown USA CT;.;..R:.:......---..... Cc:_ _NSA-FHX4 USA av;I j\JSA-FHX4 USA av;j !NSA-FHX4 USA Subject: RE: (U) Ticket IM98705 - CRITICAL - NSAW Oversight cannot read/access NSAH files av Classification: TOP SECR ET//Sl/1...._ _ _ _ _ _ __. (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Hi!______, Summary: The issue ended up being a process related issue caused by Word's handling of template & macro tracking. As I explained on the phone, in simple terms, there were basically "hidden" links in all of the documents your analysts were creating that were requiring anybody trying to open the files to be able to reach into the NSAH network. Not all offices can do that, which caused the problems NSAW experienced. We came up with a solution that would allow your folks to continue with their normal workflow (that utilizes local templates) while maintaining readability for external offices. If you're interested in the specifics, they are included below. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Problem: The analysts generating the word documents use a special template that implements certain macros they rely on for the FISA minimization process, but it creates a link (internal to the document file format) to that template's location and some other associated enclave content paths. Since those file locations ar~ external users not only can't view the document's content, but the peculiarities of Microsoft Word's startup process ensure that users cannot · even "fail" to open the document until a 5 minute network timeout elapses. ! After those five minutes pass, you can use template tricks to fix the document, but this results in a poor user experience (and requires a key-management style template tracking process to make sure all recipients have the latest template), so it was not recommended as a solution. Unfortunately, saving in a different format within Word (barring perhaps .txt, which strips formatting and is therefore undesirable) still preserves the template, and manually disassociating the template within word is a roughly "ten click" process, so analysts were having trouble coming up with a simple workaround. Solution: Producers will continue to use Word for workflow, as this allows them to access their macros locally. Once the document is finalized, they'll save it into a universally readable, metadata free format that preserves formatting {such as .rtf) through a product that does not support Word macros/templates (wordpad) to remove the enclave hardlinks. This ensures any user anywhere will be able to read their reporting without the format quibbles. Additionally, the Ctrl+A/Ctrl+C/Alt+Tab/Ctrl+V sequence was suggested as a simple "now" workflow solution. Longer term, suggested they write a simple parser to rip the text content from .docs within their working folder and convert it to a better format {rtf/txt/html/xml) programmatically, so the analysts don't have to consciously think about changing the document format. Probably possible via a simple script. Main POC in your office for further information isl______. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 5 DOCID: 4294838 If you have any add1t1onai questions, just let me know. Thanks, Ed Snowden Systems Administrator, Computing Services, Office of Information Sharing NSA/CSS Hawaii - HT322 Secure: 952-4501 (b)(J)-P.L. 86-36 Black:!..._ _ _ _ __. JNSA-FHX4 USA CIV From:~ Sent:nday, August 2 , 2012 9:21 AM To: NCH! HT322 Cc: NCH! Customer Advocate;! !NSA-FHX4 USA CIV Subject: RE: (U) Ticket IM98705 - CRITICAL - NSAW Oversight cannot read/access NSAH files Classification: TOP SECRET//81/1.__ _ _ _ _ _ ___. (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Good morning, Can someone help us out on this situation? (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 '\'-;.:\CSS H:l\\ai1 Soluuons Desk Lead r!-ln.,~ IT Customer Solutions ')' 2-: : I 'I( s uI i 1 "qo .\Slll-1/EI.P" Classification: TOP SECRET/fSl/1...._ _ _ _ _ _ _..., I don't know how to proceed with ticket or who to forward to. Need help From:! Sert· Ecidav To:l !NSA-FHS2I USA CIV AIIOI ljt 24, 2012 8:47 AM JNSA-unknown USA CTR Subject: RE: (U) Ticket IM98705 - CRITICAL - NSAW Oversight cannot read/access NSAH files Classification: TOP SECRET//81/1....-----------1 Thanks for all of your helpl 6 (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 DOCID: 4294838 (U/~ (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Chief, HS212 NSAHr----------i-----' 952-71 From! !NSA-unknown USA CTR Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 8:45 AM Tof NSA-FHS2I USA CIV Subject: RE: (0) Ticket IM98705 - CRITICAL - NSAW Oversight cannot read/access NSAH files (b>(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Classification: TOP SECRET//81/~....._ _ _ _ _ _ __, I will look into this further and update you as soon I get more info. Apologies for the delay. D FromJ !NsA-FHS2I USA av Sent: Friday. Au~ust 24, 2012 8:15 AM To:, _NSA-unknown USA CTR Cc: I2 NSA-FHS2I USA USN Subject: RE: (U) Ticket IM98705 - CRITICAL - NSAW Oversight cannot read/access NSAH files (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Classification: TOP 8ECR ET//SI~,__ _ _ _ _ ___. (b)(1) (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 D Its you again, huh?;-) ~ithout issues here at NSAH. The problem comes up when we We are! send files to NSAW for legal review; NSAW cannot read the files that we send them. Since those files need to be c:1ccessible by Dept of Justice, we have a legal issue here . ..._._....,.....,....,....!was working via phonecon with HX but couldn't get anything to work, so we finally put in a formal ticket, and asked NSAW to do the same. They received information in the attached email, but we can't see if it works until Anne comes in for her shift at 1400. I have to say I'm very disappointed in NSAH - I put in a critical ticket and it has apparently sat around for over a week before it got reviewed ... when I called for a status! Who needs to be contacted about this situation, to make sure it doesn't happen to another customer? (U/~ (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 7 DOCID: 4294838 {b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 !NSA-unknown USA CTR Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 8:05 AM To~ !NSA-FHS21 USA CIV Subject: (U) Ticket IM98705 - CRITICAL - NSAW Oversight cannot read/access NSAH files From:! Classification: UNCLASSIFIED //FOR OFFICIAL USE O~qL'( Just got this ticket in our queue forwarded to us. Does the information listed below satisfy your request? '---....-...---,.,.---,....-....-...-.........,....,.........., - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' ' u s i n g instructions posted on the Mag1cdesk FAQ site. Here is cJn excerpt from an emcJil concerni~J..._ _ _ ____. 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Classified By. ejsnowd Derived Fr 0111. r~SA/CSSM 1-52 Dated. 200701 OB Declassify 011. 20370801 Classification: TOP SEGRET//Sl/~L--------' ~I if De, ivedr:~. IAb3SM 1-52 Dafcd: 20070,08 Declassify On: 20380601 Classification: TOP SE:GR E:T//Sl,iL_ _ _ _ _ ___. (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(1) (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 11 I DOCID: 4294841 jb)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV From: Sent:, To: Cc: Subject: Shea Teresa H NSA-S USA CIV Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:17 AM Rogers Michael S ADM NSA-unknown USA USN; Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV Delong John M NSA-D4 USA CIV; De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV SA-SV USA CIV; Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV NSA-0 USA CIV; Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-0 USA CIV; Stone Corin R USA CIV SA-0 USA CIV; Moultrie Ronald S NSA-S USA CIV; Ensor Leoinel K NSA-Q USA CIV FW: (U) ACTION: Low-side e-mail exchange (b)(1) (b)(3)-P .l. 86-36 Classificatio11. SECRETA.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___, Sir, Rick, As a follow up to our discussion this morning, we are getting ground truth betwer SV, OG C, and Media Leaks on exactly what email was sent from whom to whom. My comments this AM, were based o note below which stated that 1 there was an email from Snowden to SV. Further analysis indicates that the email trail appears to originate with Snowden clicking on a link in his OVSC1800 course which generated an email that went to an OGC D2 alias. The OGC office manager then forwarded the email to SV, who forwarded it back to OGC. Below, please also find the note documenting both the email and the personal engagement from Snowden with SV that documents all contact made with SV. SV will provide email trail in preparation for 1000 this AM. V/R, Teresa Fron11 IM NSA-SV21 USA CIV Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:46 AM !NSA-SV2 USA CIV Cc !NSA-SV21 USA CIV . (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Toi Subject: (U) Information Regarding My Contact w/Leaker in April 2013 Importance: High Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE O~~LY (U/IFOU0~ I had two separate contacts with "the leaker" during the timeframe from 5 -12 April 2013, one instance via email regarding the OVSC1800 course content and the ranking of the associated authority documents and one instance, in person, regarding the OVSC1203 course content. Details of each follow, as well as the individual emails. 1. {U//FOl:IOt OVSC1800 Issue regarding ranking of Authority Documents Used in Course Content (U/fF0UO) Initially 1received an email which was forwarded to me from the OGC Office Manager on 5 April 2013. The email was sent to the OGC D2 alias and then forwarded to the SV training team via our training alias the same day. The individual was questioning the hierarchy of the authoritative documents, ranked by precedence, which are part ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016, FOIA Case# 7813~ · og~~SC:180~c?u~e1§t1nf"Although I felt comfortable answering his question, I thought it was more appropriate for OGC to respond since the authority documents involve legalities and the individual wanted them ranked in precedence order. I spoke with! ! sv TD, who indicated that two of the OGC attorneys had recently provided the hierarchy of the authorities during the OVSC1800 course development meetings. I forwarded the email directly to the two OGC attorneys to obtain their comments and assistance on 8 April 2013J !responded directly to the individual, also on 8 April and cc'd my supervisor! !who provided the response to me, also on 8 April. The response closed any further action for SV Training. 2. (U/rFSUO) OVSC1203 Issue Regarding Course content and trick questions (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (U//FOblQ) The individual appeared at the side of my desk in the SV training area during the timeframe between 5 -12 April 2013, shortly after lunch time. He did not introduce himself and instead asked if he could talk to someone about the OVSC1203 course. I indicated that he could talk to me. He seemed upset and proceeded to say that he had tried to take OVSC1203 and that he had failed. He then commented that he felt we had trick questions throughout the course content that made him fail. SV Training has standard (canned) responses we use to respond to questions like this. I introduced myself and provided the information to him. My comments were standard and part of our "canned" responses, and informed him that the OVSC courses did not contain any trick questions and that all of the answers to the test questions could be located within the course content (our standard response when someone states they have failed any of our courses). Also, as part of our standard response with this type of question, we remind the student that the course is open book and not timed, also part of our routine canned response. I also reminded him that students receive multiple attempts to successfully pass the course and if they are not successful after multiple attempts, he would need to contact us for further assistance. He seemed to have calmed down by then and said he still thought the questions tricked the students but he would try again. Apparently he didn't realize he had multiple attempts. He departed the SV training area and did not address the issue with SV training again. When the issue regarding his actions came up, and I realized I had contact with him, I immediately tried to pull his training record but it had already been pulled from the system. Consequently, I reported the contact to my management and considered the issue closed. ( U/-,LF81:JO}I SID Oversight I &Compliance Access Oversight Training and Strategic Guidance Team Alias: DL SV_Training Phone: 963-0249s Ops 1 Room 3W145 Suite 6476 {U//F81:J8) (b)(3)-P .l. 86-36 From:! !NSA-SV USA CIV Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 10:06 AM To~ !NSA-5 USA CIV Cc: DL sid_dir_exec (ALIAS) S; DL SV_Exec (ALIAS) SV Subject: RE: (U) ACTION: Low-side e-mail exchange Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/lFOR OFFICIAL USE Of'4L'v' Snowden sent the email in question to the SV training team as a student in one of our OVSC courses (I believe OVSC 1800). We forwarded it to OGC, and! tnow retired) provided the answer. The question he asked was very straightforward and had to do with the precedence of our legal authorities, as in, what's the hierarchical order. The email did not say he had concerns, and no one thought there was an implication he had concerns. It appeared to be simply a student seeking clarification. 2 .DOCID: 4294841 Snowden had another interaction with the same SV woman, this one in person when he was here TDY. He stopped by her desk to complain about OVSC 1203 - the FAA 702 course. He said the test was too hard and had trick questions. He said he had failed it multiple times {I'd have to check with ADET on that). He did pass the course at some point. Please let me know if you need anything else. Tks. .... (b)(3)-PL 86-36 'u.<,F'm rn I Chief, SID Oversight I and Compliance (SV) Room 3W160, Suite 6476 24__7.....9_ _ _.... Secure: 966-... Unclassified:!.__ _ _ __. From~ ~SA-S USA CIV Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 9:10 AM To~ tJSA-SV USA CIV DL sid_dir_exec (ALIAS) S; DL SV_Exec (ALIAS) SV Subject: (U) ACTION: low-side e-mail exchange Importance: High Cc: Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDHFOR OFFICIAL USE O~JLY Can you provide any insight/comments to Ms. Shea on the low-side e-mail exchange asking for comments on the NBC interview? You were CC'd w/Raj stepping in asking that no one else comment on the low-side {or add additional folks to the e-mail exchange). Thanks. Regards, (b)(3)-PL 86-36 I (U//FOUO) Executive Assistant to the Director, Signals Intelligence Directorate Ops 1, 2W102 NSTS: 963-3333, CMCL: ... I_____. Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDHFOR OFFICIAL USE O~~LY Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDh'FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE Ot\"JLY Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFIGI/\L uge ONbY Delived 3 r,0111. t~SA/CSSM 1 52 Datee: 2gg7g1 Q8 ,DOCID: 4294841 ,---------------~ Deel8ssify 011. 20390601 Classification;.S~GRETi...._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____. (b)(1) (b)(J)-P.L. 86-36 4 DOCID: 4294887 "'(b)(J)-PL 86-36 From: To: ic..A"[Jl:i USr\ (IV; "----....I=,-"'-"~~~ 1._----~..t=JS'-::A""·C'-":'=SA~'-':'"J; 1 -1 ~-JCA,l l SP, CV ,-----,~~~~--';::'";--"::';'-1.....,...,...-,---....J-;1-';-JS~A:':·1':'4?"';3~1' .":';'-'C"";"-l'J; DL ODOC Me.;Jii,leaks i A:. !1\S, )~ 1 Cc: NSA-E9 ,JS,A C~V; DL :ried·~'.eaks cori:: r A.UAs;j__Q; DL ssct .L\UAS; SO RE: (U) SECONDS?! -- FW: (U) Your question on Snowden and Authorities Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:52:38 PM 1 Subject: Date: Classification: TOP SECRET//81//~JOFO~~J Oa11, (TS//Sl//~dF) Bringing this up an echelon, into the space of the potential This is the crux of the matter for a very strong way for which we can 'push back,' 'return fire,' whatever words we wish to consider, The contentions by the fugitive that he had umbrage with programs are not apparent, in any fashion, in these communications, These types of questions about OVSC 1203, which is standard training for any junior analyst or someone new to working SIGINT in NTOC, absolutely fly in the face of his contentions of being 'senior1 anything, by job position, or working NSA, etc. Complaints about fairness/trick questions are something that I saw junior analysts in (b)(1) NTOC {and I had about 8 of them on my team in 20 months) would pose - these were all his (b)(J)-50 USC 3024(i) (b)(J)-P.L. 86-36 age and positional peers: young enlisted Troop:., interns, and new hires, Nobody that has taken this test several times, or worked on things! Vor more than a couple of years, would make such complaints, It is not a gentleman's course; *I* failed it once, the first time I had to renew, but not on subsequent renewals, and I've only been here since 2011, I would expect folks who are on keyboard working SIGINT for some years can probably take this test without exhaustive , Taking OVSC 1203/1800 a month before his departure is not commensurate with being 'senior' in anything, More of the 'ink still drying' type of point in a career, regarding certifications to access FAA, Look at the signature block. System administrator, That is not a lowly or ignoble position, but it is not in line with the persona that he has painted as a 'senior' player. (U/'fFOUQ.l-1 think we {NSA) have a very interesting decision to potentially weigh in on - though the decision is probably that of DOJ. At what point do we stop focusing on muddying the waters of a *potential* prosecution, and start looking at how we can have an exceptionally strong retort -- that has a half-life and help restore our brand/help with hiring, at the expense of tainting the potential? Emotionally, we want justice. Empirically, I challenge whether *if* there is a trial, and *if* there is a conviction, that the net gain exceeds what we could do with this - the substantiation that his allegations are false, as is are his claims of his role here - in developing potentially powerful external communications to our net benefit Something I've been impr-essed by is thQenor, on all of this - dispatches to the workforce that our heads are high, we're marching on, we will continue to aggressively develop, ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4294887 /{b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (U) Thanks if you're still with me in this thought exercise. Cheers -D !Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (Uh/FOUOj Chief, SID Strategic Communications Team for Media Leaks - please send items requiring timely sscr attention to 'di ssct' so the entire team has SA National Security Agency, OPS 1, Room 1E024 suite 6209_ _ _ _ __ ______________ NSTS: 963-6775 (group), 966-5491 (desk), Commercial:! ___. NSA Journal .._ !(desk) link to my dropbox SA-S3M2 USA CIV ~=~-rr.::':":"""'l'r'l"",..._,014 3:05 PM To._.._ _ ___,,........ SA-S3M2 USA ,...c__ rv.....;!_________N....__,SA-D4 USA CIV;L !NSA-D14 USA CIV; NSA-D23 USA CIV~ !NSA-Q USA CIV;! rsA-D USA CIV -----Cc:! !NSA-D USA CIV;l !NSA-D USA CIV; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D4~ ~SA-E92 USA CIV; DL medialeaks_core (ALIAS) D; DL ssct (ALIAS) Sl Subject: (U) SECONDS?! -- FW: (U) Your question on Snowden and Authorities Importance: High Classification: TOP SE:GRE:Ti'/81//NOFOR~~ (b)(3)-P .L 86-36 All, ODOC reminded us of some other "interactions" with Snowden that may need to be considered for this action (thank you! !) . .__________.! dug this one out of the SSCT files for us ... it displays 2-3 additional contacts with the SV contingent that we need to consider ... but they do not appear to have any "alarm" or ;,concern" for illegal pr questionable activities on the part NSA. They are: n An email exchange circa APR 2013 when Snowden was with FHV, with NSAW SV j ! D regarding the legal hierarchy question from the OVSC1800 course that was !I bv! Provides more eventually referred to the OGC.and answered background on the "one·· contact we accounted for in our work today J n A personal exchange circa APR 2013 with SV t ! when Snowden appeared at her desk with concerns about "trick questions" in the test for OVSC1203 being the reason why he failed the test.! !explained there are no trick questions, and that directly-related answers can be found verbatim in the course material. She also explained that he can retake the test...which appeared to calm his concerns. n Email exchange circa 2012 while Snowden was a SysAdmin with Dell. He helped NSAH DOCID: 4294887 personnel regarding sysadmin support and access to particular files related to a "FISt\ document template" process. Later, SV j j contacted Snowden because she had a similar problem and needed assistance, which he provided long-distance by email. ML TF does not see these as items that show his "concerns" .. but they do show interaction with the Compliance elements fo NSA., albeit administrative in natur·e. Does any of the above change your input to our action today? . (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Rgds, D I I Media Leaks Task Force OPS 28. 288090 969-5009 (S) ...___ _ _........l(u) From: I rsA-S1N2 USA CIV Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 :29 PM To:! J',JSA-S3M2 USA CIV Cc: DL ssct (ALIAS) 51; DL medialeaks_core (ALIAS) D Subject: (U) Your question on Snowden and Authorities Classification: TOP SECRET/181//~qOfOR~q D ''(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 I believe that what you are looking for is MLTF 1549. I suspect that you all may have additional information filed for this, but perhaps this is a start. (U/IFOUo+._!_ _ _ _ _ _...., S 1N2 Technical Director ! Detailed to SID Media Leaks OPS 1 1E024 966-5878s From:I !NSA-50 USA CIV Sent: Fnday, April ii, 2014 4:46 PM To: Shea Teresa H NSA-5 USA CIV;~=~:::::::::......._.,-S USA CIV;! USA; NSA-5 USA CIV; NSA-502 USA CIV; 501 USA CIV; NSA-S Cc: DL s_exec (ALIAS) S; IV; ssct (ALIAS) 51 Subject: (U) Vanity Fair Article With Fugitive - May Cause Additional Work Classification: TOP SECRET//61//~JOFOR~J 6SA 05:MG _ NSA-r USA !NSA- SA-502 USA CIV; DL DOCID: 4294887 (U) Hello All, the much anticipated Vanity Fair article with the fugitive is out, please see attached. The article could cause additional work for us. (U/ff0U9+ Probably the most concerning issue in the article is the fugitives assertion that he raised complaints with NSA lawyers and oversight and compliance personnel. "At Kunia, Snowden would later claim in a statement to the European officials of his concerns about overreaching government surveillance, "none of whom took any action to address them," he wrote. "Everyone in the intelligence community is aware of what happens to people who report concerns about unlawful but authorized operations." But, according to Rick Ledgett, the N.S.A. 's deputy director who would lead the internal investigation of Snowden 's leaks, Snowden made no formal complaints. And if he complained personally to anyone. Ledgett says, they have not acknowledged it. The N.S.A. at this point not only knows I raised complaints, but that there is evidence that I made my concerns know to the N.S.A. 's lawyers, because I did some of it through e-mail. I directly challenge N.S.A. to deny that I contact N.S.A. oversight and compliance bodies directly via e-mail and that I specifically expressed concerns about their suspect interpretation of the law, and I welcome members of Congress to request a written answer to this question [from the N. S.A.]." (TSHSIHPff) The MLTF has already asked the IG, OGC, and ODOC, to search their official email, webbased contacts, and correspondence for any evidence that the fugitive contacted their office for any reason. If any evidence was found, they were requested to provide a short recap of the exchange. Two folks from SV responded that they had contact with the fugitives, see attached. One of their responses was classified TS//SI/! ~nd th MLTF task was C//NF, whichis why this paragraph is TS//SI//NF. (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 (U//FOUO) Regards ! _________. Mr .... D/Chief, SID Strategic Communications Team for Media Leaks · please send items requiring timely SSCT attention to 'DL ssct 'so the entire team has SA Nationill Security 1\gency, OPS L Roorn 1E074, Suire 6209 NSTS. 963-6775 %6 5853 ( Commercial ... , ------. Link To My DroQ Box (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 Clas5ified By:,!,-,!,...,.......,.....,,,..,,....-.....1 Derived FroA'i: ~JSA/CSSM 1 52 Dated. 20070108 Declassify 011. 20390401 Classification: TOP SECRET//Sl//~110FOR~U f SNOWDEN: when you look at the actions that i have taken, when you look at the carefulness of the program ares that have been disclosed, when you look at the way this has been filtered through the most trusted journalistic institutions in america, the way the government has had a chance to chime in on this and to make their case, and when you look at the changes that it's resulted in, we have had the first open federal court to ever review these programs declare it likely unconstitutional and orwellian and you see congress agreeing that massive surveillance, bulk collection needs to end. with all of these things happening thatheovernment agrees all the way up to the president, again, make us stronger how can it be said that i did not serve my government? how can it be said that this harmed the country when all three branches of government have made reforms as a result? WILLIAMS: many in government say snowden should say for what he's done whether or not he comes home. what do you miss about home? SNOWDEN: i think the only -- the only answer to something like that for somebody in my situation is, you know, what don't i miss? what would you miss? what wouldn't you miss? i miss my family. i miss my home. i miss my colleagues. i miss the work. because caught up in all these issues, people have unfairly demonized the nsa to a point that's too extreme. these are good people trying to do hard work for good reasons. the problem that we are confronted with, the challenge that we are facing is not the working level guy, some mustache-twirling villain out to destroy your life. it's the fact that senior officials are investing themselves with powers that they are not entitled to, and they are doing it without asking the public for any kind of consent. WILLIAMS: is what i heard you feeling bad for the damage to the nsa as a result of what you have exposed from the nsa? SNOWDEN: well, what you need to understand in what i was saying -- i guess not what you need to understand, but what i'm saying is not damage to the nsa. it's the sort of conspiratorial that can emerge when there are abuses that le tnk they can do no good and the government has legitimate programs and purposes and they can do great things. the nsa can as well. i think it's important to remember that people don't set their lives on fire. they don't say good-bye to their families, actually pack up without saying good-bye to their families. they don't walk away from their extraordinary comfortable lives. i made a lot of money for a guy with no high school diploma. and burn down everything they love for no reason. WILLIAMS: so you're a kid from north carolina and while i, after this interview, am free to fly back to the united states, you can't. does that hurt you? SNOWDEN: i think no american could be prohibited from coming home or traveling anywhere else without feeling a sense of loss. but, again, i may have lost my ability to travel, but i have gained the ability to go to sleep at night, put my head on the pillow and feel comfortable that i have done the right thing even when it was the hard thing. i'm comfortable with that WILLIAMS: a good number of americans, of course, feel that because of what they see as an act of treason, they sleep less soundly at night fearing this massive leak of secrets has endangered the country. there is more on the way. glenn greenwald says the next story he is going to public based on the snowden documents may be the biggest yet in terms of impact. that is our broadcast for tonight. we're going to keep going in the studio to ask the question, in part to take on the same question is snowden a hero or a traitor? we have assembled correspondents and former government officials. END OF TRANSCRIPT 10 DOCID: 4294819 INSA-DJ4 USA CIV ,___ _ _ _....,!NSA-D2 USA CIV Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:13 PM !NSA-DS09 usA c1v;j !NsA-D2 usA crv;j !NSA-D2 USA CIV -~_:--_-_-_.... __ \. "i====t----,NSA-D2 USA CIV; SA D23 USA CIV:I NSA-D2 USA CIV NSA-D28 USA CIV .__ _ __. From: Sent: To: Cc: FW: (U/r'FOl:JGl (U) Recent Media Disclosures Untitled Subject: Attachments: ·,. Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDHFOUO (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 All, ,___ _.! prompted me to perform my own search. We found this ourselves and alerted Q. NOT MLTFj Deputy General Counsel Litigation and Management NSA Office of General Counsel _ _ _ _ _ _ __. 963-5548 (secure) !(unclassified) ! ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT//ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OGC approval F~~~iioioal Messaoe-----!NSA-D21 USA c1v Sent: Tuesda;. June 11, 2013 1:28 PM To:' :SA-D21 USA CIV cc· NsA-D28 USA c1v;_!_ _ _ _ _.....NSA-D2 USA c1v Su Ject: RE:Oh'F Ddt (U) Recent Media Disclosures (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Classification: cmJi;IQDHIAUi.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___. Yes, I called Special Agent! !yesterday and couldn't get through to him, so I followed up in e-mail (at the suggestion of!.__ _ _ _ _...Fho answered the phone and suggested that I send an e-mail to him and cc her). I I Office of General Counsel/D21 !commercial 963-3121 NSTSA OPS 28, 288134, Suite 6250 -----Ori qi nal Message----!NSA-D21 USA CIV From: Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:14 PM To:[ !t-JSA-D21 USA CIV . - - - - - - Cc:i jNSA-D28 USA c1vj !NSA-D2 USA CIV Subject: FW: (Ut7rOUe+ (U) Recent Media Disclosures .!" (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 ! Please make sure Q (see below) is aware of the question you received from Snowden. 1 @\pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case # 7813~ DOCID: 4294819 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Associate General Counsel (Intelligence Law) 963-3121 (NSTS) I I --WARNING NOTICE: This communication contains information that may be subject to the ATTORNEY-CLIENT and ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT privileges that is exempt from public disclosure without the express permission of NSA/OGC.-- -----Original Message----From: Automated Mass Mailer [mailto:agencyall@nsa.ic.gov] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 11:30 AM To: Agency All 2.0 (alias) Subject: (U/fFOUO) (U) Recent Media Disclosures (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Classification: CONFIDENTIAl.,t..__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __. (OHREL) As you are undoubtedly aware, there have been numerous recent disclosures and allegations in the press about NSA's intelligence activities. Although Edward Snowden, a current NSA contractor and former CIA affiliate, has come forward as the source of the media leaks, the investigation by appropriate law enforcement and counterintelligence authorities continues. (OHREL) The Associate Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence (ADS&CI). at the request of the FBI, is providing support to this ongoing investigation in close coordination with the NSA Office of General Counsel. Any NSA/CSS affiliate or detailee who has information pertaining to this case and/or had contact with Edward Snowden is requested to contact Special Agent! Chief, Q312. Compromise Investigations Branch, 968-6772 or! I ! (U//r€H:fe-) The ADS&CI would like to remind all NSA/CSS affiliates to refrain from making comments about this case unless cleared to do so by the ADS&CI in support of the official government investigation. NSA/CSS affiliates who have security concerns about this case are also encouraged to contact your staff/project/field security officer ("go SSO"). (U//FOUO) As this case will continue to receive media attention, NSA/CSS affiliates are reminded of their responsibility to refer inquiries from the press or others outside of NSA/CSS to the NSA Public Affairs Office (PAO). PAO can be reached on 963-5825 or 301-688-6524, via unclassified e-mail at nsapao@nsa.gov, or at DL PAO. (U/+FOUO) Release Authority: Cor orate Communications. Messaging and Public Affairs, DN1 (UllFOUO) POC for Message: L..----r------~nsa.ic.gov) (U//FOUO) Content Approval for Message: (U/il"OUO) Distro: Entire NSA Workforce - - - - - - BERl\tED FROl'lil. Pd9A1000~ 1 52 i;;ll\Ti!D: 8 clel'!tla,y 2M7 ~~CLA~~IFY OPd. 29329198 Classification: OOP4FIDDJT1Ab1..__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __. Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDI/FOUO 2 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 DOCID: 4294820 hsA-DJ4 USA CIV ,___ _ _ _....NSA-DS09 USA CIV Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:53 AM NSA-D23 USA CIV FW: (UJ ACTION: Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns From: Sent: To: Subject: ____. .I High Importance: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED //FOR OFFICIAL USE O~JLY 0-wanted you to be aware of this sincOhas been made lead of this Media Leaks action ... I I Office Manager to the Deputy General Counsels Office of General Counsel (D2) 963-5548. OPS2B 2B8140. Suite 6250 I I '(b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (U/iFOUO) My Dropbox Froin:1 !NSA-S3M2 USA CIV Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:39 AM To:! ~SA-Q USA CIV; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) 04;._!_ _ _ ___ NSA-T USA av Cc: DL OGC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D23;! t,JsA-D23 USA CIV; DL ssct (ALIAS) 51; DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DNl; DL Q_REGISTRY; lNSA-Q31 USA CIV Subject: RE: (U) ACTION: Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns Importance: High l Classification: UNCLASSIFIED /!FOR OFFICIAL USE OMLY Thanks, Dfor the reminder! · To ALL, I forgot to include a suspense. We need your POC right away so that we can talk/horse trade/and write against these questions today. Jay Carney (White House spokesman) is going in front of the press at 1230 today ... he will get the standard fair that we have used over the past few months ... we can't possibly pilss anything useful to him by that time. That said ... there are still discussions with DOJ about possibly releasing the one email we hJve between Snowden and the OGC.and the potentiJI for other press conference later today ... so we need to move fast. ADM Rogers has scheduled a update on the NBC interview in his office tomorrow at 0900. Our info will be used there as well. ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 1 FOIA Case# 7813a DOCID: 4294820 '.)O .. we need to have our input written and ready by 1400 today. Thanks I Rgds, I .(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 IMedia Leaks Task I Force I OPS 28. 288090 9695009 (s) l(u) Th:d~ NSA-Q USA av Se:: M~ 29, 2014 11 :29 AM To:! NSA-53M2 USA CIV Sut>1ect:E: ~) A~ioN: Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns From:! D- suspense? .-J [)Sr:\ ( '/ C"Jud 11/ Stu fl A-U,a:S U::> Subject: FW: (U) PLEASE REVIEW: Revised Article for NSA Workforce Classification: UNCLASSIFIED //FOR OFFICIAL USE O~~LY From: Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 1:04 PM To: DL OGC_MediaLeaks (ALIAS) D23 .--------, Cc: DL medialeaks_core (ALIAS) D; DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DNl;! jNSA-D USA CIV; rl,JSA-Fl Y USA CIV ------Subject: (U) PLEASE REVIEW: Revised Article for NSA Workforce (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 !..______. (b)(5) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED //FOR OFFICIAL USE O~~LY OGC, plec1se review this draft article which is in response to several questions that have been submitted by the NSA workforce to the Media Leaks Internal Communications web site since the NBC interview aired on Wednesday night. We would greatly appreciate a response by 1500. if possible so it can be shared with the workforce as soon as possible (U) On 29 May 2014, NSA Public Affairs released the below statement to the press: BEGIN STATEMENT NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the Office of the General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The email did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The email will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searches for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. END STATEMENT (U//FOUO) We understand the frustration many must feel. Please understand we are making every effort to ensure that NSA continues to be transparent with the public while protecting sources and methods and the integrity of the investigation. 2 DOCID: 4294822 (U) Piease remember that if you are approached by the press regarding any of these allegations; please refer them to the NSA Public Affairs Office, 301-688-6524 or nsapao@nsa.gov. Thanks much, (b)(3)-P .l. 86-36 {U .FOUOi Arlene Arlene U Grimes Chief NSA MecJia Leaks Public Affa;rs Office 2B5053 Personal 969- 7505s i L . r - - - - - - , PAO Office 969- 7499s IL-r--------. After hours media queries My dropbox (for large files): Classification: UNCLASSIFIED //FOR OFFICIAL USE OMLY Classification: UNCLASSIFIED hTOR OFFICIAL USE OMLY Classification: UNCLASSIFIED //FOR OFFICIAL USE O~~LY Classification: UNCLASSIFIE DI/FOR OFFIClf-;L USE QftjLY Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//~OUO Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/~ Classification: UNCLASSIFIED //FOR OFF'IGIAL USE.: O~JLY 3 ··DOCID: 4294896 Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV .___ _ ___.!NSA-SV USA CIV Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:22 AM I NSA-SV USA CIV; Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA 41v; Ensor Leoine! K NSA-Q USA CIV; Delong John M NSA-D4 USA CIV; Delong John NSA-04 USA CIV; ! !NSA-D USA CIV; Shea Teresa H NSA-S USA CIV; Moultrie Ronald S NSA-S USA CIV DL s_exec (ALIAS) !NSA-SV USA CIV FW: (U) SV Email contact with Edward Snowden From: Sent: I To: s;! Cc: Subject: Signed By: I Importance: I High (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 Classification: TOP SECRETHS1h'NOFORN And here's the final email trail, this one related to the third bullet in my initial email where we had an exchange with him in his official capacity as a system administrator. v/r, (U//FOUO) Chief, SID Oversight and Compliance (SV) Room 3W160, Suite 6476 Secure: 966-,_24 .....7__9_ _ _...., Unclassified:!.___ _ ____. To (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 !NSA-SV USA CIV 2013 12:51 PM NSA-Q312 USA CIV SA-SV3 USA crvj Cc: !NSA-SV USA CIV Sul>Je mail contact with Edward Snowden Importance: High Classification: TOP SEGRETi4Sll!t>~Ol=OR~J ~ e l o w is an email exchange between SV and Edward Snowden. If we find others, we'll forward them to youO L__Jis the SV lead for this situation. Thanks, (UltfOl:H,l) IChief, SID Oversight I and Compliance (SV) Room 3W160, Suite 6476 Secure: 966-2479 Unclassified: ,...1------, ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813a (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 .. (b){3>-P.L. 86-36 .D9,~1° : 4,2.Q~~~SV4 USA CIV Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 12:06 PM To~ I I I ~NSA-SV USA CIV! ~SA-SV USA CIV;_NSA-SV3 USA CIV;1.._ _ _ __, NSA-SV42 USA CI~ !NSA-SV4 USA CIV Subject: (U) I had email contact with him Importance: High [Text below is duplicated in OOCIO 4294838} 4294896 JOCID: 4294896 -EUCID: -DOCID: 4294896 4294896 $234690 (mm?1' "29111896 'amw"m?g? =mobxn: 4294896 DOCID: 4294900 ,___ _ _ __.!NsA-Q31 usA CIV From: Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:43 AM NSA-Q311 USA CIV RE: (U) REPLY: (U) FOLLOW-UP: (U) UPDATE: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Sent: To: Subject: ! (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Classification: CO~~ FIDE ~~TIAL//~~ 0 FOR~~ We have his TS NSANet email and his UNCLASSIFIED NSA.gov email. I There was also no mention of any emails or phone calls to/from Snowden when we spoke to IG, SV, and OGC outside of what we have already reported. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(7)(A) (b)(7)(E) ,~ f 1(1" From:I Sent: : • "·': f' ,- .. ,, rsA-D USA av Thursday, Apnl IO, 2014 10: 11 AM !NSA-Q31 USA av Subject: (U) REPLY: (U) FOLLOW-UP: (U) UPDATE: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article To:! Classification: COr~FIDENTIAL//NOFOR~~ @\pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4294900 Th;rnks. I'll visit you when they put you in prison for tJlking to DoJ. Do we think we had a c!ean capture of all of his work e-mail related high-side e-mail-to include any engagement with his Rooz chain? Sorry, just trying to educate myself "(b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 ~---,--,,,..--,,--.. .I Media leaks Task Force National Security Agency1Central Security Service OPS 28 268090 I JINICS UNCL ....._ _ _ _ ____. NSTS 969-5011 I ______, BLACK .... JNSA-Q31 USA av From~ Sent: Thursday. April 1 , 2014 8:39 AM INsA-D USA To~ av Subject: RE: (U) REPLY: (U) FOLLOW-UP: (U) UPDATE: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Importance: High Classification: COMFIIJEMTIAL//MOFOR~~ Spoke with! ~t home. She said no telephonic contact after the email. Also confirmed that Snowden did not reply to her response which matches with what we see in the email. Our review of his email did not turn up any additional emails that match the description in the article. truly believe we have the right one. I have asked DoJ to call me so we can discuss the release issue. I have heard thatr---lis not happy that I am talking to Do), but I am not too concerned with that right now. I will just a d ~ 1 e list. om D1 (~ I ! on '(b)(J)-P.l. 86-36 ._______.l urcl , r-· :- · i: , !NSA-D USA From~ av Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 7:46 AM !NSA-Q31 USA To~ av Subject: (U) REPLY: (U) FOLLOW-UP: (U) UPDATE: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Classification: CONFIDE~tJTIAL//~tJOFOR~tJ Thanks so rnuchJ.__ __. ....____r Media Leaks Task Force 2 DOCID: 4294900 s~'. . ull\y i"4oi1t.)IJ-:--1l .:...yt'!)1..,y·Ct:1{~!dl 3!;;'1..,1,,.111:y .S&rv1ce OPS 28 288090 J\/'IICS UNCL '-·- , , . . , - - - - - - ' NSTS 969-5011 I (b)(3)·P.l. 86-36 I---- Bt.ACI< ... Fromj Sent: INSA-Q31 USA CIV Thursday. April 10, 2014 7:26 AM To:! !NSA-0 USA CIV Subject: RE: (U) FOLLOW-UP: (U) UPDATE: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Importance: High Classification: COf~FID[~qflAL//~~OFOR~J When this issue came up prior (Gellman article) we spoke toOand she didn't recall any additional interaction. I will call her first thing this morning to triple check this and get back to you. (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 Cluef en 1 u I nvesli '/ ,t:;., From:! ~SA-D USA av Sent: Thursda~ ~ii 10, 2014 6:24 AM To:! NSA-Q31 USA av SutiJect: ~-UP: (U) UPDATE: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article (O);ll Classification: GONFIDE~JTIALH~dOFOR~d (U//FOUO) Thanks again for responding to my questions last night, based on rny queue this morning it doesn't look like providing them stimulated any action ... sigh ... where's the fire in the belly for doing the right thing! (Uh'FOUO) One last question that woke me up last night, do you know lwho received the April email from Snowden was specifically asked if she received any further correspondence? I ask only because there probably isn't anyone checking her e-mail queue since she is now retired. I'm just trying to be as sure as possible we've asked the right people and checked the right places for any potential surprises i1 Thanks, -1--.. . (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 Media Leaks Task Force National Security AgenciCentral Security Service OPS 2B 288090 JWICS ... I _______. 3 DO.~ 1iD : 42.94 9 0 0 ,,,,.(b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 Vl"IL-1- NSTS 969-5011 BLACK ... I _____, Classification: UNCLASSIFIED /fFOR OFFICIAL ugc: OMLY (b)(6) (U/trouo+- Here 1. 2. 3. 4. l is where we stand as best I can determine as of the time of this e-mail: DoJ clearance to make use of the April 2013 e-mail exchange between Snowden and OGC (Pending withD ~USA an~ ~SAVAE at DoJ HQ) Due diligence checks for cJny Snowden e-mails about authorities that may have been missed: a. ODOC - Pending, gone for the day b. SV - Waiting to see what they found, believe it's the exchange we already have c. IG - Pending, gone for the day d. OGC - Pending LAO CN - on hold pending approval of #1 above cJnd "all clear" on #2 Engagement with Vanity Fair editors to dispute claim by Snowden that he reported concerns (on hold pending approval of #1 above and "all clear" on #2) Given that we don't have some of the information we need to trigger action and some elements we're waiting to hear from are gone for the day this will need to be resumed in earnest tomorrow. Main effort in my view is to conduct a timely determination of our ability and confidence to challenge the assertion that Snowden reported his concerns. D ;i"fb)(3)-P.l. 86-36 I I Media leaks iask Force National Security AgencyrCentral Security Service OPS 28 268090 JWICSl ,---------, UNCL NSTSBU BLACK ... I_____. Sr\i 1 4 qoa.D~~tA~~g CIV (b)(3)-P .l. 86-36 Subject: (U) REPLY: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Classification: CONF1DE~~TIALH~~OFOR~4 MAY CONTAIN ATIORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGED INFORMATION TO: LAO, OGC, Q ___________________ (U//FOUO) After some thought and counsel t think we need greater certainty about whether or not there is/was Jdditional correspondence before we stake the reputation of the Agency on a counter narrative. I am going to trigger an ...._ action for the a ro riate or anizations to do an e-mail search to affirm that there is no further correspondence that could substantiate .....,,.Sn_o_w.....,.e-n"T'""s-c,-a..,..1m-...,..I.,.,t-,i-n.-,_w_e_n_e_e__,....,t,....o_.co mp Ie te that before we move forward. ____. Regards, I . /'~)(3)-P.L. 86-36 .________. . .I Media Leaks Task Force National Security Agency-'Central Security Service OPS28~2_B8_0_90_ _ _ _ _ _...., JWICS UNCL NSTS BLACK I . ~95'""9"""_5,. .,.0-11_ _ _ ___. ._l_ _ _ __ _ , Classification: CO~ff1DE~~TIAL//M0f=ORI\J (b)(J) OGA TO: LAO, OGC, Q OONI (U//FOUO) Lots have folks have jumped in to offer to help or have started action to move forward on the option to release a fact to counter the anticipated challenge in the Vanity Fair article that Snowden tried to communicate his concerns while he was still an employee. This kind of responsiveness, and especially more proactive actions to undermine future and recurring false narratives, is the direction in which we want to take the work of the MLTF. That work wiil by necessity require a closer, quicker more structure engagement with your organizations and others. We need to be synchronized as to actions, timing and message. I ! (U/fFOUO) In talking to at ODNI PAO who has deep experience in these matters he suggests that if we are prepared and cleared to release the information which refutes Snowden's claim, we should seriously consider contacting Vanity Fair BEFORE they publish and let them know that we plan to immediately and publicly challenge that assertion 5 DOCID: 4294900 ANU make clear that we warned vanity Fair that the facts are wrong. I believe we need to give this approach serious consideration. '°tb)(J)-P.L. 86-36 I .........,lvi""eci"""1a"""L"""ea"""'k"""s""'Ia"""sK,....J-..,,.or,,,,.,!c e National Secunty Agency:Central Security Service OPS2B.,..2__ B8_09_0______--. JWICS UNCL NSTS I I969-5011 ___.... ._ ____________, BLACK ... From: Rogers Michael S NSA-D USA USN Sent: Wednesday. April 09, 2014 12:57 PM I To: NSA-D USA av; Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA av; Fleisch Frances J NSA-D USA av: De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV; JNSA-D2 USA CIV; Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV;l !NSA-DL USAaV Cc: !NSA-Q3 USA av; Ensor Leoinel K NSA-Q USA OV; USA OV; SA-Q3 USA av; DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D· DL PAOMedia (ALI NSA-D USA CIV; L r - - - - - - - . . J SA-D2 USA av· NSA-021 USA av; SA-Q31 USA a,...v..... ; --. r--1n,."l!""'l"i\'..,J;NSA-Q3t usA av· sA-02 usA av· NSA-D usA c1v;j SA crv; SA-D usA av; av; L,.,,.PT""">_..,...,....i.;..;.;:.;..;...;;_=...,::SAau man Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV; SA-DL USA CIV Subject: RE: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Importance: High ""'(.... Te-xt--.-be .....l_o_w_d....u-p...li-ca_t_e....,d...,.i-n""'"0,..,0,,...c.,,....,...,,1D......... 4..,,..29 .....4.. ,. .8, ..... ,3 3,....J ! I I I I I J%A-o DOCIB: '42 9??00 DOCID: 4294900 1300113: 42 94 900 DOCID: 4294900 DOCID: 4294902 NSA-DJ09 USA CTR From: Sent: To: I Cc: Subject: ~pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016, '=OIA Case# 78137 Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV Thursday, April lOj 2014 11:38 AM _NSA-D usA crv DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DNl RE: (U) FOLLOW UP RE: (U) REPLY: (U) PAO REPLY: (U) UPDATE: (U) FORWARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Classification: COfQFIDENTIAL/ffQQFORftj Many thanks for the assistance, D (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Vanity Fair reports Mr. Snowden saying that he expressed his concerns in emails to NSA's attorneys and compliance and oversight authorities Despite extensive searches. supported by investigative interviews. NSA has not yet found anything that substantiates this claim. {UNFOUO) Arlene Arlene U Grimes NSA Public Affairs Office Lead 285053 Personal 969- 7505s 1[ PAO Office 969-7499sl Blackberry/external ema'ifl After--hours rneclia queries·_n_s-ap_a_o~"""c:il-ns_a_g_o_v- I ! _________________ My dropbox (for large files ...._ From:! ...... INSA-0 USA CIV Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 11:34 AM To: Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV Subject: RE: (U) FOLLOW UP RE: (U) REPLY: (U) PAO REPLY: (U) UPDATE: (U) FORWARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP: (U) FYSA: Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Classification: CO~.J That's a relief, we're still good, the only emails are the one we knew about. The in person contact is news to me, but again, not an actual complaint about the law or authorities (just that we use trick questions in our tests). 5/ Al jcFE, CISSP Q311 Counterintelligence Investigations >"'(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Assigned to Q3 ~ - - - - FANX 2, Room A2A048, Suite 6832 Office: 968-3373(s)~ Jb) l From:! NSA-D23 USA CIV Sent: Thursday. May 29, 2014 3:07 PM To:! INSA-Q311 USA CIV Subject: FW: (U) SECONDS?! -- FW: (U) Your question on Snowden and Authorities Importance: High Classification: TOP SECRET/fSINt~OFORN As we discussed From:l Sent: Th r ...:rq: ~SA-53M2 USA CIV Ma 29, 2014 3:05 PM NSA-D4 usA crv;! ~sA-014 USA crvj USA CIV;! !NSA-D USA CIV Cc: NSA-D USA CIV; NSA-D USA CIV; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (AUAS) D4;! OJSA-E92 USA av; DL medialeaks_core (ALIAS) D; DL ssct (ALIAS) 51 Subject: (U) SECONDS?! -- FW: (U) Your question on Snowden and Authorities LJNSA-023 USA av· NSA- I I Importance: H i g h [ . . . , ,B,,,-e-,,1-ow_t_e_xt-d-:-u-p-,-li_c_at-e__,d,....,i-n""""o,_o,, _c.. , . .,. .,1D,, . --,4. ., .2. ., . 9-,-4.., . .88., . .,7""") D5315: 429%905 DOCID: 4294905 DOCID: 4294908 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ·ILa_ _ _ _ _... lN_s_A_-0_2_s_u_sA_c1_v_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: ,___ _ ___.~SA-Q311 USA CIV Friday, May 30, 2014 5:38 PM .,.__ _ __......,NSA-023 USA CIV; l.__ _ _-.tJ..:..:S:;;.A.;..·.;:,,Q-;312 USA CIV '---.------.... N-,SA-Q31 USA CIV;! RE: (U findings !NSA-Q31 USA CIV {b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(7)(A) (b)(7)(E) Classification: CONFIDE~JTIALJ...._ _ _ _ _ __ We agree 100% which is something we're going to have to make sure is clearly put forward by PAO as Ed is claiming we were denying the existence of the email we released and that we withheld the SV correspondence, plus the media saying that there is only one email. So it's going to need to be crystal clear that we denied having correspondence containing any complaints, not that we denied having any correspondence period. 5/ ~.__ _ ___.~FE, CISSP Q311 Counterintelligence Investigations Assigned to Q3 ~ - - - FANX 2, Room A2A048, Suite 6832 Office: 968-3373(s)A kb) . (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(1) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 .____ _ ____.~SA-Q31 USA CIV~'--------"~SA-Q31 USA CIV Classification: GO~JFIDE~JTIAU~.....- - - - - - _ . INTERNAL/DELIBERATIVE (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(7)(A) (b)(7)(E) Thank~.......__. This is great and was timely. None of these appear to me to be of the ilk he is referencing in the media. Please advise if you disagree. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Thanks, D ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT// ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OGC approval £\pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 1 FOIA Case# 7813}1 DOCID: 4294908 . __ __.!NSA-Q312 USA CIV ~~"'-'-"~O, 2014 9:09 AM ,....,............__ _ _..... NSA-Q311 USA CIV;! N A-D23 USA CIV _ _ _ _ indings [Below (b)(J)-P.L. 86-36 ~SA-Q31 USA CIVI (b)(J)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(7)(A) (b)(7)(E) INSA-Q31 USA CIV; text duplicated in DOCID 4294835 pages 2 & 3) DOCID: 4294908 DOCID: 4294908 DOCID: 4294909 NSA-028 USA CIV From: ....__ _ ___.!NSA-Q311 USA CIV Sent: I Ibrnsdav M;v To: Subject: 29, 2014 2:57 PM JNsA-023 usA CIV FW: {U) Ema1s with OIG, OGC, SV, Q (b){1) (b){3)-P.L. 86-36 Classification: COt ( orrP ;)O!ldflr)(P about his concerns I d quer'; 1111 .. , 0 Sv~Adn•m !>11pp11rt he gM• to! meeting abm,t the le t {OV':,C 120;) ch,1111'\r:" Olli r~5pome No, do I l>PliPVP thP ·.ould c,>unt a~ intPrart1on cibout lw, (onrernc, l. Bt> l D .... · · ,., .• "'"'"(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 1LJ1JLJ. DGCIB: in: 4994991 DOCID: 4294921 !NsA-DJ4 usA av From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: ,___ _ __.N SA-E63 USA CIV Thursday, April 10, 2014 11.00 AM NSA-5}' USA C[V ~ SA-SV43 USA CIV FW (U) Information Regarding My Contact w/L.eaker in April 2013 I I Importance: :,,, Classification UNCLASSIFIEDHFOR OFFICIAL USE or~t'r' We received a call fr om 04 queslronrng the dates (l J or 12 Jun) that0 1,as morl1f1ed her dc1tPs to re-fie, ts 12 April 2013 .... (b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 11notdtt>d during thP rl1srnss1onc; on CJVSU.?03 - 0 Pll:'ase ~encl a LOr, elled <..0py out ..•. (b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 NSA-SV21 USA CIV ---...--.-................. , 2014 10:46 AM •1 ------.IU..ilf'·SV2 USA CIV SA-SV21 USA crv Su6Je n orma ,on Regarding My Contact w/ Leaker in April 2013 Importance: High -[T_e_x_t_b_e-lo_w_d_u-pl-ic-a-te-d-in_D_O_C_I_D_4_2_9_4_8_4_1) I)OCID: 4294921 (U) Email chain follows: ,,.(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (U) I.__ ____,, Email to supervisor in June 2013 , advi<,ing him of my contact with the leaker. ~~~~~lcjptnal Messaee- r~~~-SV21 USA CIV Sent: Monaay. June 10, 2013 9:15 AM l ~sA-sv21 USA crv _.I NSA-SV21 USA CIV Cc: ..._ Subject: (U) FW: Comments from the D2 General Counsel Email Us Form (1 of 4 emails) Importance: High To: I ______ Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/ /FOR OFFICIAL ~SE ONLY (U) Email received with Ed Snowden's question, sent to us from the Office Manager for OGC, D2. D (U/ ~ 1 I SID Oversight &Compliance Access Oversight Trainjng and Strategic Guidance 'l DOCID: 4294921 Team Alias: DL SV_Training Phone: 963-0249s Ops 1 Room 3W145 Suite 6476 (U//FOUO ) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (U) Email from OGC Office Mgr to SV Training -----Original Message----From: l ! NSA-D2 USA CIV Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 4:34 PM To: DL sv_Training (ALIAS) SV2 Cc: Snowden Edward J NSA-FHV USA CTR Subject: (U) FW: Comments from the 02 General Counsel Email Us Form Classification : UNCLASSIFIED/ /F0R OFFICIAL USE 0NLV OGC received the question below regarding USSID 18 training but I believe that this should have gone to your org instead. Can you help with this? l ! Office Manager to the Deputy General Counsels Office of General Counsel (02) 963-5548, !OPS28 288140, Suite: 6250 ,.__~..., (U//FOl::10) My Dropbox (U) The leaker email to OGC alia s. -----Original Message--- -From: ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov [mailto:ejsnowd@nsa.ic . gov] Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 4:11 PM To: DL gc_web (ALIAS) 02 Cc: Snowden Edward J NSA -FHV USA CTR Subject: Comments from the 02 General Counsel Email Us Form Below text duplicated in DOC ID 272127 (U) OGC Attorney response to leaker's que~tion . (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 -----Ori ginal Message ----From :j !NSA-D21 USA CIV Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 1:37 PM To: Snow en E NSA -FHV USA CTR _ _ _ _ _ __ Cc: SA CIV; NSA -SV21 USA CIV; .... ___,! NSAD21 USA CIV; NSA-02 USA CIV; ! !NSA-SV21 USA CIV Subject: RE: (U) Question for OGC re OVSC1800 Course Content - (U) FW: Comments from the 02 General Counsel Email Us Form I ! ! _____ [ Below text duplicated in OOCI D 4272127) DOCID: 4294921 ngID; 4914991 '(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 DOCID: 4294921 INSA-DJ4 USA CIV From: Sent: To: Subject: Importance: - - - - - . , - - - - NSA-D4 USA CIV Monda June 10 2013 12·06 PM. - - - - - - . L------+-s_ A ·__D_9_u....s_A__ c...., 1v; jNsA ,...-__ sv .......... u __ sA ......... ct__ v..,,..,.....____ SATl32 USA CIV ,.__ NSA-SV3 USA CIV NSA-SV4 USA CIV (U) I had email contact with him __-,--.,......., I High [ ext below duplicated in DOCID 4294838 though the final non responsive pages) 4904091 v-w?u?w paw?4.2.9.4 921 429?4921. 4294921 QDQCID: {warm?4294 9 2' Beam?44294 9 2 1 DOCID: 42 94 921 429%921 DQCID Dt Non - Responsive Non - Responsive DOCID: 4294921 Non - Responsive DUCID: 4791 921 Non - Responsive Non - Responsive Responsive Dt CID: Non - Responsive OCID: 4294921 Non - Responsive DOCID: 42 94 921 Mon - Responsive DUCID: 472 94921 Non - Responsive EOCID: 42 94 921 Non-Responsive DOCID: 4294921 Non - Responsive DOCID: 4294921 Non Responsive DOCID: 4294921 Non - Responsive DOCID: 42 94 921 Non - Responsive DOCID: 42 94 921 Non - Responsive DOCID: 42 94 921 Non - Responsive FOCID: 42 94 921 Non - Responsive DOCID: 4294921 Non - Responsive DOCID: 4294921 Non - Responsive .DOCID: 42 94 921 Non - Responsive .AA-AAJ Down): ?14! SEHZL Non - Responsive LDOCID: 42 94 921 Non - Responsive ·· nocrn: 4294937 t\pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-20 16. FOIA Case # 781 37 Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV I .__ _ __._INSA· SV USA ( IV From: Sent: l I Subject: Tuesday. June 03, 2014 9:21 AM 1 N SA -SV USA CJV; Brooks Elizabeth R NSA -DC USA CIV; Ensor Leoine! K I NSA-Q USA CIV; Delong John M NSA· D4 USA CIV; Delong John M NSA-D4 USA CIV; 1 t,JSA-D USA CIV; Shea Teresa H NSA- S USA CIV; Moultrie Ronald S NSA-S USA CIV !NsA-SV USA CIV DL s_exec (ALIAS) FW: (U) Information Regard ing My Contact w/Leaker in April 2013 Importance: High I To: ! s;j Cc: (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/IFOR OFFICIAL USE O~~LY Per previous email, here's the email trail where Ms.C Jsummarized her experiences related to Snowden. (lJ,'lfQI /0\::::: I Chief, SID Oversight and Compliance (SV) Room 3W160, Suite 6476 Secure: 966.-= -2=-4'""-7=9_ _ __ Unclassifiec:4.__ _ _ _____. From:! (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 (NSA-SV2 USA CIV 2014 11:00 AM To:[ !NSA- ~V USA CIV Cc:1 ] NSA-SV4 USA CIV Subject: FW: (U) I nformation Regarding My Contact w/Leake,..r,,,,.in ---,-; A=pr__ il ..;;; 2.a.. 01......3_....,.........,.,_ _....,...,--.,,,,.....,.......,,...,..,,,,--...,,...,,--~--, Sent: Thursday, Apnl Importance: High io, [Below text duplicated in DOCID 4294921 ) DOCID: 4294937 I hn?Th - . 4294937 DOCID: 4294937 4294937 DOCID: 4295018 From: Se nt - - - - - - -~SA -Q USA CIV Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:54 PM t'J SA-S3M2 USA CN ~ D23 USA CIV;l !NSA-.,.;; Q__U_S_A_C_IV.;..i;!_ _ _ _ _ ___.l NSA-Q USA CIV;! !NSA-Q3 USA CIV; ._l_ _ __.l NSA-Q31 USA CIV; DL ads_registry (ALIAS) Q09 (U) 2014_05_29 - ACTION: Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns ! To: Cc: I Subject: , High Importance: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED //FOR OFFICIAL USE O~J D I recommended we drop the word "ethics" and replace with "policies" for Question #1. There is no annual "ethics" training requirement for every employee---specific annual ethics training is required for certain employees (mostly those dealing in contracts) and Seniors. In addition, "ethics" issues are often about use of government resou rces and the like ... not typically violations of the 4th Amendment type concerns ... It seems "What is the training and awareness provided to gov't and contractor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be inconsistent with law or et-A+€s policies. ,,.,.......,.(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Cheers, D From:! Sent: Thursda !NSA-S3M2 USA CIV 29, 2014 3:05 PM NSA-S3M2 USA crv·I USA CIY:I I ::======:: ...! ! ~ SA-D14 usA c1v;! !NsA-D usA c1v Cc: NSA-D USA CI V; SA-0 USA OV; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D4; 0 NSA-E92 USA CI V; DL medialeaks_core (ALIAS) D; DL ssct (ALIAS) 51 .___ _ __. To: O NsA-023 usA av· !N: A-D4 rvt ~pp roved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4295027 Subject: (U) SECONDS?! -- FW: (U) Your question on Snowd(° Importance: High and Authorjtjes . . Below text duplicated m DOCID 4294887 ) µocrn: 42~so31 Vines. Vanee M Thursday, M~29. 2014 10:44 PM l !nsapao Re: REPLY: F LLoW-OP: From : Sent: To: Subject: Sigh. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 I explained that several times - to HuffPost and NBC's Matt Cole in particular. f lb)(3)·P.L. 86-36 Original Message - - - -...-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Michael G Birmingham ) 0- P ~M . ....-------------' Sent: Thursday, May 29, 20lr4.....,,1~0~:~4~ To: Vines, Vanee M; nsapao .(b)(3) Subject : Re: REPLY : FOLLOW-UP: ODNI OGA Vanee' Both Strobel's article and Gellman's Q+A allow Snowden to misapply your quote tb mean all communicat ion and not just the communication with colleagues as it was intended~ Best, Mike I Original MessaJe From: __ ____________, Sent Vines, Th sdaVanee Ma M....., ur y, y ':J, L\:1.L~ .L \:1 : Ll:1 t-'M To: Robtr:t Lrt; I : Green Miller, Marci L I cc: I I UL r MVl'l~u l.al ,· I De, Rajesh I I I Grimes, Arlene U 1vL ,·1L I r .. vr e I I I I I I II 11 I DNI-Media; I I I Richards , Rebecca J SubJect. Re. REPLY. FOLLOW-UP. WStrobel and other beat reporters are seeing through the baloney . ending, but the lead graf is spot on. This: L I I I I'm not a fan of his NSA, Snowden clash over 2013 internal email release Thu, May 29 21:21 PM EDT (b)(6) By Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An email exchange released on Thursday shows Edward Snowden questioned the U.S. National Security Agency's legal training programs, but provides no evidence the former contractor compla ined internally about vast NSA surveillance programs that he later leaked to the media. Snowden responded in an email to the Washington Post that the release by U.S. officials "is incomplete." The release of the April 2013 emails between Snowden and the NSA' s legal office is the latest round in a battle between Snowden, who casts himself as a crusading whistleblower, and U.S. security officials, who say he failed to report his concerns to superiors before acting . l ~pp roved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813n DOCID: 4295031 In an interview with N~l News on Wednesday, Snowden said he had raised alarms at multiple levels about t he NSA's broad collection of phone, email and Internet connections. "I have raised the complaints not just offi cially in writing through email to these offices and these indi viduals but to my supervisors, to my colleagues, in more than one office," Snowden told the network. "Many, many of these individuals were shocked by these programs," Snowden said, adding that he was advised: "If you say something about this, they're going to destroy you." The emails were first released by the office of Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate I ntelligence Committee. In a statement, the NSA said: "The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed." "There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleb l ower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims," it said. Snowden told the Post there were other emails "and not just on this topic. I'm glad they ' ve shown they have access to records they claimed just a few months ago did not exist, and I hope we'll see the rest of them very soon." The email exchange appears to be the first internal communication by Snowden, while he was working for the NSA, to be released publicly. 'INCOMPLETE LEAK' In an April 5, 2013, email to the NSA's Office of General Counsel, Snowden questioned the contents of a mandatory legal training course. The course, he wrote, cited the U.S. Constitution as the nation's top legal authority, followed by ''Federal Statutes/Presidential Executive Orders (EO)." "I'm not entirely certain, but this does not seem correct, as it seems to imply Executive Orders have the same precedence as law," Snowden wrote. "Could you please clarify? Thank you very much, Ed." An unidentified official in the General Counsel's office wrote back three days later that executive orders, issued by a U.S . president, "have 'the force and effect of law.' That said, you are correct that E.O.s cannot override a statute." Asked by the Post on Thursday if he had been was wrong in saying he reached out to many colleagues and supervisors to express his concerns, Snowden replied: "No, not at all. "The bottom line is that even though I knew the system was designed to reject concerns raised, I showed numerous colleagues direct evidence of programs that those colleagues considered unconstitutional or otherwise concerning. Today's strangely tailored and incomplete leak only shows the NSA feels it has something to hide . " # Original Message --- -From: Robert Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 09:02 PM (b)(3) OGA 2 OONI (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 \b)(6) DOCID: 4295031 To: Cc: Grimes, Ar ene U; DL PAOMedia; DL M ~L~T~F- co_r_e__,----------L'------------,.----..i..:::.:..:.:.::.:..:..!....:.,; Vines, Vanee M; Combs, William F.; ~--,.,----,,~_,..,.--,-,--,:-:--:---,-----------------,-------------" DNIMe 1a ; Richards, Rebe~ca J Subject: Re: REPLY: FOLLOW~--u= P_: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __. (bl(3) Of course the format of written questions precludes any meaningful followup . Original Messag From: Hayden, Caitlin t Sen T ~._-=~-::--:::--:::-=-~P~M :-""'E='a s- t~e-r-n--=s~t-a-nd~a- r- d-:-::T~i-m-e_. To: ODNI .!b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 1 c: Evans OGA •. ' Stuart Sina ..,,_.,......---,-=-,,.,,,.,,,...,....,.,--..,,,..,,..,.....,....,,..,...,......,..,.,,,-------------------__. Robert Litt Su Ject: RE: REPLY: FOLLOW-UP: (bl(3) OGA It figures he'd say that. _:°(b)(6) ODNI -----1ci:ic:l Messae:----tn rs av M av9 2014 To: I Cc: Evans PM Caitlin; I ~:41 I Hayden , I Stuart: I 1r--------___,___. . I. Beaghley I I Robert Litt --------Subject: Re: REPLY: FOLLOW-UP: I I I I , Sina; DNI-Mea1a ; I I ------------------ www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/edward-snowden-responds-to-release-of-e-mailby-us-officials/2014/05/29/95137elc-e781-1le3 -afc6 - a1dd9407abcf_story.html ·":::"(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 J Original Message---- - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Green Miller, Marci Ll Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014,,_,0~1-:-04 ..,......,P_M _______________. To: Green Miller, Marci LI I 'Hayden , Caitlin' --,1 Rajesh ,_____________________________. ! ""1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. . . . . Cc: Evans, Stuart ! PAOMedia1 I DL ML TF corel I Grimes, Arlene U I I I DL I lvines, Vanee M 1 .._------------,.--------------1....-...111___________.1 IBeaehlev Sina JJNI-Media; I 1 I Richards, Rebecca JI....... I Robert Litt Subject: RE: REPLY: FOLLOW-UP: ....__ _ _ _ _ __..... I -----------~-:--~~ -------------------------I 3 (b)(3) OGA ODNI DOCID: 429 5 031 All, I have sent the below to the press who have contacted NSA PAO today. We will continue to provide this language to any other outlets that request our response. NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise al legations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal quest ion that the Office of General Counsel addressed . There was not additiona l follow -up noted. The e-mail will be released later today. Ther e are numerous avenues that Mr . Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations . We have searched f or additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. 1b)(3) ### OGA ~ b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 ODNI Marci ---- -Original Message----From: Green Miller, Marci L Sent: Thursday, May 29 , 2014 To: 'Hayden, Caitlin'; De, Rajesh; '-------,.,.-----------L--------Cc: Evans, Stuart; ~...&.1.1~.._""'-.i.i;;,w;;....M.,.....a.'"--~~Media; DL MLTF_c~o~r~e~·~------.------~ .,__ _ _ _ _ _ _-'-'t i . - - - - - - - - - - - ~ Vi nes, Va nee M; Beaghley I S1~n~a~;:--r"P:T'I..-~~~-:::.' ,__ Richards, Rebecca J; I,_ Subject: RE : REPLY: FOLLOW -UP: ___________ I am l aunching now to t hose that askeq and Cole from NBC. -- -- -Origina l Message---- From: Hayden, Caitlin [mai l to j Sent: Thu r sday , May 29, 2014 ~1~2~:4-g.........p~M....-----------To: Green Miller, Marci L; Rajesh; L..,.,-r-,.,_,.........,....,.....,...,."""'Tl.,.....,.....~,,,..,,..,.,...---.....J~----,--, Cc: Evans, Stuar t; · DL Great . Let me know when you've launched . Thank s ! -CH ______ -----Original Message----__. From: Green Miller, Marci L~.,.,,......,..,,.......,,,.,... Sent: Thursday, May 29 , 2014 12 ~:4~6"-J.P.M .i..,__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __, To: Hayden, Caitlin; De, Rajesh l : Ev n r · Grimes Arlene u· DL PAOMedia; DL MLTF_core; j 1----------......a....:,Vines, Vanee M; Combs.__,........1....l....!""'1""' " a""" " m- F - .- ;---:::::::=--..... ,L----------\ ; Beaghley , Sina; 'DNI -media@dni.gov'; I ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' Richards, Rebecca J; Subject: RE: REPLY: FOL LOW-UP: · · I Thanks. On it now. I .____ _ __. (b)(6) 4 DOCID: 429 5 031 (b)(3) (b)(6) Marci (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 OGA OON I -----Original Message -~-;..;;....---------------------------------. From: Hayden, Caitl inJ Sent: Thursday, May 2~,- -2ff0"1~4.....,.1~ 2~:4r4,.....,.PffM r----------------------' To: De, Rajesh; Green Miller, Marci L; L-------------------------------...._---------. Cc: Evans, Stuart~· Grimes~ Arlene DL PAOMedia; DL MLTF_core; l Vines, Vanee M; . [1 Beaghley Sina; 'DNI-media@dni.gov' I I 1c ards, ebecca J; subJect: RE : REP[ : FOLL6W-UP: - I _J _ _ ! I I (b)(5) i~---~ (bl(3) -----Original Message----- {b)(6) OGA ODNI ... .(bl(3)-P.L. 86-36 From: Hayden, Cait l in Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 12:43 PM To: 'De, Rajesh'; Green Miller, Marci L;L-------------------.....-----------'----------, ....i...1.-.....ii.a.L.L:1..o....:i..1..1.1.aC1.1...J...., · Grime Arlene U· DL PAOMedia; DL MLTF_core; .--___:....i...._ _ _ _ _ ___,r---------1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 ..-----------------..._.......a..a; Vines, Va nee M; ----Beaghley I S1~n~a~;:--'"""''T""'":~~~~n~ 1~.gov' I ._________. Subject: RE: REPLY: -----Original Me~ s~sa~g~e~------- - - - - - - - . From: De, Rajesh1,, !_____________,--J Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 12:32 PM To: Hayden, Caitlin; Green Miller, Marci L; (b)(5) ~--------------------------------' 5 (bl(3)-P.L. 86-36 DOC.-I.-D_._: _~ I u· DL PAOMedia; DL MLTF_core ;l LC: l Vines, Vanee M; l ,..__ _ _ _ _ _ __......__ _-T-_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ . Beaghley • Sinai 'DNI-media@dni . gov'; .....,,,....,....,.........,..___,,..,,,..________.Richards, Rebecca J; J Su ject: RE: REPLY: FOLLOW-UP: . . I Ok with me, thx CJ I (b}(3) OGA {b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 -----Original Message-~-------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . From: Hayden, Caitlin Sent: Thursday, May 29~,-,,.2~01-4...--,1~2~:=2=s_,,., PM,-,--------------------...... To: De Ra'esh· Green Miller, Marci L; ........-------, r--'--------..F-r_1_·m .;.;.e; _s_,_.:.A.;.;.r..::l..::e.:.; n.a:. e_u_._·...:D _L ::......; PAOMedia; DL ML TF c.,.;o-r...:e'""·.......__________ __. ! ODNI '------------------,. (b)(5) - ----Original Message --- -----------From: De, Rajesh [mailto ~I----------~ Sent: Thursday, May 29 , 2014 12:24 PM To: Green Miller Marci L; !Hayden, Caitlin; f Cc : Grimes '"'A""'r'"'l""'e...,.n..,.e......., 0-· -,D'""L,. . . ,P""'A"'OM """'""ed i a; DL MLTF_ ))"a....c_.;...;;..,-... ,· 1----------------------V_i...nes , Va nee M; ! Beaghley Sina; 'DNI-media@dni.gov'; I l i':::::::::::::;:~-=--=--=--=--=--=-~ I t---~~,,_,____,..,..........--.------______. ; ·1 Subject: RE: REPLY: (bl(6) · I .__ _ ___...... · Just seeing this thread . I would modify a little (below). Also, our leg folks just heard from Grannis that Sen Feinstein is releasing the email - I don't know if that is confirmed or if Jay needs to be aware of that before the briefing . . --Did Snowden raise concerns with NSA as he said he did? We have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of Genera l Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed . The question was received and an answer was provided to Mr. Snowden. There was not additional follow-up noted. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. --How do you plan to respond to the FOIA request? We received the request from NBC and are following normal procedures for processing the request . Rajesh De General Counsel National Security Agency 9800 Savage Road , Suite 6250 Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755 6 DOCID : 4295031 Phone: Email : ------41/); I l~I 963-5548 (secure) j '" .{b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 -----Original Message----From: Green Miller, Marci L Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 12 :20 PM To: ! ! 'Hayden, Caitlin' Cc: Evans Stuart· Grimes Arl ene U· DL PAOMed1a; DL ML TF _cr-o...r.....e...;.......______,_________. - - - - - - - - - 1-----------_...~nes, Vanee M; .. ___.! Beaghley' Sina· 'DNI-media@dnj erv·;I~-----' De, Rajesh;j _ .I ;I _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ I_________ Below was approved by our GC. (b)(6) --Did Snowden raise concerns with NSA as he said he did? We have found a single instance of one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a t raining course he had just completed. The question was received and an answer was provided to Mr. Snowden. There was not additional follow-up noted . There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for evidence of outreach from him in those areas and have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. --How do you plan to respond to the FOIA request? We received the request from NBC and are following normal procedures for processing the request. 0 (b)(3) -----Original Message---- OGA From: I I ODNI Sent: Thursday, May 29 ! 2014 11:41 AM To: 'Hayden, Caitlin'; ~.----~---~--------' Cc: Evans, Stuart; Grimes , Arlene u; DL PAOMedia; DL MLTF_c~o~r~e~;~!..._____________. I' · Yi nes, Va nee M; I..._________.! 1'Tl_________,_,___....,.,,,.R...i ,-h,...a- r-d""s- ,- R,...e...b_e_c_c_a_J,,....1; De, Beaghley, Sina; 'DNI-media@dni. gov'; ! Rajesh; I I ~---------..J Subject: RE: REPLY: FOLLOW-UP : •• L I OGC provided a draft response to our PAO for considerat ion. Deputy General Counsel Litigation and Management National Security Agency I ,, 963-0235 direct, 963 - 5548 (main line) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 -----Original Message~-~--~-~-:....- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , From: Hayden, Caitlin r Sent: Thursday, May 2~~,-1 - -0-1-4.......1-i-:-1-i-A~M....----------.....1 7 (b)(6) D(?Ci1D: 10: C · ..,,,__ _....,...,,____,.-_....,,,. G~rimes Arlene u · DL PAOMedia; DL ML TF _core; Vines Vanee M- . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' Sina; 'DNI Rajesh; Subject: RE: REPLY: FOLLOW-UP: Thanks much! ..(b)(3) OGA (b)(6) - ----Original Message-- --From:~I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____. Sent: Thursday, May 29 , 2014 11:20 AM To : Hayden, Caitlin Cc : Evan S r · Grimes Arlene u· DL .... "(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ODNI DL ML TF _cr-o_r_e_·- - - - - - - - - ,_ _ _..... Vanee M· -UP: Caitlin, (U//FO~O) Got it, Arlene's team is on point and working to do the coordination and get you the responsive information. ..(b)(3) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 OGA ODNI --- --Original Message-~-=-~-~-' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , From: Hayden, Caitlin._____________________, Sent: Thursday, May 29 1 2014 11:02 AM To: De, Rajesh; ~ ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' Cc : Evans Stuart· Grimes Arlene u· DL PAOMedia; DL MLTF ,.....---------"'l-----....1 v·nes ma; · ON!media@dni .gov'; ----------------------___, Richards, Subject: RE: FOLLOW- UP: (b)(5) . "/(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 -----Original Message----From: Hayden, Caitlin Sent: Thursda 29 2014 8:45 AM To: Cc: Evans Stuart· .___ _ _ _ _ ____,~-:------:--,.------'-i------------ll'-l--------·B _e~a-;-hley , Sina; 'ONI-media@dni . gov'; Subject: Re: FOLLOW-UP: 1..---------------------------------------' (b)(6) 8 DOCID: 42950 3 1 Raj: 1his is still an active (b)(5) I discussion,! (0)(3)-f .L. 66-36 Origin~l Messa:: From: De, RaJesh I __ Sent~~=-T ~h_u~r_s_d_a~x~,~~~a.v-=-:a..&.•-2~0~1~4:.....:::0~8-:_4~ 0- AM ........----------, To: Hayden, Caitlin; I I I I I Cc: Evans, Stuart; Grimes , Arlene U ...- I._~~~~_.r DL PAOMedi DL Vines Vanee M Ok. I seem to be the only one who thinks we should do something, so I will back off if everyone else disagrees. (b)(3) OGA ... .(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ODNI Original Mes~s_a_g_e--------------------------. From: Robert Litt _!------------------------....... Sent: Thursday, May 29;.a...-=2~0:; 14::....i0~8!..::~1-£ 8~AM ~-------------c-""------------, To: 'Hayden, Cait~l~i_n_·..... ......-----'L---------------' __c~c~:;....;E~v~a_n~s""-S ~t~u~a~r....~~~~~~~~~~..-,------.....:...:.:.a..............:.:........................_......_........._..............'--'f L MLTF_core; Vines, Vanee M; De Ra·esh· Beaghley, Sina DNI -Media ; rL------,-...-----,,--,------------~ ......------------------------_. -,......,.~ Richards, Rebecca J Subject: RE: FOLLOW-UP: I've now read the relevant portion of the preliminary transcript, which is excerpted below: "i actually did go through channels. and that is documented. the nsa has records. they have copies of e-mails right now to their office of general counsel, to their oversight and compliance folks from me raising concerns about the nsa's interpretations of its legal authorities. i have raised the complaints not just officially in writing through e-mail to these offices and these individuals but to my supervisors, to my colleagues , in more t han one office. i did it in ft. meade. i did it in hawaii. and many, many of these individuals were shocked by these programs. they had never seen them themselves. and the ones who had went, you know, you're right . these are things that are are really concerning. these aren't things we should be doing . maybe we're going too far here. but if you say something about this, they're going to destroy you. do you know what happens to people who stand up and talk about this?" Reading this, I'm not sure that releasing the email will necessarily prove him a liar. It is, I could argue, technically true that the email I have seen "rais[ed] concerns about the NSA's interpretation of its legal authorities . " As I recall, the email essentially questions a document that Snowden interpreted as claiming that Executive Orders were on a part with statutes. While that surely is not raising the kind of questions that Snowden is trying to suggest he raised, neither does it seem to me that that email is a home run refutation. Bob 9 DOCID : 429 5 031 (b)(6) -----Originai Message--....- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Hayden, Caitlin Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 8:10 AM To: ~nsa .gov' Cc: Evans Stuart· .-- - - - -- -- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '(b)(3) OGA ------- ----------- I ODNI Beaghley, Sina; DNI-Media; Subject: Re: FOLLOW-UP: .:·(b)Q.)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) ----- Original Message --- -From: ~nsa.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 08:06 AM To: Hayden, Caitlin Cc: Evans , Stuart: Grimes Arlene U I L ML TF corP I I L._~------. ..1 . . - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J l ~Hayden, Caitlin; Vines , Vanee ~M _....._1____________._1_________________________________'-=I De:a...&-~ Ra~11~ ·esh ! I l II I I Evans, Stuart · I I ..__ _ _ _ _ _ __,I Beaghley, Sina; ~ ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ 1·_ o_N_I-_, Media@dni. gov' ; I I ._________...,! Richards, Rebecca""""'J=-..-1------------.....1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' Subject: FOLLOW-UP: (b)(6) Good Morning Caitlin, Welcome your comments on the following as Q&A issues ....---..., Our GC is already working on them: -----------------What is the training and awareness provided to gov't and contractor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be inconsistent with law or ethics? What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur? What is the process, accountability for addressing such reports? Is there a record of these kinds of inquiries and responses? Do we have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measures? Did we receive correspondence from Edward Snowden about his concerns? If so, in what form, on what dates and with what specificity as to content? Were his inquiries responded t o? If so, how and when? How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted? Was it exhaustive and authoritative? Is it possible there is corresponden ce we overlooked, didn't record? 10 (b)(5) DOCID: 4295031 NOTH ING FD LOWS 11 DOCID: 4295049 From: Sent: To: •· IThursday, May 1 (bl ( 3) -P . L . 86-36 29, Jo 14 10:17 AM D IIDL MLTF1-core; IDL PAOMedia Cc: Subject: . . . . Bauman , Ethan; FYSA: FOLLOW-UP: Looping you in to this thread since you are on point for OGC working the proposed Q&A. This is germane to the phone con we just had with you. Etha O Note Bob Litt's ref t o outreach to your office. Regards, (b) (3) OGA (b) (6) OONI -----Original Mes~age ----· From: Robert Litt I Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:59 AM To: 'Hayden, Caitlin'; De, Rajesh; _b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cc: Evans , Stuartj Grimes, Arlene; DL PAOMed1a; DL MLTF_core; j ~ines, Yaqee M; Combs, William F.; j I JBeaghley, Sina; ONI-Med1a;j ! Richards, Rebecca 1-----------1 Subject: RE: FOLLOW-UP: "----,-------,.----------' ...,I I I I l...__--,.____________. . .___........ _ FYI received the attached f rom David Grannis, which I believe may reflect conversations he has had wi th ot hers as well Is there any reason not to make public the one email that NSA/FBI have located between Snowden and NSA people involving a legal question? That email is certainly not what Snowden described in t he interview ... The on l y reason that I can see not to release the email exchange i s if people are concerned that there are other emails out there, so I suppose that is a question of how confident are people in their ability to search old records. That shouldn't be too difficult . . . (By the way, Sen. Feinstein spoke l ate last week to Denis McDonough and Lisa Monaco about thi s very thing, having been tipped off that it would be part of the interview. I followed up with NSA OLA to make sure there was a response in place . I haven't seen anything yet.) (bl (3) -----Original Message -~-~-~--; ;..._------------------. From : Hayden, Caitlin .......,,,.,,...,....,....,,.....,.,,..-,-------------' Sent: Thursday , Mar. 29, 2014 8:4S AM To: _,:.:.R.:::;ob::.:e:.!.r. ::t.. .!;.:Li::.:t:..::t~·.i....----------1 Cc: Evans Stuart · OGA ODN I I Sina ; DNI Media; Subjec~....,.,........,..,rT"P.,...,,,,,.,.,.......- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' .(b)(3) - P . L . 86- 36 1 ~pp roved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813n (b) (6) DOCID 42 950 49 [Fen below is duplicated in DOCID 4295031] TIZJJUTIJ n?Tn- Jami-1nd!) UbJ-u - 3 DOCID : 429 5 078 NSA-D28 USA CIV ___.!NSA-SV4 USA av Wednesday, April 09, 2014 4:48 PM ! !NSA-S1N3 USA CIV DL OGC_Medialeaks (AUAS) 023; DL d_ig_tasker (, LIAS) D; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (AUAS) D4;! !NSA-S3M2 USA CIV; !NSA-D USA CIV; DL SV _Medialeaks (AUAS) SV43 RE: (U) Immediate Media Leaks Action for SV -- MlTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair: Search of Correspondence From: Sent: To: L - -_ __ Cc: _ l Subject: Classification: CONFIDENTIAb'-l~~OFOR~~ The information is attached. Please let us know if you have any questions. ··..(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 _J FW: (U) Information Reg ... (U//FOUO) SID Oversight & Compliance FISA Authorities (SV4) Classification Advisory Officer (CAO) OPS 1, 3W160A, Suite 6476 !(U) 969-0029 (S) (U//FOUO) ,.(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 I From~ NSA-S1N3 USA CIV Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 4:24 PM To: DL SV_ Medialeaks (ALIAS) SV43 Cc: DL OGC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D23; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; DL ODOC_ Medialeaks (ALIAS) D4; I ! NSA-S3M2 USA crv; jNsA-D USA av L-------..1 Subject: (U) Immediate Media Leaks Action for SV -- MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair: Search of Correspondence Classification: co,~FIDEt~TIAL//~10 FORN Immediate M edia Leaks Action for SV SV colleagues: [\pp roved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016. FOIA Case# 7813n DOCID: 4295078 (Cf/f~F) Per the MLTF tasker below, please effect a search of SV appropriate repositories to see if you have a record or records of the Leaker sending you NSANet email, or Web-based input, or some other form of input on high-side NSA IT systems. (Ch'P~F) See below for full details, related to a Vanity Fair article due out this week, w hich is expected to assert that Edward Snowden made an attempt(s) to express his concerns about NSA's activities. -;e/1Pff} Findings. If found, provide a short recap of the exchange. Please coordinate directly with ODOC, with a Cc to SSCT. Regards, .(b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 (U//FOUO) SID M edia Leaks Team (Sl Rep) (Please send all Media Leaks related emails to the alias DL SSCT) Ops 1, 1E024 Suite 6209 966-5884s I From:I !NSA-53M2 USA CIV Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 20 14 4: 14 PM To: DL SV_Med ial eaks (ALIAS) SV43; DL ssct (AUAS) 51; DL NTOC_ML (AU AS) V2 Cc: DL OGC_Medialeaks (AUAS) D23; DL d_ig_tasker (AUAS) D; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (AU, Subject: FW: (U) MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair: Search of Correspondence Importance: High Classification : COr~ Fl DEr~TIALHr~OFORr~ Good afternoon, REF the MLTF tasker issued ealier today (below). Four your SA and to ask for your assistance, we wanted to alert you to this action and ask that you coordinate with the Agency OGC, OIG, and ODOC as appropriate. NTOC may want to respond directly to the MLTF POC below. SV, please also keep SSCT apraised of anything you might pass to ODOC. (b)(3)-P.l. 86-36 Rgds, I 2 DOCID: 4295078 I Media l eaks ias k Force I ,.(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 OPS 28, 288090 969-5009 ls) tu) From:r ~ SA~S3M2 USA CIV Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 3:28 PM To: DL OGC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D·(,,,,J..,.'...I.Ll....l.Ll,,o!l,Ll,,,.~djaleaks (ALIAS) D4; DL d ig tasker Cc: DL medialeaks core (ALIAS) D; . SA-DU A CIV· NSA-D1 USA CIV;! l'JSA-D USA CIV; NSA-0 USA av Subject: (U) MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair: Search o rrespon ence Importance: High ! l [Below text duplicated in. DOCID 4294509) DOCID: 4295078 ...)'':(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 .... ../ · ~~: lNSA-D28 USA CIV From: Se nt: To: Cc: Subject: Importance: .___ _ __.NSA-sv2 usA av Wednesday, April 09, 2014 12:11 PM ~ SA-SV USA CIV .._ _ _ _ _ _ ___.~SA-SV4 USA CIV FW: (U) Information Regarding My Contact w/leaker in April 2013 ' High Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/if-OR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Please see below ... here are the emails that were forwarded t q..__ _ _ _.......,during the initial request for anyone who had contact with the Leaker. . . . CJ 1' From~ lNSA-SV21 USA av ll'{BC/email Subject: We're not going to get the FOIA or releas(/qu~stion resolved tonight, but please sen.d a possible Q&A we can consider. Anyone else getting queries? None here so far. Relative,ly little ________ From: Vines, Var\ee M.__ Sent: Wednesday\ Ma 28 2014 11:39 PM Twitter discussion on the interview. __. I ! L-r,,..,..,,...,,..,...~----~---i-=-=~='"""'----,;:;,:;i:":":".'~Beaghley , ' ~..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 'DNIe 1a ni.gov ; Richards, Rebecca J . · Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; DL PAOMedia; Egan. Brian J.: Heinzelman. Kate: Fonz8nre...,_C_h_ri_st_o.,_p_he_r"lj_ _ ___,.------l Ensor, Leoinel K;! !; Subject: Re: NBC/email · L-----------' I SA Reuters is now pounding the pavement over the email issue. Williams clearly said multiple sources confirmed at least 1 email. '(bml qGf. ·. ,. ,,...,.,!b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 ODNI L--------------t----!--""'.'.""---......,.....,eaghley SinaL---~----~----L.....--_;_--, I · · 'DNl-media@dni.gov' ,..__ _ _ _"--t,..,...,,,----,-.----......;.-...,..;,.;;...._----' ichards, Rebecca.J ·· ,' .._C_c_:G-r-im-es_1_A_r,...~ne U; DL P.AOM~dia; !:;gan, Brian J. 4 ; L._ _ _ _ _..., _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _....1-.;.;.e;..;.in.;.;.ze.;.;l.;.;.m""'a.;.;.n'-,;..;.Ka.;.;t_e.., Fonzone ChristopherL-.--~..---------------------, nsor Leoine . ; :_ : Like I said, happy tp discuss. First 11,eed a DOJ view. From '(~)(3)-P.L. 86-36 :·-R~bert-utt('' --- ·-··-····· ,·- -~ . · -· ... ··r· Sent: Wednesda , Ma 28, 201410:~E,i PM ..... ':·Hay'der1, Caitlin; To Evans, Stuart; ;•. (b)(6) Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOC ID.: (li)(3) QGA 4.2 4 9177 Bea hie ..BATES :"''lb)(3)-P.L. NO. 7 86-36 ODNI i: ·sina ema1 , ''(b)(6) (b)(5) OGA QDNI ! ... ·•· i'. -... - • - ... ·•.•· ·.•. .-•• ....... : ,· -· From: De, Rajesh! . . . Sent: Wednesda Ma 28 201410:43 PM e. To: '-------;--------i-----.,,.,...;;;._..;;.________--.,IL-_ _ _ _ _...;....i,._ _ _ _ _ _..J, Vines Vanee Richards, Reb~e;;:c;::ca;;,Jr--------,-,~____,.;,________1..---.----...I C¢: Grimes, Arlene U ... · · .. •- ,, /(b)(6) ,•' ,' . - (b)(5) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ;. . . . . .___;. ---··_ .._. _. _. . . I . ; ' from: Hayden, Caitlin ~ent: Wedn~sda Ma 28 •2014 10:38 PM Vines VaneeW ······ ·· ·· To: De Ra·esh· ....... ""'(b)(3) OGA ODNI W--.....;..-..!...._,__ _.....;..__.,.._..J1.-------'iBeaghley 1 Sina 4·_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. . _ ~ - - - - - - , 1-;---------,.,,,.,...,..............-.,;--,.......--,,,---------,,1 'DNl~inedla@dni.gov' :.i : • .• Richards,Rebecca J · . iCc: Grime's, ArleneU; D.L PAOMedla; Egan, Brian J, ' · · · · · · -----Heinzelman, Kate Fonzone Chr.istopher ...... ________________ _ __,, __. . . . .----------....i.--------, · Ensor Leoine! K; ,__ -ufea n,\Neip li{ase work a .Q and.A to respond..t6. tbi?Jssu~? . .(b)(5) (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 .-· Ft~~t·o~;:R~J;shr· . .. . . . .. . . . -· ·1 · ;; ; s.erit: Wedn.esday, May 28, 2014 10:34 PM . To:.Ha derf Caitlin· Bea hley DL PAO Kate; ... ···:: .. ,.. (b)I ' .! i ! Y/ 2 (b)(3) OGA DDNI Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 8 ' (b)(3) /1~)(6) DOCID: 4249177 9GA l I SubJect: Re: NBCJemail I · ODNI Now that the accusation has been m9de and aired, and there is apparenfly~·pending FOfArequestJ...._ _ _.,......_...,....;....., . . ... -·' From: Hayden, Caitli1 . . · r : Sent: Wednesda , May 28, 2014 02:14 PM · Vines Vanee M· De, Rajesh; ,,. • n '[" 1•" ' ' :· : . . ··-. ·{b)(5) · (b)(3)·P .L 86-36 • . i---------------....... ----............:,e?Jghley , Sina . . . . ir------,.......,..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.;.._.;;;;......J'DNt~r.nedia@dni.gov' ; ........,------ ' Heinz.elmari, Kate Gotcha. Thanks! I ......... ::;:!!II!/ .... " (b)(3)·P .L. 86-36 1 · . ' ..... EVERYTHING email and registry wise was checked. \p)(3) O~A D ODNI ________! ...... : ·:::::: .. : : \:?::::;;,,!(b)(3)·P.L. 86-36 Senior Advisor & Public Affairs Technical Director . NSTS: 969-7504 Comm:!._,..._ _ _ _ _ __, NIPRnetj !/ ·· / · · From: Hayden, Caitlin Sent: Wednesday, Ma'""y""'2"""s,..,2""0""'1..,4:;:;1;::;:~3""'3;:::r:.;,lM,..,.:...-.;;..·...._."""·· _·-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--~....__...,...------,r----------, To: Vines, Vanee M' De Ra·esh·! · · 1· · .· ...................................... ..__,....._ .;;,;.__ . -,-1Beaghley Sina;! 1'DNf-ll}ed1a@dnLgov'; I ________, Richards, Rebecca J ...._____________. .__ _ _ ____, I I I Cc: Grimes, Arl~ne u· DL PAOMedia' E an Brian J. · Heinzelman Kate· F6nzone Christo her· Ensor, LeoineiK; Subject: RE: NB~e~m~a""1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , . - - - - - - - - - - - - ' NBC is asJ<.ing whether our search was just of e-1m1il.s t9 OGC or also to the Compliance Offic.e. Can folks confirm? F;orn: Vi~~~, Vane~·~· . ... . . . ...... ···r ............ -. ..:;,r-----~.....----------. r... Sent: Wednesday, May 2$, 20l4:-i~0!.:.:::::.:52::..D.A!.:.!M_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ To: Hayden, Caitliry; be; Rajesh; 1 ..._ _ _ _ _ _ _-....--.......a;.;,,;;;;.·...,J'""". ._ . . _. _.____.... 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __, 3 (b)(6) Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 9 DOCID: !_________ l'------..;1 ,.....:E;.;.va:;.;.n.:.:s.:...,.::.St:.:u~a;..;rt:a..-,:-.-:--:--~:--1Bea.ghley , Sina; .... !'DNI-media@dni.gov'; ,___ _ _ __.· Ric::hards, Rebecca J . Cc: Grimes, Arlene D· DLPAOMedia· E an Brian J: Heinzelman Kate· Fonzooe, Christopher; Ensor, Leoine! K; · Subject: RE: Ni::1,-,,.,.,....,,.,.----..a.-,..,.------..,.------__,_--_,..--------a Roger that. Thanks, CH. 0 (b)(3) OGA ODNI Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist . NSA Public & Media Affai~.,.s..... · _ _ ____, NEW**"********Media line: I '(b)(6) ......:: ::,"(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 I· r F;om·;·H;yd;~~-·c;iti1n·... r.,,..·-,,..·...,··--·~-----·-""'..,...'"'..... "' - - - , , . . - - - - - - "__ Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014,..:1;;:0~:5::;;:1:...:A..::M.:..·......;,----------r-------.......,...r-------------, To: Vines, Vanee M; De, Rajesh;I ··· . ·. Evans, Stuart;! _, .· • · lBeaghley , Sina;! 'DNFmedf~@dni.gov';! f Richards, Rebecca J ·. . ....__ _ _ _ __. i.....,C,,..c-:"""G...,ri_m_e-s,"""A,....rlene U; DL PAOMedia; Egan, Brian J.; Heinzelman, Kate; Fonzone, Christophed Ensor, Leoinel K;! . · ,.'.r!=z...;::.:.:.:.:;==:.:.4..----,__ _ ___i Subject: RE: NBC/email · l .. .. , . l ---------,··---·-- ..............., -...... - .. -···-···--····,-· _... - ·-·--· ............................... ··-· ------- ....................... . From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Wednesday, May.,...,""",~r;:r;1;:;:~g~::::::~---------1r--------,...--__..;.-------, To: Hayden, Caitlin· De Ra·esh· Evans Stuart Be9ghley, Sina DNI-media@ ni.g6v'; Richards, Rebecca J ·.. .. .. . .___ _ _ ____. '""c_c_:_G_r-im-e-~,-A.....rlene U; Dl PA.O~edia; Egan, Brian. J.; Heinzelman, Kate; Fonfo_n,..e__, ....C:_h_rls_to_.p__h_e__r;.._!_ _ _-,._ _ _ _.... Enso.r, Leomel K;I · ···· ··-......."" ·· ··. ···-... SubJect: RE: NBQemall ···· ........... _ ··· . ··... . ./ "'"·._.,..._-_- - - - - . - - -....... I kl Hi, CH. Matthew Cole, the "investigative producer" assigned toNBC's proj1=ct, ~gain asl)(3)' OGA ·. Thanks! -Caitlin . ; . )/1!?)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ...... . . . _;(-·' .. .. ... .... ... .... ... .. ..... .... ... ................. DDNI--·-· . ·': _ . (b)(5) .. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 From: Hayden, caitlin Sent: Sunda , Ma 25, 2014 11:02 AM (b)(5) (1?)(3)-P.~. 86-36 ema1 From: Vines, Vanee ML-----,--,------~ Sent: Sunday, Ma 25 2014 10:31 AM To: De Ra'es Richards Rebecca J DL PAJ-O_M_e-1a_ _ _ __,______ ; Egan,Brian J. · Heinzelman Kate· 1-------J-:...;;:..:..:..:.:..;_~;.:;.i.-----""li:E::::n;;so~r LeoinelK (b)(3) 5 OGA DDNI Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: BATES NO. 11 4249177 Subject: Re: NBC/email Roger that, sir. The producer asked NSA PAO to call him on Friday morning. When I asked him whether he could show us something or give me a clue about the fresh claims, he said he couldn't do so at that point. He didn't say NO. {b)(3) 9.GA vanee' ·--- \ODNI ···-· .. --~- .\b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 - - - . '" -······-·· ,- ...·---~."" -·- ·-·-··- ......... ····:·-"•· .,.,._ - ·:- From: De, Rajesh Sent: Sunda , Ma 25, 2014 10:20 AM To: L...---....-.------------------------4--_;.,--_JL--...;....,------'Vines, anee · L-.,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___.DNI-Media@dni.gov'' ; Rebecca J _._____________....,·. Richards, I Cc; Grimes, Arlene t/· OJ PAQMeclia-1 II---------------------.-----------___,j; _______________........_ ___.,.__.I 1.. Ensor, Leoine! K; Subject: Re: NBC/email --------~-----___.f-- · -· . . -.---.. . . . . . . . . . . ._. . -.. -.. . . . ,-.. - -· -.. . . . . . . . F.rom;!.._ Sent: Sunday, May25,201~4~l~0~:1~2~A~M~---~------'-..--------------, (b)(5) (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 To: De, Rajesh; Robert Utt .. Ensor, Leoinel I<; L----------------------....-.----------,..;..., Subject: Re: NBC/email iI Vr (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) ,,-:···· OGA (b)(6) ODNI 6 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249177 (b)(3) .'tlb)(~):. <' OGA ·-·- en un ay, av To: Robert Litt:I :40 AM• . ,.-·· _ .. -··· ~- '.,' .. ·.. :,· ·~ -• -·-- ·~· ~--·----: ..... - .. - . ·'' I L t: ,. ::- I ' I Rir.hrirrk I DL PAOMedial I Ensor, Leoine! Kl 1\/inec; Vanee M ', :1 I Cc: Grimes, Arlene UI BATES NO. 12 "'"(~)(3)-P.L. 86-36 IDNI-Medi a; I Reberci'ill I I I I ' I SubJect: Re: NBC/email (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ·. I I ,____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _>;! IDNHvJedia ; ..._ __. Ric,,.,.:n,..,a..,..ra""s-.,...,,.,Keo""',e"""c"""ca,,....,....J_ _ _ _ _ _ __. Cc: Grimes Arlene U· DL PAOMedia1 I _________ 11 1v1n~s,.. vanee· M~ ·. ' •, I ---------------------..., ------------ I Ensor, Leoine! K; ......... '-="....-:--e,.....,,,-........,,.,...-.,,.....--------------..... Subject: Re: NBC/email ne:, :::'.::;:'.\ ,,,,p,·(~)(3)-P.L. 86-36 I ~;iipc;f'I OGA ODNI From: ,.,.....__,..__,,..,...-==--=,.,,..,...,...,..~,,.....,......=--~--==~~ Sent: Sunday, Mav 25 2014 08:53 AM Eastern StandarcLTime .......... ··········· · To· · {b)(5) .· l I IRooei'rt Utt· Vines Vani':!e M 1· IDNI-Media; Rlcnards Rebecca JI I r-C_c_:_G_rim_es_..,_A_rl_e_ne_U-'l,il_ _,.....____.1-l;_D_l_P_A_O_M_e_d_ia_i...________.... 1·_···--------r----11 I . . . ·······, I I .I Ensor, Leoine! K I Subject: Re: NBC/email/ (b)(3) OGA ODNI ! ' 7 f,,!·· (b)(6) (b)(5) 86-36 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. (b)(3)-P.L. FOIA Case#78137 I (b)(5) (b)(3),P.L 86-36 BATES NO. 13 DOCID: 4249177 . '(b)(3) OGA .(b){3}-P.L. 86-36 ODNI Subject: Re: NBC/email AddinOwho is the task force lead. ./(b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 Fr~;; Ha;d·e~, Caitli~~~~~-:""'."~-:---=...,....-,---.,.....--r ' ' Se,,.......wlJU.11.1.1~.i=iUl...-'..i.-~..:u..u.i...l..l.-j~--------1-___....;, To Evans, Stuart! ' ,___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __,_______._D_e_,_:=-""'·-V'""ih~e..,.s.._V-a""'n""e.,.eJM:·:;B;e;:aJh]l~e.,.....,-,:S:::-;'in-a-,---,-----.,.....1..-_ _......J 1-__,......,.,...,.....--r--------1-----""C":..-:-----:--i-::--:-.,.....---:--------....,· 'DNI-media@dni.gov' < DNI- \ media@dnl.gov > Cc: Grjmes. Arlene . · ichards'. Rebecca J. u: PL PAOMedja: ~gan, Brian J . ...,_,._/.,... ...,..........: _ _ _ _ _ _ _...· .,_H....ei__n__ze__lm.........an....>__·K..,.a=teaa.-_, . l Fonzone, Chrtopher ____________.,....._ _...... subject: Re: NBC/email (µ)(3) ci~A Thanks very much,D ODNI - . . ............--..--.. ... ,. .,:;_,, . ,.;:_ ,....... ~---·~--··--,. . . ""~"' --· ...........,~-·· _,· ,_, .....,·--t-.-···-· .. ·-. --··--- - From: .,,_,.-,---....-,,..,.....,,,.,,..,...,...,,.,,,...,.,,..,,,.,..,,------,.----....;;...a Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 05:13 PM To: Evans, Stuartj hi¢ ., Sina; !DNI-Media c:..._______________,,...------,,,---------..--------'Egan, Brian J.; Heinzelman, Kate; Fonzone, Christopher; Fallon, Brian (9PA) ---------8 (b)(6) (b)(5) Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 DOCID .: (b)(5) (b)(3)-P.\.. 86-36 4249177 BATES NO. 14 Subject: Re: NBC/email L--------'~pokesman, National Security Divisl.on.!.__ _ _ _ ___. · J~)(3)-P.L. 86-36 /. 'f·:~ (b)(6) . ····· .: .; . ;~. ._,: .... ;.. :· .. From: Evans, Stua "'-----------....,...-,------' Sent: Saturda Ma 24 2014 03:57 .PM To ,;,(b)(3) OGA ema1 ODNI + Brian, Kate, and Chris (with them actually added this time). From: Evans, Stuart Se;,,u,.i...:a!iw.lol~.u......u.1,1,L.,.,;;i......t.1.L.1,,;;i...w."""""~...l,;,L--------.;....--, __.;......______...,........________, + Brian, !; . . . . . . . . .--.-----------......,...--......,....----1.._.. . . .,. ________,. . . .________,1Richards, Ret>ecca J · Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; DL PAOMedia Subject: Re: NBC/email .. . ... --·- .... ·- .. -· ........ ·-··· -~ ...... I .. -·· - -- (b)(5) OGA ODNI ....... . ... -· .. · .~:,· ·····-· .,.. --~::::··· ......... . .DNFMedia; Cc: Grimes, Ar ene U ....... Subject: Re: NBC/email . ---..------ UL____j------,--~-~~-~-------1 .-· From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 10:50 AM To: ········ ········· .. - ···-··-(b)(5} - · (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 -· ... - · ·- I I Best, (b)(5) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 10 (b)(3) oGA Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 ODNI DOCID: 4249177 BATES NO. 16 !(b)(3) OGA vanee' ODNI ·.;~~~~-R~.b~rt·u·ttl. ._____.. . . . ____.I . ·. Se~. t: T 0 1 Saturdav. Mav 24, 2014 l-·.·:.'.,~. AM 1 0 ~----_________;. .:. .= .,·- ·--------......,___......,_·__v_;_.;::I•:::i:·; ....---------------------____.!De, RaJesh Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; DL PAOMedia Subject: Re: NBC/email · . (b)(5) OGA ODNI , ..., ......... ,.... _,;;.·--"...;"'-·-_;....;......;_;...··"•...;.··...;.·""...;'""...;."·...;·"·;_·,;;.;;..;;.~...;"'"...;·-;;;.,·"';;..,".;;..;;""...;·;...;;..;.~ From: Hayden, Caitli~ Sent: Saturday, May 24, To: 'Vines, Vanee M • n ... (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ::::',>•"~"~""'" ••• >' • ••• .,-,-0,.····• "' • ••P••••--u- "·•• · • ·.. ./ ... / 2014/09;20 AM Eastern StandardTime Beacihiey • Sina.-!----...,..;;.-------~vans, Stuart r . - - - - - - - - - - . ; _ . . . 1 Robert Litt;! / .. · · jDNI~M<:!dia; j . I . f.. I Cc: 'Grimes, Arlene U' _ _ _ _ _ ___.'DL PAOMedia' Subject: RE: NBC/ema1 1.-------....1 /(b)(3) ·.· OGA (b)(6) I .____ ____.I-· . . . · · · · · · · · · . . . . ODNI " 'ibi(5) ,,,,,,,,,,••' (b)(3)-P .L 86-36 (b)(6) From: Hayden, Caitlin Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 6:10 PM -----To: 'Vines, Vanee M'; Beaghley, Sina; Evans, Stuart; 'Robert Litt';! l'DNI-Media';! Cc: 'Grimes, Arlene U'; 'DL PAOMedia' Subject: RE: NBC/email .'-------...J From: Hayden, Caitlin Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 4:20 PM l (b)(SJ 3 36 ,..._......;(b...;.)(;..;.)-_P._L_sa_-_ _..., To: 'Vines, Vanee M'; Beaghley, Sina; Evans, Stuart; 'Robert Litt'; lDNI-Media;j.__ _ _ _ _ _....;.,,,,il Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; DL PAOMedia '-----....1 (b)(6) Subject: RE: NBC/email (b)(5) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 F~o~:-Vi~~~: Vanee Ml ," r-- ' --'' - -· . """" -.. . . . ""'"" -.. "" . '" -· " ......... ' Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 3:13 PM ·· .---------. To: Beaghley , Sina; Hayden, Caitlin; Evans, Stuart; 'Robert Litt'1 ..._ _ _ _ __.1DNI-Media;I 11 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 I L--------,,,,_.~....J (b)(6) Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: BATES NO. 17 4249177 Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; DL PAOMedia Subject: NBC/email Hi. If you're still in, please see my High Side note about a proposal to release the leaker's ONE e-mail to NSA OGC (and OGC's response to his very benign question). Stu: It's my understanding that you've had conversations about this with Raj and others. The leaker's ONE e-mail (that we're aware of) is on the High Side, too. NBC has yet to shed more light on the current claims. Note: Many news outlets have asked for a copy of the e-mail in recent months. We'd have to release it to all. Best, Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affair-ars..__ _ _ ___, NEW***********Media line' I· ..... (b)(3)-P.L. 86-3 12 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249178 -- 'i(b)(3)·P .L. 86-36 (b)(5) BATES NO. 18 (b)(3)·P .L. 86-36 De, Rajesh Friday, May 23, 2014 6:44 PM Delong, John M;! Vines Vanee M· Bauman Ethan.___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___, - nmes, r ene ; DL MLTF staff; DL PAOMedia Re: REPLY: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY - From: Sent: To: Subject: I From: Vines, Va nee M Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 06:39 PM To: Bauman, EthanJ Delong, John M; De, Rajesh; Grimes, Arlene U; DL MLTF_staff; DL PAOMedia 1.-.------------------1 Subject: Re: REPLY: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY I SA This news outlet has an "agreement"/relationship with Mr GlennG. It has been working months. w/ him on stories in recent (b)(5) (b)(3)·P,L. 86-36 vanee' From: Bauman, Ethan Sei;jt: Frjday. May 23. ~014 06:30 PM To( foelong, John M; De, Rajesh; Vines, Vanee M; Grimes, Arlene U; DL MLTF_staff; PL PAOMedia 1.-.-----------.....--------,i-1 Subject: Re: REPLY: NBC NEWS/ EDWARp SNOWDEN INQUIRY ······ Ethan Bauman a From:! - ··· .. ··---... . ... :::::::::::.:;i;:11< " / (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 legislative Affair_-~----____ _ (o-ft)_____________ ----(mobile)----- ··- ------------ I · - - - - -·- -__ / .- -. - --- . .---- - ·-- Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 06: 12 PM To: Delong, John M; De, Rajesh; Vines, Vanee M;j • !Grimes, Arlene U; DL MLTF_staff; DL PAOMedla; Bauman, Ethan _ -- --Subject: REPLY: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY (b)(5) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249178 BATES NO. 19 From: Delong, John M Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 1:56 PM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Grimes, Arlene U; To: De, Rajesh; Vines, Vanee M;'""! DL MLTF_staff; DL PAOMedia; Bauman, Ethan Subject: RE: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY (b)(5) (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 All, John (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 John Delong, CCEP Director of Compliance National Security Agency /(b)(5) (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 ....... .,_.... ·-- . ~---~.... ....--~------"-· _ From: De, Rajesh Sent: Friday, May 23......_2""'0"'"14"'""'""10_.:__ 18;;........A.... M_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ To: Vines, Vanee M; · Grimes, Arlene U; DL MLTF_staff; DL PAOMedia; Delong, John M; Bauman, Ethan Subject: Re: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY This is the same topic I iscussed with media roun a e hisweel<. Can NBC provide any more clarity as to what they are referring to so that we can confirm if it is the same thing? Adding Ethan. ....,.,._ _"'l"'"""...-:T"_--:"'_---L...,..........,.....-h--,----:----::-:-:e:-:e:--.....,...,.-----:--....,..,....--,----,-....,....,-:--1 From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 09:31 AM To: De, Rajesh;._!_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____.!Grimes, Arlene U; DL MLTF_staff; DL PAOMedia; Delong, John M Subject: Fw: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY Mr. Raj, w/ its story done, NBC is asking us to fact-check. Incredible. We'll get nwre info sooh from the producer. In the meantime, there's apparently a fresh claim about email the leaker allegedly sent toOGC or a tompliance official. Please see the producer's note below. Our December statement about ... no evidence .... is what PAO has. vanee' (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 This: (b)(6) ! From: Cole, Matthew (NBCUniversal) [mgilt~ Sent: Friday, May 2~. 2014 09:21 AM To: Vines, Vanee M;I1-------.. . . . .--,-..,......---........,.._......._____......1 Cc: DL PAOMedia; 'DNI-Media@dni.gov' ; nsapao (b)(3) OGA DDNI 2 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 20 DOCID: 4249178 Subject: RE: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY Yes, have read that story closely, and noted NSA's response. Am asking again, based on more detailed claims in our interview, whether Mr. Snowden sent any emails to the OGC or any other compliance office within the agency regard his concerns about any of the NSA's programs. Further, were any emails sent by Mr. Snowden specifically in 2013 to anyone in the NSA that displayed or suggested Mr. Snowden's concerns or objections to NSA programs. I'm at my desk,!..._ _ _ _....., (b)(6) ! From: Vines, Vanee Ml Sent: Friday, May 23, ~014 9: 17 A;:.M.:....--------, To: Cole, Matthew (NBCUniversal)1 Cc: DL PAOMedia; 'DNI-Media@dn·.,.1.""'g""ov.,..',,-,""ns""'a""p.,,.ao,,,........-----1 Subject: Re: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY . (b)(3)-P.L. 86-3€ What do you mean? An email about *what*? Have you seen Mr Gellman's story from December? This is what we said then in response to the allegations that Mr Gellman reported on: "After extensive investigation, including interviews with his former NSA supervisors and co-workers, we have not found any evidence to support Mr. Snowden's contention that he brought these matters to anyone's attention." I'll call soon. Thx! .(b)(3) V OGA (b)(6) .. - - .. -·-·------ __.._h-,•·----··-·--··-- --·· .........,.,_,_ -··--····-··><><·~---·-+•~• .. ,., ··--- •..... .............,--. . --·-· ···-· From: Cole, Matthew (NBCUniversal) [ ~ Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 09:07 AM To: Vines, Vanee Mb DDNI ! i.-----------' Cc: DL PAOMedia;' NI-Med1a@dm.goV' ; nsapao Subject: RE: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY I Let's start with this one, but I will still need to have a follow up phone conversa~ion. Can the NSA and/or DNI confirm or deny that Mr. Snowden sent emails to the NSA's OGC or any other internal/agency legal compliance body? NBC News is aware that in the past NSA has denied that they can find any such emails. From: Vines, Vanee M..___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _- - 1 . (b)(3)-P.L. 86-31 Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 8:52 A~M_ _ _ _ _ _ ___, To: Cole, Matthew (NBCUniversal);I Cc: DL PAOMedia; 'DNI-Medla@dni""'.g_o_v....';_n_s-ap_a_o_ _ _ ___. Subject: Re: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY Will call. But can you also put it in writing now so that we can work it faster? Writing is easier. Thx. V 3 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: BATES NO. 21 4249178 .... " - - - · · · · · · · - - · - ·- 0 ··-~·-·--·-···~ __ ,,,..,•-• ·- ••,• • • o> ---•, ••• ·-·--·-•••-•Oo,•-• ••• M- _....... •••• •••- - From: Cole, Matthew (NBCUniversal) [ ~ Sent: Frida~ Ma~ 23 2014 @:42 AM ,___ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ~~i1ect: N:: NtvvS; EDWA;sNowoEN INQotRY ---··---.---••HO, ____ ,__,,_ --- -·· ,•, (b)(3) OGA ~lnes,vaneeM DDNI (b)(6) Shawn and Vanee, As you may have seen, NBC News will be airing a long interview with Edward Snowden. Given that he makes plenty of claims in the interview, I have the enviable job of checking the veracity of said claims. Is it possible to discuss by phone at your earliest. convenience. I have initial inquiry, then, by mid day, I should have the final 3 or 4. Regards, Matthew Cole Investigative Producer NBC News 30 Rockefeller Plza New York, NY 10112 0: 212-664-2047 c:I . (b)(6) I 4 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOC IP-: BATES NO. 22 4.24 9179 ,N~A-D4 USA CIV From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: ...__........,.._ ___.!f\JSA-D4 USA CIV Monday.June 09, 201410:23 AM JisA-S3M.? usA crv DL OGC MedjaLe,ks (ALI~$) ?23; pL d_ig_tasker (~LIAS) D; DL ads_registry (ALIAS) Q09; _NSA-D USA CIV; DL ODOC_Med1aleaks (ALIAS) D4; DL ssct (ALIAS) Sl; DL NTOC_ML (ALIAS) V2 RE: (U) Final "reference" document: Q&Afor~nowden's Concerns and Notification I ! \''.'.'.!1. Classification: GO~JFIDE~JTIAL//~~OFORN . (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 D·········· Attached is ODOC feedback on the revised document, Mostly small tweaks. With regard to your response to (below) IThank yT for the opportunity to review, (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) FINAL Q8_archive doc_20140406 ... (U//FOUO) I....Training ---,--,---,,----------FGEP Prograrn Manager Office of the Director of Compliance, D4 OPS 2: 2B8054 Personal: 963-2510 (s),l !{b) Office: 963-170S (s),,;.:,a!~--..-!(__.b) · Dro pBox:htt p://urn, nsa. ic .gov/ dropboxJ I/ . . ··· (U/ffObJQ) From 5A-S3M2 USA CIV Sent: Fri ay, June 06, 20114:43 PM To' !NSA-Q USA CIV Cc: DL OGC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D23; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; DL ads_registry (ALI~S) Q09;1 rNSA-D USA CIV; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D4; DL ssct (ALIAS) 51; DL NTOC_ML (ALIAS) V2 ,___ _ _ ___. Subject:·RE: (U) Final "reference" document: Q&A for Snowden's Concerns and Notification Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249179 BATES NO. 23 ·classification: COt~FIDEt~TIAL//NOFORN .(h)(3)•P,L.~6-36 (b)(5) .. Thanks for the suggestions! Just to let;ou know ... ! also received the suggestion to · ·· ...._____,.._....,!wili consider your additional narrative in that context. .. and then take another holistic look at the entire response efore deciding. . Thanks again I Rgds, ...... > I I • •:::•'"(b)(3)·P .L. 86-36 I············ 1 Media Leaks Task Force OPS 2B, 2B8090 969-5009 (s) I lu) ,··· .· NSA~Q USA CIV From Sent: Friday, June 06, 20J43:49 PM To: I NSA-53M2 USA CIV Cc: DL OGC_Medlaleaks (ALIAS) D23; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; DL ads_registry (ALIAS) Q09;l !NSA-D USA CIV; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D4; DL ssct (ALIAS) 51; DL NTOC_ML (ALIAS) V2 ....__ _ _ _...., Subject: (U) Final "reference" document: Q&A for Snowden's Concerns and Notification (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(5) Classification: CO~JFIDENTIAL//t~OFORt(j D · Jost ~couple of suggested tweaks.I . .... !Thanks for the opportunity to review. '------------.;....,,i ADS&CI Chief of Staff 968-6000(s); !..._______, (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 « File: FINAL QA_archive doc_20140406.docx ?> Frolnl NSA~S3M2 U~A CIV Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 1:44 PM 2 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 'DOCID: BATES NO. 24 4249179 ·To: DL OGC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D23; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; DL Q_REGISTRY;! !NSA-D USA CIV; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D4 . ,___ _ _ __, Cc: DL ssct (ALIAS) S1; DL NTOC_ML (ALIAS) V2 Subject: (U) Final "reference" document: Q&A for Snowden's Concerns and Notification Classification: COt~FI DENTIALHNOFO~N (bj(3)-P.L. 86-1 (U) As you may know, the releas.e of that single email from Snowden to OGC ~c1used Httfe bit of a stir, and we provided your input to the White House and others to help them navigateJbru the hews conferences and follow-up questions. Thank you for your help on that! _ U Post-event has beenrelatlvE!ly quiet, but could still bubble up if the media or Snowden wants to push the issue. ,__ _,.... _,_ ec6mmended tha·t we change the Q&A paper to an archive or "reference" document so that we can respon quic " (b)(3)·P.L. 86-36 I· · · · · · · · · . . . . Media Leaks Task Force OPS 28, 268090 . !969-5009 (s) !M / ··. Classified Byj Derived From: NSA/CSSM '1-52 ··.Dated: 20070108 I , Deelasslfy On: 20390601 Classification: COMFIDEtc:JTIAL/trc:JOFORM Classified Dy:! I Derived From: ~Jg/>JCSSM 1-52 3 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 . DOC ID : BATES NO. 25 4 2 4 91 7 9 Dated: 200701 08 Declassify' 0Ft: 20390601 Classification: GO~JFIDE~JTIAL//~~OFORM ByJ ....... ... . Classified Derived F10111. NSAfCSSM 1 62 Dated: 20070108 Declassify On: 20a90601 i6i!3~-Fi.1..sa.3a I Classification: CONFIDENTl/\l//NOFORr>J Clas5ifieel Ely:! Derived From: NSA/CSSM 1-52 Dated: 20130930 Deela55ify Or=t: 20390601 Classification: GO~JFIDENTIALh'~~OFORN 4 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 I 'DOC ID BATES NO. 26 4249179 CONFJBEH'f!At/ii~CF ORN National Security Agency Media Leaks Task Force Date: 06 June, 2014 Re: (Uh'FOUOt Reference Document: Q&A Prep for Snowden 's Claim of Concerns and Notification (U) Executive Summary (Uh'FOB9) following the NBC interview with Edward Snowden broadcast on 28 MAY 14, the Intelligence Community decided to release the only lffiewtt.email exchange (known to exist at the time) between Edward Snowden and the NSA Office of the General Counsel in which a basic question of legal precedence was asked and answered by an OGC lawyer. A Question & Answer paper was developed for US Government officials to provide background and unclassified talking points to support the release at news conferences and any potential follow-up questions. Selected portions of that paper were actually used by the public affairs offices at the White House and 0DN1 level. (U//FOUO) As the event progressed the Q&A package was modified to become the paper that follows below. This new paper is intended to be a reference source for the event, or as a starting point should any further evidence come to light in the continuing investigation-. (U) Bolding and emphasis in this paper is primarily for the benefit of the reader, and is not required to be included in any formal responses to queries on these topics. (U) The Trigger Event (U) Edward Snowden has repeated claimed to have made attempts to express his concerns about the lawfulness of certain NSA activities to NSA colleagues, leadership, and through official channels. The following serves as an authoritative accounting of facts as relates to this claim and should be used as the basis for considering any responses related to these issues. C!assi ficd sA!ee-,...,...,,,..i ~Jg,A,,tm;gM I S2 Qerivei,;l ¥F8tl'l: Dateil: 2QQ'.jZQJQ& Deelsssif) 011. 2039868 I cmwmmm,o.u,ctmroR:1'• Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 . (ii)(3)-P.L. 86• 'DOCID 4.249179 BATES NO. 27 Jb)(3)-P.L 86,36 • (b)(5) cm1rlDEtfflAWfifOFO-R:H (U) Framing Questions I A. Did Snowden raise concerns with NSA as he said he did? (U) We have found a single instance of one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The question was received and an answer was provided to Mr. Snowden. There was not additional follow-up noted. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for evidence of outreach from him in those areas and have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. ((Note: This paragraph was publicly released via the White House Press office on 29 MAY 14)) B. How did NSA respond to the NBC FOIA request? (U) NBC issued a FOIA request for any and all evidence that Edward Snowden had formally filed his concerns with Agency authorities. The FOIA request was being handled according to the normal process when it was overtaken by a decision on the part of the NSA Director to release the text of the one e-mail referenced above. (U{/FOUO) Shortly after noon on 28 May 2014, NSA provided the response to Question A. above, along with a redacted version of the one email inquiry. A copy of that redacted version is stored in MLTF Action folder 1602. (UfffOUQ+ NSA contacted NBC the following week to close out the request and infom1ed them that the one email that responded to their inquiry was now public record for all. 2 Bc1hed ;: .;~ : r 1~, ;;;/ ...... . (b)(3)·P .L. 86-36 Sl\4 I SZ nmen: 200701011 Beehmify 011 . .!9399691 CO?,FIBEJ>JTIAb'~IOFORN Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 28 'DOCID: 4249179 CotfflDEtfflAb'fHOFORtt NSA Background to Potential Q&A Responses: 1. What is the training and qwareness provided to government and contrnctor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be inconsistent with law and policies? Training (U) NSA/CSS provides training to all employees in order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence-related laws, regulations and policies associated with the protection of privacy rights during mission operations. Throughout the curriculum, the instrnction repeatedly emphasizes the employee's responsibility to report questionable activity and the mechanisms to do so. (UHFOUO~ Selected courses are mandatory before an employee (civilian, military or contractor) can gain access to certain SIGINT operational systems. These specific training courses discuss the limitations of SIGTNT authorities and mission operations to include reminders and guidance about who to contact with questions about scope of authorities, and who to contact if there are known or even potential compliance concerns. The Basics -- ovsctooo (U) Below are examples from NSA's core Intelligence Oversight (IO) course "NSA/CSS Intelligence Oversight Training" (OVSClOOO). This course provides training to all employees in order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence-related laws, regulations, and policies associated with the protection of U.S. person privacy rights during mission operations. (U) Most contractors are required to take this course. However, it is not-mandatory for all contractors and will depend on their assignment, duties, and the stipulations of their controlling contract. Snowden's role as a systems administrator supporting SIGINT operations, and later as an analyst-in-training in APR -MAY 2014 would clearly place him in thls-the category of those required to complete OVSC I 000. '(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) (C//~fF) N.B. Snowden's training record is considered Personally Tde_n._t_ifiable Information, and the protection or dissemination of th!!t informatioids governed by U.S. law and Agency policy, and is not Pl_lr.!:ofthisQ&Ap~per. For more informatjon about Snowden's databas~_!lccesses;·sJl Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID BATES NO. 29 4249179 (U) If you become aware of a violation of the authorities, you should report it immediately. Ifyou are unsure 1fa violation has been committed, consult with your managcw, your orga11izatian 's JO representative, or Compliance orgm1ir,atio11. Yo11,1]1ay also contact the NSA OGC or the NSAICSS Office of the Inspector General or 0/G for assistance. (U) It is important for personnel to understand tlwtforpwposes of intelligence activities governed by E. 0. 12333, DoD Regulation 5240. 1-R contains the approved procedures for use within DoD. These procedures also rejlect DoD poticiesjor employee conduct that require you to be familiar with restrictions on the collection, retention and dissemination of U.S. person injormation and the responsibility to report questionable intelligence activities to the NSA OGC or NSA/CSS JG. (U) Employees shall report any questionable activity to the NSA OGC or NSA/CSS 0/G. A questionable activity is defined as any conduct that constitutes, or is related to, an intelligence activity that maybe unlaHiitl. or co11trc11y tu executive order, presidential directive, or applicable DuD policy. Employees may also report questionable activities directly to the DoD General Co1111sel or Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intellige11ce Oversight, ATSD(/0). (U) DIRNSA is also responsible for ensuring that 110 adverse action is taken against cin employee because the employee reports a questionable intelligence activity pursua11t to the established procedures. In addition, DTM 08-052 contains specific 1·eq11irementsfor reporti11g to the Preside11t's Intelligence Advisory Board questionable intelligence activities and significant or highly se11sitive matters that could potentially impugn the reputation or integrity of the DoD Intelligence Community or othe,wise call into question the propriety of an intellige11ce activity. Should you need clarification or have questions about the reporti11g requireme11ts for possihle significant or highly sensitive matters, you should co11s11lt with your manager, your complia11ce orga11izatio11, the NSA OGC or the NSAICSS OIG. . . (U) Report q11estio11able or sig11ijica11t mu/ highly sensitive i11te/lige11ce activities to tlte NSA OGC or NSAICSS 0/G. You can fi11d co11tact i11formatio11 ca11 be fo1111d 111 the Resources sectio11. Awareness ( U / ~ NSA employees are provided information on how to report concerns regarding their work, or their work environment in a number of different venues to include formal training, briefings to large and small audiences, Agency static and electronic billboards and wall displays, and Agency-wide emails and announcements. All employees are made aware of how they may report concerns, even anonymously, within or outside their supervisory management chain. The relevant processes arc reinforced in recurrent, mandatory training. Depending on the particular issue and individual circumstances, NSA employees may report concerns through many different avenues inside NSA, across the.Executive Branch, and to Congress. The NSA OI~ webs if: 4 Be1 i, ed F~1~·:=i:/2i~n 1 5z Bated. 28999198 Qeelessify 9t11 29399681 I (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 COJ>lrlBHITIALH?JOFOR:Pl Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID BATES NO. 30 4249179 CotfflBEl•l'f!Ab'fMOFOR'.fq provides information about submitting hotline complaints and addresses anonymity and confidentiality concerns. (U) Prior to the Snowden incident (pre-MAY 2013), the OJG issued a number of agency-all messages summarizing investigation results of i Ilegal activity and messages covering policies and avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of law, policy, and regulations. While not every IO report during this time frame dealt with intelligence mattern, they all contained the following statement about the mission of the 010 and how concerns can be reported: The NSA Office of the Inspector General actively investigates a/legations offraud against the Agency. The OIG is committed ro eliminatingji-aud, waste, mismanagement of Agency resmwces, and abuse of authority. Ifyou are aware ofpote11tia/jim1d, waste, or abuse, please report your concem to the DIG by visiting the Hotline office in 287088, calling 963-5023, or visiting the DIG Hotline website. You may remain anonymous when submitting concerns to the DIG Hotline. lfyou choose not to remain anonymous, your identity will be protected. (U) After MAY 2013 and the issuance of NSA/CSS Policy 1-60, the IG issued a specific message addressing reporting policies and how to submit concerns in JUN 2013 and repeated this message in 2014. {U) Within the Agency and the Federal Government, there are several avenues/or reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of law, policy, and regulations. We recommenc/ that you.first try to resolve problems by bringing them to the attention ofyour leadership; managers are o.f/en in the best position to assess concems, recognize process shortfalls, and take corrective action. (U/.l.f'Qf:f0j'1f you believe that management has no/ been able to resolve your concerns, the Djjlce of the Inspector General (DIG) can assist. NSA!CSS Policy 1-60 requires that NSA!CSS personnel report to the OIG possible violations of law, rules, or regulations; mismanagement; gross waste o.fjimds; misconduct by senior officials; or abuse of authority. A complainant's identity is protected by law, and NSA!CSS Policy l-62 protects employees fi'om reprisal for communications with the 0/G. You can contact the DIG by telephone (963-5023), in person (OPS 2B7088), or anonymously through our Web site ("go IG"). {U) The Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act {lCWPA) allows employees to report "urgent concerns" to the intelligence committees of Congress. A complaint made in accordance with the ICWPA ensures that your concerns are addressed and that classified information is protected. ICWPA comp/dints are made through the NSA!CSS DIG or the Department of Defense /G. (U) If you have questions abottt how to report a concem, go to the JG Web sire ("go IG") or contact the IG Hotline hotline@nsa.ic.gov) on NSANet. Contact the U.S. Cyber bout problems involving that organization. Command r (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 5 r~':l. :;!,,~sp.4 t ea 3 J;)u~i11ue l'ated. !66'i'8181! I . (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Qeehmlfy Q111 iUl.!9(10111 CO~lFIBEH'flAbNfol8F8Rfol Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249179 BATES NO. 31 CONFIDElfFIAbWWFORH (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) 2. What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur? (U/fFOUO) There are•various mechanisms tf\-by_which reporting can occur. Employees and contractors may provide information to the DoD OIG, IC OIG, NSA anonymously, the 010 website via phone, in writing or to various offices within NSA such as: • the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity, • the Office of the Director of Comp! iance, • the Office of the General Counsel, and PIG\ • • .----------------. ·-·/1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __. the Privacy and Civil Liberties Office. the Associate Directorate for Security & rcounterintelligence (U) The IG Act of 1978, as amended by the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWP A), also provides contractors and employees of intelligence agencies a mechanism for reporting to Congress classified information alleging wrongdoing. Employees may contact the intelligence committees directly only if the employee a) before making such a contact, furnishes to the head of the establishment, through the Inspector General, a statement of the employee's complaint or information and notice of the employee's intent to contact the intelligence committees directly; and b) obtains and follows from the head ofthe establishment, through the Inspector General, direction on how to contact the intelligence committees in accordance with appropriate security practices. 3. What is the process, accountability for addressing such reports? (Uh'FQUO+ When an allegation is presented to the NSA OIG or referred to them by an internal agency element, the OIG. Investigations Division reviews it to determine the a11propriate action. The NSA OIG also responds to referrals from external agencies when appropriate. Complaints regarding systemic process problems may be referred to the OTG Audit or Intelligence Oversight Divisions. Concerns involving violations of law or policy arc pursued via a preliminary inquiry, and if warranted, via an investigation, by the Investigations Division. All complaints and their outcomes are tracked through the Inspector General case management system. (U) If an inquiry is reported directly to Congress and a copy is not provided to Agency authorities (see Question 2 above), then the NSA OJG may not have knowledge of such a request. (b)(3)-P.L. sa'.3a 6 fMcd. 2997911111 Bcelnssir, On. 2631J666l COIt:H'f'IAbffl'l'OFOR.~I Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249179 BATES NO. 32 COtlfIDEtffIAU/NOFORt1 4. Is there a record of these kinds of inquiries and responses? I ( U / ~ The NSA OIG keeps a record of all inquiries and actions taken. 5. Do we INSAJ have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measures? (U//FOU~ Activity that is found to be a violation of law, directive, or policy is thoroughly reviewed to determine corrective action. NSA's incidents are most often tied to human error or technical malfunction that is corrected by local management within the capabilities of the existing systems in consultation with the NSA OIG and senior leadership. As of JUN 2014 and as previously reported to the intelligence committees, the OIG is aware of thirteen instances of intentional misuse of the S!GfNT system by individuals over the last 10 years. Most were referred to the Department of Justice, and eventually ended with the departure of the employee involved. Auditing and monitoring processes in the operational areas where many of these violations took place were significantly modified or improved. (U,'ffOU~ Other than violations reported by NSA bGC to the Department of Justice, we are not aware of any S[GfNT programs or activities that are inconsistent with the law. Each quarter, the OIG and OGC review reported instances of non-compliance with SIGfNT and Infonnation Assurance authorities that are typically the result of human error or technical malfunction. These matters are addressed by local management or through other corrective actions ffi-kett.both directed by, and in conce1i with,byNSA's compliance organizations. 6. (OGC) Did we receive correspondence from,Edward Snowden about his concerns? 7. (OGC) rr so, in what form, on what dates and with what specificity as to content? 8. (OGC) Were his inquiries responded to? If so, how and when? (U) No such correspondence has been discovered. (U) NSA is unaware of any correspondence Edward Snowden had with the NSA Inspector General, the Office of General Counsel, or his supervisors wherein he expressed constitutional concerns about NSA 's intelligence operations or authorities. We have found one instance of an e-mail inquiry to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of the content of some training material. (U) On Friday 5 April 2013 at about 4PM, Edward Snowden sent an email to the Office of General Counsel questioning the hierarchy of several NSA authorities identified in a training course. Ch1s~ifh1il H!'I Be1 I, et! rr61fll ~ISA/C~~l\4 I li;J flated, 200791118 Qeel11ssif) On. i\9390691 7 I····· (b)(3),P.L. 86-36 CO?iRDENl'IALh'l',6FORPi Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCIQ: 4249179 BATES NO. 33 C01qFfBEH'FIAL/fNOFOffii (U) The inquiry did not raise any concerns with the substance of any particular statute, Executive Order, policy, or regulation. (U) The inquiry did not suggest that NSA was violating any legal authority; nor did the inquiry question whether NSA had authority to conduct specific operations. (U) On Monday 8 April 2013, the next business day, the Office of General Counsel responded to his question and the attorney offered to discuss the issue further ifhe desired to do so, There is no evidence that any additional correspondence or contact occurred on this matter. 9. (Q/TD) How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted? (UffFOU~ As of JUN 2014, the investigation was still ongoing .. We have reviewed all of the email and NSANet social media posts authored by Edward Snowden which we have been able to obtain. This review has included manual reviews of his email and posts, as well as searches of that email tailored to identify any responsive correspondence. (U/fFOUO) We have located additional email between Snowden and members of Office of General Counsel and Oversight and Compliance relating to his job duties and work on troubleshooting IT issues, but these emails do not contain any questions or concerns about the legal authorities under which NSA operates. 10. (Q/TD) Was it exhaustive and authoritative'! (U/AI (ii}(3)-P. L. 86-36 (b)(5) (Uh'f-e{ffi) I -- I (U/ ..__,..__,..__,,, 9 ' , €1assifi@EI B~,I l ·· ·· (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Beri, etl Ft eut. ?fS/r/CSST\t I S2 Bated. 28898188 9eelftssif) On. 29398681 C0Jl'lfI9"E.NTIAL/R>IOFOR1>1 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 35 DOCID: 4249180 From: To: Cc: c Subj~ct:: .C!Y FW: (U) Q&A: Snowden Concerns Wednesday, June 04, 2014 12:14:12 PM : . D.ate! ·· Attachments: .E.!N~~ ~no_qden con~~rns ~QQ.Q.£:£QWJ1.l!fills.docx_ (k)(S)-fl,L ..86-36 ~--------W--01-~ ~- .. ··. Cl8S$ification: UNCLASSIFIE.D//FOn OFFICIAL USE. Of<:JLY Or1ease ;~viewr-Lnd I had this last week while you were out, but it's not final so there is new opp9rtun1ty to1aay.-f \ I Deputy lnspector General, NSA/CSS \ 963-3544 secure l · Lcmcl 2B8076 OPS 2B Suite 6247 . "Tell me what you know. Tell me what you don't know. Tell me what you think. Always distinguish \which is which." \ Cdlin Powell Classification: UNCLASSIFIE.D//FOR Of"TICIAL USE O~~LY D Thank you for the opportunity to review. ODOC comments are incorporated into the attached document. Best regards, Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: BATES NO. 36 4249180 (U//FOUOr= CCEP Training Program Manager Office of the Director of Compliance, D4 OPS 2: 2B8054 Personal: 963-2510 (sLl...._____.ltb) I Office: 963-1705 (si,l (b} ·· Drop Box: b.t.tJ;J.JlYI!LrllilJLgoud rnr;ibo~..._ _ __. (U//FOUO) From! NSA~S3M2 USA CIV / Sent: Monday, June Q2., 2014 5:59 PM1-···-·- - - - . . - - - -... To: I IN$.A·D23 U~A ClV; !NSA-Q4 USA CIV; !NsA-D14 USA CIV; I lM NSA-Q USA CIV Cc• DI OGC Medi~Le.pks (ALIAS) D23; DL ODOC Medialeaks (ALIAS) D4; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; JNSA-D usA civ; 1NsA-D usA crv; DL Q_REGISTRY Subject: (U) Q&A: Snowden Concerns · .. I I l I .· (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/IFOR OFrlCIAL USE OML.Y lb)(5) Thank you for all your input and commentary for the Q&A package supporting the release of the Snowden-OGC email. When we first assi;mbled this package,! ________ j;.so ,__ _. we thank you for that! We have not fielded any follow-on questions about Snowden's claim, or his reaction to the release ... so far. But, we will continue to develop this package for the factual history and as a hedge against any future questions. Now that the email has been release and the media has completed at least one swirl on Snowden's responseC]thought we should revisit this package and place it into the MLTF library as a "source document" for future related releases, and to continue serving as the authoritative statement about the Agency's effort to find and report on any efforts by Snowden to communicate his concerns to NSA management or authorities. Attached io mark up, to include some new verbiage to show that the initial event has (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: BATES NO. 37 4249180 passed. I have already accepted all of his "cosmetic" narrative changes to make it a little easier to read; however, I retained a few of his "commentary" boxes and at least one markup that I will need your help to resolve before going final. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 « File: FINAL_Snowden_concerns_QA_Ver3 Oocx>> · And .. l have not forgotten that some of you made similar comments about the purpose of this package, and if some of the Q&A's might be more appropriate for another paper ... or even as a classified addendum to this package. We can still consider those here in this version. Would welcome your thoughts and advice! I would like to go final on this by COB TUE, or WED at the latest. Please let me know if that's not possible. Thank you! Rgds, . - I...___ ..... _,, ...... ,.. ____.I Media Leaks Task Force OPS 28, 288090 969-5009 (s) ...____. . . 1(0) . Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/IFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE O~~LY Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFTICIAL USE O~JLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 DOCID 4.249180 BATES NO. 38 UNCLASSIFIED!,'FGH 8fTIW,L 1:,5[ 9Pl~Y (U) Edward Snowden has repeated claimed to have made attempts to express his concerns about the lawfulness of certain NSA activities to NSA colleagues, leadership, and through official channels. The following serves as an authoritative accounting of facts as relates to this claim and should be used as the basis for considering any responses related to these issues. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (bi(G) Framing questions r. J-- _ra-m-in_g_g_u_e_st-io_n_s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ----------------------------1. ___. ., . ________,. . . _ A. Did Snowden raise concerns with NSA as he said he ~id\?.... ·-··--------··-·· .. ·---,.·-··------·-···----~~-1 (U) We have found a single instance of one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The question was received and an answer was provided to Mr. Snowden. There was not additional follow-up noted. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for evidence of outreach from him in those areas and have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. ((Note: This paragraph was publicly released via the White House Press office on 29 MAY 14)) B. .__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ How did NSA respond to the NBC FOIA request? (U) The FOIA request was being handled according to the normal process when it was overtaken by a decision on the part of the NSA Director to release the text of the one e-mail referenced above. (Ur/FSl:JS) Shortly after noon on 28 May 2014, NSA provided the paragraph In response A, above along with a redacted version of the one email inquiry. The copy of that redacted version is stored in MLTF Action folder 1602. (U//FOUO) NSA contacted the FOIA originator NBC to close out the request. NSA Background to Potential Q&A Responses: 1. What is the training and awareness provided to government and contractor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be inconsistent with law and policies? (U) +he-·NSA/CSS G1,rt,~Hswe..,,M+£,s+s-R-G!tff+f,4ati-e.,-~lr"provides training to all employees In order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence -related laws, regulations and policies associated with the protection of privacy rights during mission operations. Throughout the curriculum, the instruction repeatedly emphasiies the employee's responsibility to UNCLASS1FIED//F8R OFFICIAL use 9PIL.Y Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID BATES NO. 39 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) 4249180 UNC:LASSIFIED/;'FOf1 8fTIW,L l,SE 8NLY report questionable activity and the mechanisms to do so. ( U ~ [NSAl_encourages em_pJoyees.• to repnrt concerns regarding their work or work environment.in~··· a number of different venues to include formal training, briefings to large and small audiences, Agency static and electronic billboards and wall displays, and Agency-wide emails and announcements. All employees are made aware of how they may report concerns, even anonymously, within or outside their supervisory management chain. The relevant processes are reinforced in recurrent, mandatory training. Depending on the particular issue and individual circumstances, NSA employees may report concerns through many different avenues inside NSA, across the Executive Branch, and to Congress. The NSA OIG website provides information about submitting hotline complaints and addresses anonymity and confidentiality concerns. (Uftffltffit"The NSA OIG also provides briefings on how to r§QQrt concerns_to various NSA training classes, including the new hire orientation class, mid-level leadership classes, and other classes specific to skill communities, such as FontractingkJ __ ·----------------------------------------------------,~-~· ',, (U/)'Fett'Ot Selected courses are mandatory before an employee (civilian, military or contractor) can gain access to certain SIGINT operational systems. These specific training courses discuss the limitations of SIGINT authorities and mission operations to Include reminders and guidance about who to contact with questions about scope of authorities and who to contact if there are known or even potential compliance concerns. ',, (U) Below are examples from NSA's core Intelligence Oversight (10) course "NSA/CSS Intelligence Oversight Training" (OVSC:1000). This course provides training to all employees in order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence-related laws, regulations, and policies associated with the protection of U.S. person privacy rights during mission operations. (U) Maf+>t-·M.Qil.contractors are required to take this course. However, it is not mandatory for all contractors and will depend on their assignment, duties, and t-Fo_r_m_a_tt_ed_:_F_o_nt_:_N_ot_Bo_l_d_~~--= are unsure ifa violation has been committed._.consult with your manaQer, your organization's 10 ____ ...... Formatted: Font: Not Bold representative, or Compliance organization. You may ,.also contact _the NSA OGC or the NSA/CSS ____ ,•••.. >-Fo_r_m_a...tt;;;ed;;;:...F.;;o...nt;;.:.;,;N;.;ot.;;Bo;.;;.;..ld-~--=Off/ce of the Inspector General or 0/G for assistance. (U) It Is important for personnel to understand that for purposes of intelligence activities governed by E.O. 12333, DoD Regulation 5240.1-R contains the approved procedures for use within DoD. These procedures also reflect DoD policies for employee conduct that require you to be familiar with restrictions on the collection, retention and dissemination of U.S. person Information and the lesponsibi/ity ..to report questionable. intelligence activities _to the NSA OGC .... -----ftormatted:. Font: Not Bold or NSA/CSS IG. . (U) Employees shall 1eport any questionable_activlty to the _NSA OGC or NSA/CSS .OIG. A.........................,{~matted: --·-·--· Font: Not Bold .• - - - - - UNCLASSIFIED//F8H 8FFIEl,\L US[ ONLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249180 BATES NO. 40 UNCLASSIFIED/tFeR SITIClhL t,5[ OPI!..¥ questionable activity is defined as any conduct that constitutes, or is related to, an intelligence activity that maybe unlawful or contrary to executive order, presidential directive, or applicable DoD policy. pnployees may also_ reportquestionable _activities directly to the_DoD. General ··---···------"§~atted: Counsel or Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight, ATSD(I OJ. Font: Not Bold {U) DIRNSA is also responsible for ensuring that no adverse action is taken against an employee because the employee reports a questionable intelligence activity pursuant to the established procedures. In addition, DTM 08-052 contains specific requirements for [eporting to the ---···..··--------~matted: FontNotBold President's lntell/genc e Advisory Board questionable intelligence activities and significant or highly sensitive matters that could potentially Impugn the reputation or Integrity of the DoD Intelligence Community or otherwise call into question the propriety of an intelligence activity. Should you need clarification or have questions about the reporting requirements for possible significant or highly sensitive matters, you should f_Onsult with your_ manager, your _compliance .... _ •.• --{Formatted: _Font: Not Bold organization, the NSA OGC or the NSA/CSS 0/G. {U) f}epprtquestionable or s!f]nificant and highly_sensit/ve intelligence activities to the NSA OGC ----·· Formatted: or NSA/CSS OIG. You can Jjnd contact information_ con be found In the_,Resources section.--··-------···-· Formatted: Font: Not Bold Font: Not Bold (U) The OIG also issues agency-all messages covering policies and avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of law, policy, and regulations. The following is a recent example of a Senior Executive Message from Dr. George Ellard, NSA/CSS Inspector ~enerail_ ________ ··----··-··--··-- .. --.-··· \ \ {U) Within the Agency and the Federal Government, there are several avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of law, policy, and regulations. We recommend that you first try to resolve problems by bringing them to the attention of your leadership; managers arti' often in the best position to assess concerns, recognize process shortfalls, and take corrective action. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ' (U/~lfyou believe that management has not been able to resolve your concerns, the Office of the Inspector General {OIG) can assist. NSA/CSS Policy 1-60 requires that NSA/CSS personnel report to the 0/G possible violations of law, rules, or regulations; mismanagement; gross waste of funds; misconduct by senior officials; or abuse of authority. A complainant's identity is protected by law, and NSA/CSS Policy 1-62 protects employees from reprisal for communications with the OIG. You can contact the 0/G by telephone {963-5023), in person (OPS 287088), or anonymously through our Web site ("go IG"). (U) The Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act {ICWPA) allows employees to report "urgent concerns" to the lnt'e/1/gence committees a/Congress. A complaint made In accordance with the ICWPA ensures that your concerns are addressed and that classified Information is protected. ICWPA complaints are made through the NSA/CSS 0/G or the Department of Defense IG. (b)(3)'P.L. 8.6-36 (b)(5) {U) /fyou have questions about how to report a concern, go to the /G Web site ("go IG") or contact the IG Hotline (lghotline@nsa.ic.gov) on NSANet. Contact the U.S. Cyber Command IG ~bout problems involving that organization. I UNCL.ASSIFIED//FOf1 OFFICIAL L-,JSE OPJLY (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 ~---·-- ·--·--- ------ DOCID BATES NO. 41 4249180 UNCLASSIFIED/;'FOH OFFIW,L ~J!ie 9PJ~Y 2. What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur? (Uh'FOUO) The IG Act of 1978, as amended by the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWPA), also provides contractors and employees of intelligence agencies a mechanism for reporting to Congress classified information alleging wrongdoing. An employee or contractor may provide information to the OIG anonymously, via phone, the OIG website, or in writing. Within NSA, employees and contractors may also raise concerns with offices as diverse as: the Associate Directorate for Security & Counterintelligence, the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity, the Office of the Director of Compliance, the Office of the General Counsel, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Office. 3. · M(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(~) What is the process, accountability for addressing such reports~-··-----··-··-···---·····-----~-··' ( U ~ When an allegation is presented to the OIG or referred to them by another agency element, the OIG Investigations Division reviews it to determine the appropriate action. Complaints regarding systemic process problems may be referred to the OIG Audit or Intelligence Oversight Divisions. Concerns involving violations of law or policy are pursued via a preliminary inquiry, and If warranted, via an investigation, by the investigations Division. All complaints and their outcomes are tracked through the Inspector General case management system. If an inquiry Is reported directly to Congress, the NSA OiG may not have knowledge of such a request. 4. Is there a record of these kinds of inquiries and responses? (U/~The OIG keeps a record of all inquiries and actions taken. 5. Do we have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measures? (U/ Activity that is found to be a violation of law, directive, or policy requires some corrective action. NSA's incidents are most often tied to human error or technical malfunction that is corrected by local management within the capabilities of the existing systems in consultation with the O!G and senior leadership. As previously reported to the intelligence committees, the OIG is aware of thirteen instances of intentional misuse of the SIGINT system by individuals over the last 10 years. Most were referred to the Department of Justice, and eventually ended with the departure of the employee involved. Auditing and monitoring processes in the operational areas where many of these violations took place were significantly modified or Improved. UNCLASSIFIED//FOR 81TICl!U. l,JS[ 9PJLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID BATES NO. 42 41:249180 UNCLASSIFIED//FOH OfTICIAL USE OPJLY (UHFOl::IO) Other than violations reported by OGC to. the Department of Justice, we are not aware of any SIGINT programs or activities that are inconsistent with the law. Each quarter, the OIG and OGC review reported instances of non-compliance with SIGINT and Information Assurance authorities that are typically the result of human error or technical malfunction. These matters are addressed by local management or through other corrective actions taken by NSA's compliance organizations. 6. 7. 8. (OGC) Did we receive correspondence from Edward Snowden about his concerns? (OGC) If so, in what form, on what dates and with what specificity as to content? (OGC) Were his inquiries responded to? If so, how and when? (U) No such correspondence has been discovered. (U) NSA is unaware of any correspondence Edward Snowden had with the Inspector General, the Office of General Counsel, or his supervisors wherein he expressed constitutional concerns about NSA's Intelligence operations or authorities. We have found one instance of an e-mail Inquiry to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of the content of some training material. (U) On Friday 5 April 2013 at about 4PM, Edward Snowden sent an email to the Office of General Counsel questioning the hierarchy of several NSA authorities identified in a training course. (U) The inquiry did not raise any concerns with the substance of any particular statute, Executive Order, policy, or regulation. (U) The inquiry did not suggest that NSA was violating any legal authority; nor did the inquiry question whether NSA had authority to conduct specific operations. (U) On Monday 8 April 2013, the next business day, the Office of General Counsel responded to his question and the attorney offered to discuss the issue further if he desired to do so There is no evidence that any additional correspondence or contact occurred on this matter. 9. (Q/TD) How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted? ___________________________________ I ····· ····· . -· · __, ._ ( U / ~ We have located additional email between Snowden and members of Office of General Counsel and Oversight and Compliance relating to work on troubleshooting IT issues, but these emails do not contain any questions or concerns about the legal authorities under which NSA operates. UNCL.AS51FIED//F011 OFFICl/l,L USE OPJLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 (b)(3),P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) DOCID BATES NO. 43 4249180 UNCLASSIFIEDl,'FOR OITIW,L USE omv 10. (Q/TD) Was it exhaustive and authoritative? ( U ~ .Given the importance of this issue and the repeated claims by Mr. Snowden, the effort to uncover any written or recollected evidence of these engagements has been thorough and Involved cognizant authorities in each area of review. 11. (Q/TD) Is it possible there is correspondence we overlooked, didn't record? f}~We cannot completelv •. rule .out the possibilit~ that something_ may have.been overlooked,---~~~~··{ Formatted: Fo~t: 11 pt but we have high confidence that the searches and interviews for relevant information we undertook would have uncovered evidence of assertions that rise to the level of outreach and prdtestation claimed by Mr. Snowden. They have not. (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 (b)(5) UNCl.ASSIFIED//FOn OFrlWtl. ,/Sis gmy Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 • BATES NO. 44 DOCID: 4249192 {b){3)'P,Ll~:~6. \ ·· ~:~·m: . .. .. Subject: Date: Attachments: L ~U:c~~ RE: (U} ACTIQN: Q&A: Snowden Concerns Wednesday, June·M, 2014.):34: 14 AM ElliAL~..,;oncerns_QA_Ver3~ Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDfWOH OFr-lCIAL USE Ot-:JLY See attached - I have a few more comments about things that need some work/clarification in addition to what you mention below. Regarding the agency alls, we talk about re ortin mechanisms on all messa. es that we send out ·- for exam le: .. ·. they aren't as focused as the two you mE!ntion, and we might need to massage the words a • · little. 1· . I . c.ounsel to the Inspector General National Security Agency/Central Security Service 96:f-0946 (s) <\< .. >.> From:! !NSA-01 USA CIV Se1t; Tuesday, lq~e 03, 2014 3:51 PM NSA-01 USA CIV Subject: FW: (U) ACTION: Q&A: Snowden Concerns To: Remaining text is duplicated n DOCID 4249180 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 45 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DQCIB: BATES NO. 46 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 424921.92 BATESNO.47 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 QGGID: 4249192 BATESNO.48 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 4i 2 E3 1 9.2 BATES NO. 49 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 968531155: BATESNO.50 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 4249192 BATES NO. 51 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 4249192 BATESNO.52 i i i I I Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: BATES NO. 53 42491941 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 !NsA~bJog From: Sent: To: usA I Cc: Subject: Green Miller Marci L NSA~.DNl USA CIV Tuesday, May 27, 2014 8:27 AM I\JSA-D USA CIV DL medialeaks_core (ALIAS) D; DL PAOMedia (ALIAS) DNl RE: (U) REPLY: (U) FORWARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP: (U) REPLY: SSC! Expectations Regarding NBC Snowden Story Classification~ CO t.J FI D ENTI/\Lmq OFOR ~q Yes s· Marci (U) Marci L. Green Miller NSA Public Affairs Office Personal:! !B .. . .......... · /969~1$6.is ···••·•·•• )Y' (b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 ·· ··· · · · · PAO Office:! !B/969·7499 S. Media Line: 301-688-6524 BlackBerrv:! Unclass email:!...._ _ _ _ _ _!···· I ·· 0 (b)(5) Froml lNsA-D USA CIV Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 8:25 AM To: Green Miller Marci L NSA-DN1 USA CIV Cc: DL medialealGG:-J;.9-:-4--2-4-9-=l--9·1.i- BATES NO. 57 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 5 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 58 I I I r. :....... . ••••· (bl(3)·P.L. 86-36 (bl(5) . . . . . . • . . • . : .. :=·::;:11· Media Leaks I ask Force National Security Agency/Central Security SeNice < ::.> (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 OPS 28 2B8090 I JWICS UNCL -· NSTS 969-5011 BLACK I 1 ·/ From: Ledgett Richard H Jr NSJ.\~D USA CIV Sent: Sunday, May 25, 20Hl0:5i AM To~ USA CIV; De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV cc( PS.A-o !NSA-D28 USA CIV; Fleisch Frances J NSA-D USA CIV; Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV Subject: FW: (U) REPLY: SSCI Expectations Regarding NBC Snowden Story Importance: High Classification: CO~JFIDHHI/\L//~JOrOR~J Thoughts on this? Rick Ledgett Deputy Director From: Rogers Michael S ADM NSA-unknown USA USN Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:46 PM To: Fleisch Frances J NSA-D USA CIV Cc: Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV; Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV; DL ddir_staff (ALIAS) S Subject: RE: (U) REPLY: SSC! Expectations Regarding NBC Snowden Story Classification: GO~ff lDDHIAU/NOFOmq I'd love to share the specifics of the only e-mail we have that Me's~;ntlfifl/;( which asked a very broad question on the hierarchy of law vs the direction in regulation and other publications and which never mentioned privacy concerns 9nce. 6 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4.249194 BATES NO. 59 /r, MSR ADM Michael S. Rogers, USN Commander, U.S. Cyber Command Director, NSA / Chief, CSS FT George G. Meade, MD NSA NET:! SIPR: Comm! j· I (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 + L From: Fleisch Frances J NSA-D USA CIV Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 4:50 PM To: Rogers Michael S ADM NSA-unknown USA USN Cc: Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV; Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV; DL ddir_staff (ALIAS) S Subject: FW: (U) REPLY: SSC! Expectations Regarding NBC Snowden Story Classification: COt~FIDENTIALh'MOFORM Sir, {U//FOUOl Further details on the NBC interview of Snowden due to air next week. Fran Frances J. Fleisch Executive Director OPS2B 2B8036 Suite 6242 963-6s 13J I · ·· · · · · · . · >;,,;;•1(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 httg://urn.www.nsa/dro~ :I~ · · · · From !NsA.-D U$A C:IV Sent:nday, May 23, 2014 4~49 PM To· Eleiscb ~~SA~D USA CIV · C c ~ : N S A - D USA crv;j Su 1ect: F : R LY: SSCI Expectations Regarding :ra~~;s . • : !NSA-D USA CIV I BC Snowden Story Classification: GO~JFIDE~~TIAL//NOFORtq Fran, The Edward Snowden interview by Brian Williams will be on Wednesday, May 28, at 10 PM. Williams went to Russia to ..-----, conduct the interview. Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, and David Miranda may also be involved in the broadcast.I D P.S. NBC contacted NSAPAO today with a question about the veracity of Snowden's claim to have contacted NSA O(jC or some other compliancy body about this concerns. 7 (b)(3)·P .L. 86-36 (b)(5) Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249194 BATES NO. 60 ______! Media Leal'"'""...,.,..~....-....,,...----....--------' To: Vines Vanee M; DE:!, Rajesh; ' - - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ ._ _ _ _ _ _..,ea.ghley, Sln_a - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - - - - - - ....------..,......,...,.....,,...,.,,_,.....,.,---......,.._ _ _...;..._.....J'DNI-rne;dia@dni.gov' ; _ _ _ _ ___, ...__ _ _ ___,_ 1c ar s, e ecca Cc: Grimes Arlene U· DL PAOMedia· Egan, Brian J. Heinzelman Kate -. ...,____-...-----------.....&..;----'----..;;........,, Fonzone Chri~topher Ensor L._e_o-:-in-e-:-17:.K,.;======================------Subject: RE: NBC email NBC is asking whether our search was just of e-mails to OGC or also to the Compliance Office. Can folks confirm? Fro~: Vi~~s, ·va~e~ Ml r- ·- · · · . . _ _ ,_ Sent: Wednesday, May......,.28,...,'"'"2""0"'"14:;10;:;s:;:2:;:A;:M;::::~--------,i-------,..-----------i To: Hayden, Caitlin· De Ra·esh· _______ _, ni;goy; _ _ _ _ _ __. Evans, Stuart; Beaghley , Sina; ,__ .___ _ _ ___.Richards, Rebecca J _.Cc: Grimes, Arlene U; DL PAOMedia; E an, Brian J.; Heinzelman, Katei Fonzone ctfristo her· Ensor, Leoine! K; Subject: RE: NB....,..e""'m,....a""1__________.._ _ _........,...;..._ _ _ _-,-,......:.:.;...,__----~---- Roger that. Thanks, CH. >(b)(3) OGA Va nee' Vines ODNI Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs · NEW***********Media line:.___...,.._ __.! ...... ---------- -----------------------------------,-.________________. From: Hayden, Caitlin Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014~10~:S~l~A~M.:!......._ _ _ _ _......;.._ To: Vines, Va nee M· De Ra· sh Evans Stua Beaghley, Sina; · 1c ar s, e ecca J .__.c_c_:"""G"""ri_m_e-s,-A...r.,....lene u· DL PAOMedia· E an ...... ··-· .. ·-· ..•,, ........ ,,· ............ _._.,..-..;;._----......;..__;,a.__;-r----::-------, 'DNI-media@dni.gov'; _ _ _ _ _ ___, Brian J. · Heinzelman Kate· Fonzo Ensor, Leoine! K;.";:';--:-:---------------------1------------J Subject: RE: NBC/email 1 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 oocro : 4 2 4 9 E@&iaining text is duplicated in DOCI D 4249177) BATES NO. 66 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 Bee-r-s-:-4-2-4-91.-9·6:------------------------BATES NO. 67 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 p·o·eTD~4-2-4-,1.-~·(5-----------------------. BATES NO. 68 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 - I I BATES NO. 69 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 42%9136 bl-\I IZD NU. hy NQA nn 11-19-9015 FOIA (?ncn?78137 DOSES: 4249196 BATES NO. 71 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 Egg-g: ?134 93.9 5 BATES NO. 72 Approved Helease Dy Nbl-\ on l1-1 d-dU O. 4249196 BATES NO. 73 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249198 BATES NO. 74 . }lµ,)(3)-P.L. 86-36 :::::···:·. ·. ,11 Wi . ·. Hayden, Caitlin! ''· l: 1/Vednesday M::::a0 21esi'":'/::;:;2Q;-1;Ji'.'li;4-;;1"R'0Mf497·~;piii::rv,i"""'"~~--;:::::..__...--.--.--.--.--.--~~~---. From: Sent: To: '(bj(3) .········ .. ""------_..,,........,....__,.....,.....,....,,....,.......---..-V':'.',r~=~...;._----.....r=:..:i, ·s1na; OGA Cc: · ··vth~s Vanee M C DNi~me.~.ia@dni.gm?·· Richards, Rebeccp J . , . ..• · .· .. . .._____.,,...-----......--------' . Grimes, Arlene U; DJ;. PAOMr. dif1.·.; EQ~p. $~Jan ,I' Heiozelmao ·Kate.Eoo·z.. oqeC·. bcist9pher; ODNI I .· ,· lEnson; Leomel K! IRe:. NBC/ern~il ·. 1 · (b)(5) (~)(3)~i!i~: · I . J •• From;··D~; R~je~hl : Sent: Wednesday, Ma 28 20141 :43 • • 0 (b)(6) r PM .•. Ines, vanee M·. Cc: Grimes Arlene U Ensor Leoine! k email Remaining text is duplicated in DOCI D 42491 Ti) Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 $2 43193 BATES NO. 75 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 J?·GG-I-Q+-4,2-4~-1~-@-----------------------. BATES NO. 76 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 0c: 42493.98 BATES NO. 77 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES J?-O~J;Q.+-4~2-4~-1~.g-------------- -NO. - -78- - - - Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 79 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 80 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 0?1 .V. Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 82 RPIPQQP hV NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 83 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 84 qGG-:-I..,J;)+-4~2-4~-l~-lil----------------------- Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4.249199 i~_)(3)-P .L. 86-36 BATES NO. 85 From: Sent: To: Cc: ..,.,.,=-===--r-------,-i'DNH\/ledia@dol,gov';.....,__ _ _ ___,._ _ _ _ _ Richards, e ecca Grimes Arlene U· DL PAOMedia· ' Ensor Leoine! K Subject: e: NBC/email ·:·(b)(3) OGA (b)(5) i , . . . _ __ __ _ _ _ , , ODNI (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Strobel of Reuters just said he may now report on NBC's claim about the 1 ema.ii. From: De, Rajesh Sent: Wednesda , Ma 28 2014 10:34 PM ,..T_o__:.___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _..,......_ _ _ _ _--.,,,.....""-,,.--~------.._;"""·v:.;.;in.;.;e;.;;s~,Vc;1riee M; Ensor Leoine! K· Subject: Re: NBC/email temainin9 text is duplicated in DOCID 4249177) Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 URI 1:0 NU. oo Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 87 Q.QG-I-Q-:- 4 - 2 - 4 ~ . : 1 ~ ~ · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 If") Q?uf??m?w? 9 BATES NO. 88 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 123961113: 421119199 BATESNO.(?ncn?78137 A my BATES NO. 90 1 424.9199 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DQCIS: 42%9199 BATES NO. 91 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BGCIB: BATES NO. 92 Approved Ior Helease Dy NDH 0n new I q. FuiA Caoc#73137 BATES NO. 93 .QQG-J;.9+--4~2-4..g~~-9--------------------------, Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 Decze: 42:9199 BATES NO. 94 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA basemaw/ DOCID: 4.249.200 BATES NO. 95 /(b)(3) ·• OGA ODNI i .. \ Green Mn1ef, M~rcil. ·. Tuesday, May 27, 2614 8:27 AM From: Sent: ' To: .· . .. / \ . \ / . } Y\ \'-·___________.....;..;;......,,,.....--,----, aitlin';\Vines Vanee JVl·De, RajlfsrfL.;,··. . __________--.-,___ ....._ .........,.··,..I_ __, ,._.....,.---:1._ ___,,......-............,.......,..........,.,.1Evar1s, ·.,..St...u_ariJ....· ____...___ _._IB""e...a...a.....6....,ley , sIna; IRichards, . -mEl 1a dni.9dv'L Rebecca J ... · · ·: ·. :: ·. Gdmes Arlene u· DL PAO'Media; Egan, Brian J.· H E:rtsor Leoiriel. I<: \ . .. Cc: pher; Subject: Thanks, Caitlin. NSA supports this plan. Marci From: H~yden, C~ifl11 .. _. __ .,, .............,_... -· .... ·· ·· ...... . Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 7:rl AM To: Vines, Vanee M· De Ra·esh·L Evans Stuart eaghley, Sina~ ' aJ 1....- ,\. I · !DNI-media@dnl.gov';J ! ---------- ---------- Cc: Grimes, Arlene U· DL PAOMedia· E an Brian J: Heinzelman Kate· Fonzdme Christo he Ensor, Leolnel K; Subject: RE: NBt:/eemmala1r------------:=::;::::=:::::!=;::::::;::::::::::;;:::=::;::;::::;;;::;;:::;;;:;:;:;;::=..,,...,...,,..."""""_ Remaining text is duplicated in DOCID 4249177 J Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 886.:E-8~4:-2-4-9'.2-0·0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , BATES NO. 96 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BQCID: $249209 DATEQ mm 07 Annrnun? Pnlnacn hu NQA nn 11?19?901 FOIA (?ncni-t7R1q7 ·~ BATES NO. 98 I:>86-I-:B-:-4:--2-4-9-2-0·0------------------------- Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 '53 {i PATEQ Mn 00 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. I-UIA uasemc NO. 9QG-I-G>-:- 4 - 2 - 4 ~ - 2 - Q . Q · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -BATES ---100 ----. Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 C31: 133 4249.239 BATES NO. 101 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOC ID : 4 .2 4 9 .2 0 0 BATES NO. 102 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 (b)(6) :XbH3) (b)(5) • ?GA OGA ODNI BATES NO. 103 DDNI From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: i c: nan J.· Heinzelman Ka e· Fonzone Su ject: Re: NBC/email Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 12ee-rB-:-4"'.2-4'"'9-2·0-:1:---------------------BATES NO. 104 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 aee:i:...:B"".!-4-2-4-9~-0-:1:-----------------------BATES NO. 105 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 ?2 E. 9201 ED NU. IUO Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 D.D. C.ID_:_4,2_4.9.2.0_l _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ BATES NO. 107 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 ~ Q G - J ; G J + - 4 - 2 - ~ ~ Q - : b ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -BATES - - -NO. -108 -----. Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BAI Izb NU. 1U?d Aooroved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 1{9G;I;9-:- ~ 4 , . 9 : J . Q . : ; b : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BATES NO. 110 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249.20.2 BATES NO. 111 vines, Vanee M From: Sent: To: Subject: I Friday, Ma.y 23, 2014 6:04 P , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - De!ong ,JoH·n 1\11; De, Rajesh t3rimes, Arlene U;...,D-.L-M,..,.,..Lr=F"'"_-s.,...ta"""'ff,...;=D,...L"""P..,.A"""O"""M,...e...,d,...ia....,;s=-a-u_m_a_n_,"""Et"'"h_a_n- - - - . . . . i Re: NBC NEWSIEPWA.RD SNOWDEN INQUIRY Update . . . . . _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ..........,....,..·· The producer has yet to call me again. I'm sure this will "evolve" over the weekend. Happy Friday, (b)(5) vanee' (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 '!~)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ti From: Delong, John M Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 01:5~ To: De, Rajesh; Vines, Vanee M:L PM \Grimes, Arlene U; DL MLTF_staff; DL PAOMedia; Ba~u""'m'""a.,.,.n.... ,E ...t.,.,.ha_,n,,...------------------Subject: RE: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY 8emaininq text is duplicated in DOCID 4249178 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 J Ip6e'-J:-B-:-4-f2-4-9-2·0-2-----------------------BATES NO. 112 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 ipee-1-s-:-4-2-4...:9-2-e-2----------------------BATES NO. 113 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOC ID: 4.249203 BATES NO. 114 From: Sent: To: Subject: V~nee Vines, ·M .... Frida Ma -23 20146:28 PM ----------------. Delp_ng,JohnM.; De, Rajesh;I -I Grime.$, Arlene l.f;DL MLTF~staff~PL PAOMed1a; Bauman, Ethan ~:-T"l"l'..,-..LY: NBCNEWSI-EDWARDSNOWpENlNQUIRY ... -•·• ' ... "· ···'~b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 This just in from C Hayden, NSC: Sta rt - #/:/ From! (b)(S) (b)(3WL. 86-36 · ! / . ____, _____ .· .'" - -- Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 06:12 PM .. - .· · . . . . To: Delong, John M; De, Rajesh; Vines, Vanee M; Grimes, Arlene U; DL MLTF_staff; DL PAOMedia; Bayman, Ethan Subject: REPLY: NBC NEWS/ ED.WARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY ' From: Delong, John M Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 1 : 5 6 ~ P ~ M . . . ! . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 To: De, Rajesh; Vines, Vanee M DL MLTF_staff; DL PAOMedia; Bauman, Ethan Subject: RE: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY Grimes, Arlene U; 8emaininq te>.1. is duplicated in DOCID 4249177) 'I Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 .3Q?gm; BAllzb NO. 11:) hy RICA nn 1 1 19 901R 33))t40.? OJ rro-c-ro : ij~2""4"~r:ro'"J.---------------------BATES NO. 117 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: . {b){3)-P.L. 86-36 4249204 BATES NO. 118 From: ,____,.,,..,.......,.,.....,.,.,..,.b~3M. LV~. QL.99~ !21.Jl...lg task!l.t..ffil!AS) Q; To: Ql£AOMecJl1Lffi1JAS) Dfil; DL.ssct (Al.IASL~Q.; Subject: QLLf:!Q.J:1.E'Jful...~lJ.filill.i QlQlil.d@Js!~...il.> (UffFOUe) Later, in an effort to archive and retain this information for future use, the Q&A was modified to reflect more of the background, facts, and procedures that implement the notification process at NSA that an, employee is informed of, and expected to apply when reporting a potential problem or violation. (U} This is a living document that can and should be modified as similar events warrant. For this initial document, the date/time stamp is 9 JUN 2014. (U//FOUo+, This document will be filed on the MLTF Sharepoint website under MLTF 1602. · It will also be added to the "classified talking points" tab on the left side of the screen. While the majority of the material is written to an UNCLASS or U//FOUO level, there are selected items that push the document to CONFIDENTIAL/NOFORN. (U) Attached is a copy for your records. Rgds, !._______.I Media Leaks Task Force ... (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 OPS 2B, 2B8090 969-5009 (s) Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID ': 4249204 BATES NO. 119 (b)(3)-P.L 86-36 ··· · Class1f1ed By. L - 1_ _ _ . Derived F'10111. M8A/C~Slv1 1-52 D~teel. 20070·108 Declc1s5ify 011. 20390601 Classification: CO ~J Fl DE}JTI/\L//N OF On~J Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249204 COHFIDENTIAE)/NOFORN BATES NO. 120 National Security Agency Media Leaks Task Force Date: 09 June, 2014 Re: (UNFOUO) Reference Document: Q&A Prep for Snowden's Claim of Concerns and Notification (U) Executive Summary (U//FOUO) Following the NBC interview wtth Edward Snowden broadcast on 28 MAY 14, the Intelligence Community decided to release the only email exchange known to exist at the time between Edward Snowden and the NSA Office of the General Counsel in which a basic question of legal precedence was asked and answered by an OGC lawyer. A Question & Answer paper was developed for US Government officials to provide background and unclassified talking points to support the release at news conferences and any potential follow-up questions. Selected portions of that paper were actually used by the public affairs offices at the White House and ODNI level. (U/,t:FOU:0) As the event progressed the Q&A package was modified to become the paper that follows below. This new paper is intended to be a reference source for the event, or as a starting point should any further evidence come to light in the continuing investigation . (U) Bolding and emphasis in this paper is primarily for the benefit of the reader, and is not required to be included in any formal responses to queries on these topics. (U) The Trigger Event (U) Edward Snowden has repeatedly claimed to have made attempts to express his concerns about the lawfulness of certain NSA activities to NSA colleagues, leadership, and through official channels. The following serves as an authoritative accounting of facts as relates to this claim and should be used as the basis for considering any responses related to these issues. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Dntee: 29970 I 98 DeelassiJ,y Ck: 2939Q~Q l COJ)lFIDEJ)/TIAL 1/J>IOl'OR~4 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOC ID: 42 4 9.204 COHFIDEHTIAU/HOrORH (b)(5) BATES NO. 121 (U) Framing Questions A. Did Snowden raise concerns with NSA as he said he did? (U) We have found a single instance ofone email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The question was received and an answer was provided to Mr. Snowden. There was not additional follow-up noted. There arc numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for evidence of · outreach from him in those areas and have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. ((Note: This paragraph was publicly released via the White House Press office on 29 MAY 14)) B. How did NSA respond to the NBC FOIA request? (U) NBC issued a FOIA request for any and all evidence that Edward Snowden had formally filed his concerns with Agency authorities. The FOIA request was being handled according to the normal process when it was overtaken by a decision on the part of the NSA Director to release the text of the one e-mail referenced above. (UHFOUO) Shortly after noon on 28 May 2014, NSA provided the response to Question A. above, along with a redacted version of the one email inquiry. A copy of that redacted version is stored in MLTF Action folder 1602. (UHFOUO) NSA contacted NBC the following week to close out the request and informed them that the one email that responded to their inquiry was now public record for all. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 2 Classified ByJ Derincl Fra1H: l"tSA./OiSl).f 1 ?!2 Dated. 26676~i68 Oed,tSsil\ On. 26396661 (~()?\I~IDE ?ff f r\lJ//?{0 rO'l(.N Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 J DOCID .: 4249204 CO-HfIDf'.1ff f AL//HOFORH BATES NO. 122 NSA Background to Potential Q&A Responses: 1. What is the training and awareness provided to government and contractor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be inconsistent with law and policies? Training (U) NSA/CSS provides training to all employees in order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence-related laws, regulations and policies associated with the protection of privacy rights during mission operations. Throughout the curriculum, the instruction repeatedly emphasizes the employee's responsibility to report questionable activity and the mechanisms to do so. (Uh'FOIJOJ Selected courses are mandatory before an employee (civilian, military or contractor) can gain access to certain SIGINT operational systems. These specific training courses discuss the limitations of SIGINT authorities and mission operations to include reminders and guidance about who to contact with questions about scope of authorities, and who to contact if there are known or even potential compliance concerns. The Basics -- OVSClOOO (U) Below are examples from NSA's core Intelligence Oversight (IO) course "NSA/CSS Intelligence Oversight Training" (OVSClOOO). This course provides training to all employees in order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence-related laws, regulations, and policies associated with the protection of U.S. person privacy rights during mission operations. (U) Most contractors are required to take this course. However, it is not mandatory for all contractors and will depend on their assignment, duties, and the stipulations of their controlling contract. Snowden's role as a systems administrator supporting SIGINT operations, and later as an analyst-in-training in APR -MAY 2013 would clearly place him in the category of those required to complete OVSClOOO. (CN~W) N.B. Snowden's training record is considered Personally Identifiable Information, and the protection or dissemination of that information is governed by U.S. law and Agency policy, and is not part of this Q&A paper. For more information about Su mud eu 's database accesses, skill set, and training record, see act~gn! .___ _ _ _~or more information. I (U) In OVSC I 00~ students are familiarized with the m11jorte11ets of core IO documents, including Directive Type Memorandum (DTM) 08·052: "DoD Guidance for Reporting Questionable Iri.telligence Activities an~ Sig,iificant or Highly Sensitive Matters." The. following are examples of guidance provided within the course: 3 .(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ClaasifieEI "By:j Ue1·im:i Ft'61tt: l},/SA/CSS1'1 1 el .PateEI; 2QQ7Q1Q8 Oeelfts.,if,r On. 26396661 CO:P.lflQENTh\L//NOFORN Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 I DOCID: 4.249204 COHFIDE~ffl,\Ll/"NOFORN BATES NO. 123 (U) Ifyou become aware of a violation of the authorities, you should report it immediately. {f you are unsure tf a violation has been committed, consult with your manager, your organization's IO representative, or Compliance organization. You may also contact the NSA OGC or the NSAICSS Office of the Inspector General for assistance. (U) It is important for personnel to understand that J<;r purposes of intelligence activities governed byE.O. 12333, DoD Regulation 5240.1-R contains the approved procedures jbr use within DoD. These procedures also reflect DoD policies for employee conduct that require you to be familiar wUh restrictions on the collection, retention and dissemination of U.S. person information and the responsibility to report questionable intelligence activities to the NSA OGC or NSA!CSS JG. (U) Employees shall report any questionable activity to the NSA OGC or NSA!CSS OIG. A questionable activity is defh1ed as any conduct that constitutes, or is related to, an intelligence activity that maybe unlawful or contrary to executive order, presidential directive, or applicable DoD policy. Employees may also report questionable activities directly to the DoD General Counsel or Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight, ATSD(/0). (U) DIRNSA is also responsible jbr ensuring that no adverse action is· taken against an employee because the employee reports a questionable intelligence activity pursuant to the established procedures. In addition, DTM 08-052 contains .specific requirements for reporting to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board questionable intelligence activities and signtfzcant or highly sensitive matters that could potentially impugn the reputation or integrity of the DoD Intelligence Community or otherwise call into question the propriety of cm intelligence activity. Should you need clar(fication or have questions about the reporting requirements for possible signijzcant or highly sensitive matters, you should consult with your manager, your compliance organization, the NSA OGC or the NSA!CSS OJG. (U) Report questionable or significant and highly sensitive intelligence activities to the NSA OGC or NSA!CSS OIG. You can find contact information can be found in the Resources section. Awareness (U//FOUO) NSA employees are provided information on how to report concerns regarding their work, or their work environment in a number of different venues to include formal training, briefings to large and small audiences, Agency static and electronic billboards and wall displays, and Agency-wide emails and announcements. All employees are made aware ofhow they may report concerns, even anonymously, within or outside their supervisory management chain. The relevant processes are reinforced in recurrent, mandatory training. Depending on the particular issue and individual circumstances, NSA employees may report concerns through many different avenues inside NSA, across the Executive Branch, and to Congress. The NSA OIG website provides information about submitting hotline complaints and addresses anonymity and (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 confidentiality concerns. 4 cin.,~ified uj .1 l~ti i, td l\ on, . .?{:J lu'CSS]ff 1. . 52 Qatetl: 2QQ7QI1Hl DtJelsssify On: 29,~99691 CON1iT6E'fff/d_,/,NOfORN Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 I DOCID: 4249204 C01>ffIDEHTIAL//N"Of0I'frif BATES NO. 124 (U) Prior to the Snowden incident (pre-MAY 2013), the NSA OIG issued a number of . agency-all messages summarizing investigation results of illegal activity and messages covering policies and avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations oflaw, policy, and regulations. While not every IG report during this time frame dealt with intelligence matters, they all contained the following statement about the mission of the NSA OIG and how concerns can be reported: The NSA Office (f the Inspector General actively investigates allegations (lfi'aud against the Agency. The OIG is committed to eliminating jiYtud, vvaste, mismanagement of Agency resources, and abuse of authority. I/you are aware ofpotential fraud, waste, or abuse, please report your concern to the OIG by visiting the Hotline office in 2B 7088, calling 963-5023, or visiting the OIG Hotline website. You may remain anonymous when submitting concerns to the OIG Hotline. {f you choose not to remain anonymous, your identity will be protected. (U) After MAY 2013 and the issuance of NSA/CSS Policy 1-60, the IG issued a specific message addressing reporting policies and how to submit concerns in JUN 2013 and repeated this message in 2014. (U) Within the Agency and the Federal Government, there are several avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of law, policy, and regulations. We recommend that you first try to resolve problems by bringing them to the attention of your leadership; managers are often in the best position to assess concerns, recognize process shortfalls, and take corrective action. ([f!IFOUO) rf you believe that management has not been able to resolve your concerns, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) can assist. NSAICSS Policy 1-60 requires that NSAICSS personnel report to the OIG possible violations of law, rules, or regulations; mismanagement; gross waste ofjimds; misconduct by senior c~/Jicials,· or abuse of authority. A complainant's identity is protected by lcnv, and NSAICSS Policy 1-62 protects employees Ji-om repri.rnl for communications with the OJG. You can contact the OIG by telephone (963-5023), in person (OPS 2B7088), or anonymously through our Web site ("go JG"). (U) The Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWP A) allows employees to report "urgent concerns II to the intelligence committees of Congress. A complaint made in accordance 1,vith the ICWPA ensures that your concerns are addressed and that class(fied il(formation is protected. ICWPA complaints are made through the NSAICSS ()JG or the Department of Defense JG. (U) Ifyou have questions about how to report a concern, go to the JG Web site ("go JG") or contact the JG Hotline ljg/Ttli11e@nsa.ic.gov) on NSANet. Contact the U.S. Cyber Command IG1 about problems involving that organization. {b)(3)·P.L. 86-36 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 5 ClimiFiul BJ!· Deii I ed Fron.. l1'>lSA/CSSM l 52 Dt1ted. 211tmnos Hul,1.ssil\ On. 26396661 CONFJBENTTA:Jj/NO FORN Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 I DOCID: 4249204 COJ>.JTIDEtfff AL//HOf'ORfq" BATES NO. 125 2. What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur? (U/ffOUO) There are various mechanisms by which reporting can occur. Employees and contractors may provide information to the DoD OIG, IC OIG, NSA OIG anonymously, the OIG website via phone, in writing or to various offices within NSA such as: the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity, the Office of the Director of Compliance, the Office of the General Counsel, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Office. the Associate Directorate for Security & Counterintelligence (U) The IG Act of 1978, as amended by the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWP A), also provides contractors and employees of intelligence agencies a mechanism for reporting to Congress classified information alleging wrongdoing . Employees may contact the intelligence committees directly only if the employee a) before making such a contact, furnishes to the head of the establishment, through the Inspector General, a statement of the employee's complaint or information and notice of the employee's intent to contact the intelligence committees directly; and b) obtains and follows from the head of the establishment, through the Inspector General, direction on how to contact the intelligence committees in accordance with appropriate security practices. 3. What is the process, accountability for addressing such reports? (UftFOUGt When .an allegation is presented to the NSA OIG or referred to them by an internal agency element, the OIG Investigations Division reviews it to determine the appropriate action. The NSA OIG also responds to referrals from external agencies when appropriate. Complaints regarding systemic process problems may be referred to the OIG Audit or Intelligence Oversight Divisions. Concerns involving violations oflaw or policy are pursued via a preliminary inquiry, and if warranted, via an investigation, by the Investigations Division. All complaints and their outcomes are tracked through the Inspector Genei·al case management system. (U) If an inquiry is reported directly to Congress and a copy is not provided to Agency authorities (see Question 2 above), then the NSA OIG may not have knowledge of such a request. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 6 Clnssif:iul Hy l Deri. etl r, 61n: l>;SA/Cgsu I Sl Bntul. 20070108 l:)eelnssif.1 On. 263~6661 COffFJnE'HfAL//NO fORr>i Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 I DOCID: 4249204 CONrIDENT f AL//HOFORN BATES NO. 126 4. Is there a record of these kinds of inquiries ancl responses? (U//FOUO) The NSA OIG keeps a record of all inquiries and actions taken. 5. Do we [NSA] have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measures? (U//FOUO) Activity that is found to be a violation oflaw, directive, or policy is thoroughly reviewed to determine corrective action. NSA's incidents are most often tied to human error or technical malfunction that is corrected by local management within the capabilities of the existing systems in consultation with the NSA OIG and senior leadership. As of JUN 2014 and as previously reported to the intelligence committees, the OIG is aware of thirteen instances of intentional misuse of the SIGINT system by individuals over the last 10 years. Most were referred to the Department ofJustice, and eventually ended with the departure of the employee involved. Auditing and monitoring processes in the operational areas where many of these violations took place were significantly modified or improved. (U//fOUO) Other than violations reported by NSA OGC to the Department of Justice, we are not aware of any SIGINT programs or activities that are inconsistent with the law. Each quarter, the NSA OlG and OGC review reported instances of non-compliance with SlGlNT and Information Assurance authorities that are typically the result of human error or technical malfunction. These matters are addressed by local management or through other corrective actions both directed by, and in concert with NSA's compliance organizations. 6. Did we receive correspondence from Edward Snowden about his concerns? 7. If so, in what form, on what elates and with what specificity as to content? 8. Were his inquiries responded to? If so, how and when? (U) No such correspondence has been discovered. (U) NSA is unaware of any correspondence Edward Snowden had with the NSA Inspector General, the Office of General Counsel, or his supervisors wherein he expressed constitutional concerns about NSA's intelligence operations or authorities. We have found one instance of an e-mail inquiry to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of the content of some training material. (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (U) On Friday 5 April 2013 at about 4PM, Edward Snowden sent an email to the Office of General Counsel questioning the hierarchy of several NSA authorities identified in a training course. 7 Cl"''(bl(3)·P.L. 86-36 .· . I !tJs~M2 tJS8...,,,,,,.·,:\lB'c,,.~lt,ti......;~L".,. .· employees are made aware of how they may report concerns, even anonymously, within or outside their supervisory management ch.:iin. The relevant processes are reinforced in recurrent, mandatory training. Depending on the particular issue and individual circumstances, NSA employees may report concerns through many different avenues inside NSA, across the Executive Branch, and to Congress. The NSA OIG website provides information about submitting hotline complaints and addresses anonymity UNCLASSIFIED//FOH OFFICIAL USE OPdLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249205 UNCLASSIFIE DI/FOR OFFICIAL U.~E emu BATES NO. 130 and confidentiality concerns. (U//FOUO) The NSA DIG also provides briefings to various NSA training classes, including the new hire orientation class, mid-level leadership classes, and other classes specific to skill communities, such as contracting. kiiifJ~:~'gfi!If ·Ntf·' ' " nm ':'.'liI&i 'l~tvl(ffrntmitif~f.vI§r;;~JrMt~~\afff4'fn:i :~'I (U) The NSA/CSS Comprehensive Mission Compliance Program provides training to all employees in order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence-related laws, regulations and policies associated with the protection of privacy rights during mission operations. Throughout the curriculum, the instruction repeatedly emphasizes the employee's responsibility to report questionable activity and the mechanisms to do so. (U) Below are examples from NSA's core Intelligence Oversight (10) course "NSA/CSS Intelligence Oversight Training" (OVSC1000). This course provides training to all employees in order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence -related laws, regulations, and policies associated with the protection of U.S. person privacy rights during mission operations. (U) Many contractors are required to take this course. However, it is not mandatory for all contractors and will depend on their assignment, duties, and stipulations in their contract. (U) Students are familiarized with the major tenets of 10 documents, including DTM 08-052: "DoD Guidance for Reporting Questionable Intelligence Activities and Significant or Highly Sensitive Matters.'' The following are examples of guidance provided within OVSClOOO course: (U) If you become aware of a violation of the authorities, you should report it immediately . If you are unsure if a violation has been committed, consult with your manager, your organization's 10 representative, or Compliance organization. You may also contact the NSA OGC or the NSA/CSS Office of the tnspecto r General or 0/G for assistance. (U) It is important for personnel to understand that for purposes of intelligence activities governed by E.O. 12333, DoD Regulation 5240.1-R contains the approved procedures for use within DoD. These procedures also reflect DoD policies for employee conduct that require you to be familiar with restrictions on the collection, retention and dissemination of U.S. person information and the responsibility to report questionable intelligence activities to the NSA OGC or NSA/CSS JG. (U) Employees shall report any questionable activity to the NSA OGC or NSA/CSS OJG. A questionable activity is defined as any conduct that constitutes, or is related to, an intelligence activity that maybe unlawful or contrary to executive order, presidential directive, or applicable DoD policy. Employees may also report questionable activities directly to the DoD General Counsel or Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight, ATSD{I O). (U) DIRNSA is also responsible for ensuring that no adverse action is taken against an employee because the employee reports a questionable intelligence activity pursuant to the established UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFTICIAL USE omv Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249205 BATES NO. 131 UNCLASSIFIE Dh'FOR Of"FICIJ\l. USE OMLY procedures. In addition, DTM 08-052 contains specific requirements for reporting to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board questionable intelligence activities and significant or highly sensitive matters that could potentially impugn the reputation or integrity of the DoD Intelligence Community or otherwise call into question the propriety of an intelligence activity. Should you need clarification or have questions about the reporting requirements for possible significant or highly sensitive matters, you should consult with your manager, your compliance organization, the NSA OGC or the NSA/CSS 0/G. {U) Report questionable or significant and highly sensitive intelligence activities to the NSA OGC or NSA/CSS 0/G. You can find contact information can be found in the Resources section. (U) The OIG also issues agency-all messages covering policies and avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of law, policy, and regulations. The following is a recent example of a Senior Executive Message from Dr. George Ellard, NSA/CSS Inspector General: (U) Within the Agency and the Federal Government, there are several avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of law, policy, and regulations. We recommend that you first try to resolve problems by bringing them to the attention of your leadership; managers are often in the best position to assess concerns, recognize process shortfalls, and take corrective action. (U/fft}UO} If you believe that management has not been able to resolve your concerns, the Office of the Inspector General {OJG) can assist. NSA/CSS Policy 1-60 requires that NSA/CSS personnel report to the 0/G possible violations of law, rules, or regulations; mismanagement; gross waste of funds; misconduct by senior officials; or abuse of authority. A complainant's identity is protected by law, and NSA/CSS Policy 1-62 protects employees from reprisal for communications with the OIG. You can contact the 0/G by telephone {963-5023), in person {OPS 287088), or anonymously through our Web site ("go IG"). {U) The Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWPA) allows employees to report "urgent concerns" to the intelligence committees of Congress. A complaint made in accordance with the ICWPA ensures that your concerns are addressed and that classified information is protected. ICWPA complaints are made through the NSA/CSS OIG or the Department of Defense IG. {U) If you have questions about how to report a concern, go to the JG Web site ("go JG") or contact the JG Hotline (ighotline@nsa.ic.gov) on NSANet. Contact the U.S. Cyber Command IG !about pr9blems_ i~~olvi~g that organization . I . .. ·-··········· .... ···-········ ·······- ... (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 2. What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur? (U//i;GUO) The IG Act of 1978, as amended by the Intelligence Community Whistle blower Protection Act (ICWPA), also provides contractors and employees of intelligence agencies a mechanism for reporting to Congress classified information alleging wrongdoing. An employee or contractor may provide information to the OIG anonymously, via phone, the OIG website, or in writing. Wl.th}ffi~~A/; ~rnt>'.l~yjfi@}~tcl·?csrrttR~et§rgc'fM~.v'i1j-e:;r:ats~ ~~1r~arJlf~'.lf#JtHr~fti~~,:Ea~:~tv~'fsJ>rat1 · · ··· UNCLASSIFIED//FOFt OFFICIAL USf: OMI.Y Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249205 UNCLASSIFIE D/IFOR OfTICIAL 3. us~ BATES NO. 132 i(b)(3)-P .L. 86-36 '(b)(5) Q~lkY What is the process, accountability for addressing such reports? (U//FOUO) When an allegation is received by the OIG, the OIG Investigations Division reviews it to determine the appropriate action. Complaints regarding systemic process problems may be referred to the OIG Audit or Intelligence Oversight Divisions. Concerns involving violations of law or policy are pursued via a preliminary inquiry, and if warranted, via an investigation, by the Investigations Division. All complaints and their outcomes are tracked through the Inspector General case management system. If an inquiry is reported directly to Congress, the NSA OIG may not have knowledge of such a request. 4. Is there a record of these kinds of inquiries and responses? (U//FOUO) The OIG keeps a record of all inquiries and actions taken. s. Do we have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measure.s? •'-.--,s As previously reported to the intelligence committees, the OIG is aware of thirteen instances of intentional misuse of the SIGINT system by individuals over the last 10 years. Most were referred to the Department of Justice, and eventually ended with the departure of the employee involved. Auditing and monitoring processes in the operational areas where many of these violations took place were significantly modified or improved. (U//FOUS)- Other than violations reported by OGC to the Department of Justice, we are not aware of any SIGINT programs or activities that are inconsistent with the law. Additionally, each quarter, the OIG and OGC review reported instances of non -compliance with SIGINT and Information Assurance authorities that are typically the result of human error or technical malfunction. These matters are addressed by local management or through other corrective actions taken by NSA's compliance organizations. 6. 7. (OGC) Did we receive correspondence from Edward Snowden about his concerns? (OGC) If so, in what form, on what dates and with what specificity as to content? UNCLASSIFIED//F-Ort CFF-'ICIAL U.sE OML'l 1 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249205 UNCLASSIFIE DI/FOR OFFICIAL USE OMLY 8. BATES NO. 133 (OGC) Were his inquiries responded to? If so, how and when? (U) No such correspondence has been discovered. (U) NSA is unaware of any correspondence Edward Snowden had with the Inspector General, the Office of General Counsel, or his supervisors wherein he expressed constitutional concerns about NSA's intelligence operations or authorities. We have found one instance of an e-mail inquiry to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. (U) On Friday 5 April 2013 at about 4PM, Edward Snowden sent an email to the Office of General Counsel questioning the hierarchy of several NSA authorities identified in a training course. (U) The inquiry did not raise any concerns with the substance of any particular statute, Executive Order, policy, or regulation. (U) The inquiry did not suggest that NSA was violating any legal authority; nor did the inquiry question whether NSA had authority to conduct specific operations. (U) On Monday 8 April 2013, the next business day, the Office of General Counsel responded to his question and the attorney offered to discuss the issue further if he desired to do so There is no evidence that any additional correspondence or contact occurred. {~)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) 9. (Q/TD) How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted? (U//FOl:JO) We have located additional email between Snowden and members of OGC and Oversight and Compliance relating to work on troubleshooting IT issues, but these emails do not contain any questions or concerns about the legal authorities under which NSA operates. 10. (Q/TD) Was it exhaustive and authoritative? (U/.,£.F-OUe-j- It has been as exhaustive and authoritative as possible given the evidence we have been able to discover after a comprehensive investigation into Snowden's activities at NSA. Due to the ongoing criminal investigation, we are unable to provide details. UNCL.ASSIFIED//FOR OFFICl,O,L USE OW.Y Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID .: 4249205 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE OPH.Y BATES NO. 134 11. (Q/TD) Is it possible there is correspondence we overlooked, didn't record? (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) UNCLASSIFIED/fFOR Of"FICIAL USE OML'I' Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4.249206 BATES NO. 135 UNCLASS1F1ED//F8H GFFICIAL USE GMLY · (b)(3)·P.L. 86·36 (bi(?) (U) Edward Snowden has repeated claimed to have made attempts to express his concerns about the lawfulness of certain NSA activities to NSA colleagues, leadership, and through official channels. The following serves as an authoritative accounting of facts as relates to this claim and should be used as the basis for considering any responses related to these issues. Framing questions ·I '~-Fr_a_m_i-ng~g-u-es-t-io_n_s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'----------------------------·I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~· A. Did Snowden raise concerns with NSA as he said he did? (U) We have found a single instance of one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The question was received and an answer was provided to Mr. Snowden. There was not additional follow-up noted. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for evidence of outreach from him in those areas and have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. ((Note: This paragraph was publicly released via the White House Press office on 29 MAY 14)) B. How did NSA respond to the NBC FOIA request? (U) The FOIA request was being handled according to the normal process when It was overtaken by a decision on the part of the NSA Director to release the text of the one e-mail referenced above. ( U ~ Shortly after noon on 28 May 2014, NSA provided the paragraph in response A, above along with a redacted version of the one email inquiry. The copy of that redacted version is stored in MLTF Action folder 1602. (U//FGI.-H'l) NSA contacted the FOIA originator NBC to close out the request. NSA Background to Potential Q&A Responses: 1. What is the training and awareness provided to government and contractor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be inconsistent with law and policies? (U) The NSA/CSS Comprehensive Mission Compliance Program provides training to all employees In order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence-related laws, regulations and policies associated with the protection of privacy rights during mission operations. Throughout the curriculum, the instruction repeatedly emphasizes the employee's responsibility to UNCLASSIFIED/iFQR QFf'IWI. I l~ll: QNL¥ Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 41249206 BATES NO. 136 (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) . UNCI.ASSIFIED//F8R 8FFIEIAL USE OPJLY report questionable activity and the mechanisms to do so. (U/tfi*/0t !NS/lj_encourages em_pJoyees_to repnrt concerns regarding their work or work~environment in __ .• ~a number of different venues to include formal training, briefings to large and small audiences, Agency static and electronic billboards and wall displays, and Agency-wide emails and announcements. All employees are made aware of how they may report concerns, even anonymously, within or outside their supervisory management chain. The relevant processes are reinforced in recurrent, mandatory training. Depending on the particular Issue and individual circumstances, NSA employees may report concerns through many different avenues inside NSA, across the Executive Branch, and to Congress. The NSA OIG website provides information about submitting hotline complaints and addresses anonymity and confidentiality concerns. ( U / ~ The NSA OIG also provides briefings to various NSA training classes, including the new hire orientation class, mid-level leadership classes, and other classes specific to skill communities, such as ,------------------ ;:;:::::· ,:,::;·;::;:~·:;:-~:::.~-~-:::;:·:~::;;::::·~,:,;,::·~;,;;:~·:;·~~,;::;:;;:::···· --···1 gain access to certain SIGINT operational systems. These specific training courses discuss the limitations of SIGINT authorities and mission operations to include reminders and guidance about who to contact with questions about scope of authorities and who to contact if there are known or even potential . .__ _.,...._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ compliance concerns. (U) Below are examples from NSA's core Intelligence Oversight (10) course "NSA/CSS Intelligence Oversight Training" (OVSC:1000). This course provides training to all employees in order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence-related laws, regulations, and policies associated with the protection of U.S. person privacy rights during mission operations. (U) Many contractors are required to take this course. However, it is not mandatory for all contractors and will depend on the·1r assignment, duties, and the requirements of the stipulations of their controlling contract. (U) Students are familiarized with the major tenets of 10 documents, including DTM 08-052: "DoD Guidance for Reporting Questionable Intelligence Activities and Significant or Highly Sensitive Matters." The following are examples of guidance provided within OVSC1000 course: (U) If you become aware of a violation of the authorities, you should report it immediately . If you are unsure if a violation has been committed, consult with your manager, your organization's 10 representative, or Compliance organization . You may also contact the NSA OGC or the NSA/CSS Office of the Inspector General or 0/G far assistance. (U) It is Important for personnel to understand that for purposes of Intelligence activities governed by E.O. 12333, DoD Regulation 5240.1-R contains the approved procedures for use within DoD. These procedures also reflect DoD policies for employee conduct that require you to be familiar with restrictions on the collection, retention and dissemination of U.S. person information and the responsibility to report questionable Intelligence activities to the NSA OGC or NSA/CSS /G. (U) Employees shall report any questionable activity to the NSA OGC or NSA/CSS DIG. A questionable activity Is defined as any conduct that constitutes, or is related to, an inte/1/gence UNCLASSIFIED/i'FE:lR OfTleli!> ( Uf/FOUO) !...__--,--_ __. Executive Officer Office of the Inspector General, D1 OPS2B8076, suite 6247 963-2978 (S) !NSA-S3M2 USA CIV !,,,,,-.....;a;~::,.,.,:M.-a-.""'29....,2014 11:25 AM .....,.....__ _ __,__··._ .........,: NSA-Q USA CIV; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; DL ODOC_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D4; NSA-T USACIV . ..._....,..,.......,.,,,..,..._..,....,.e~,a·Leaks (ALIAS)D23;! lNSA-D23 USA CIV; DL ssct (ALIAS) S1; DL . PAOMedia (ALIAS) DN1; DL Q_REGISTRY;! NSA-Q31 USA CIV Subject: (U) ACTION: Snowden's Claims ofVoicing Concerns Importance: High I Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR on·1c!AL USE OMLY Good n,orning, DDIR andDare following up on Edward Snowden's claims that he contacted Agency authorities regarding his concerns about the legality of NSA SIGINT activities. This is not new turf, of course ... but the White House, NSC and ODNI are preparing for the obvious questions and follow-up queries that are sure to follow last night's NBC broadcast. LJnd Raj had an email exchange on the low side this morning and they decided to pose several questions internally to gather the right information, fidelity and confidence in order to prepare the PAO offices at the IC and WH levels. Those questions (also attached) are a Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249209 BATES NO. 142 guideline for the information we intend to pass ... and it is not necessarily an exam where each question must be answered separately. REQUEST: that you identify your POC for this action, so that we can collaborate and craft the basic information that responds to the DDIR's task. (b)(3)-P.L. 86,36 MLTF has nominally assigned a lead organization to each of those questions to help us pull the final response together ... but this will clearly be a team effort, and everything is negotiable at this point. ·j..__ _ _ ___.!has been tagged as the OGC lead, and he is looking into the questions about Snowden's contact with their office and how it was adjudicated. (1 email known to date) There are also a number of questions at the top regarding the process and mechanisms for how an Agency affiliate might voice a concern. MLTF is pulling the standing responses to those items from our library ... but we may need further insight and assistance from the OIG, to include: n Questions 3 & 4: We will clearly need OIG help in determining how many cases have been brought to the attention of Agency officials, and how those cases were closed out (i.e. a characterization of what the Agency deals with on a regular basis, and how we handle them). Question 5: We will also need to discuss the n The last three questions (9-11) are probably best suited to Q Group, or perhaps TD. We have some standard langyage that has been used publicallv but we b~Hevel '---------'"""I Below is the state;mentthafNSA made in DEC 2013, and has been the .. ····· standard ever since: ... ·· · . : .---········ (b)(~)-P.~. ~~-36 -·· .. 11 .. . After extensive investigation, including interviews with his former NSA supervisors and co-workers, we have not found any evidence to support Mr. (b)(5) Snowden's contention that he brought these matters to anyone's attention." We continue to search for other supporting data and statements, and will share that with you as we pull it from our records. << ... >> << ... >> MLTF POC I isl...____.... Plea~~ use the Medialealcl USE OPJI..Y 8) (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)l5) Were his inquiries responded to? If so, how and when? Per MLTF POC: The last three questions (9-11) are probably best suited to Q Group, or perhaps TD. We. have some standard language that has been used publically, but we believ Below is "After extensive investigation, including interviews with his former NSA supervisors and coworkers, we have not found any evidence to support Mr. Snowden's contention that he brought these matters to anyone's attention." 9) How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted? lO) Was it exhaustive and authoritative? 11) Is it possible there is correspondence we overlooked, didn't record? UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE omv Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249210 BATES NO. 152 r From: I To: 1~..Lll;if.\.SJ..\L ~.§.~..:9.Ll,,i'.2.A CIV FW: (U) question - ACTION: Q!l(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 From:! !NSA~D1.l).SACrJ .. · Sent: Wednesday, Jun~.04;-2014 7:34 AM To: "4SA-D1 USA CIV Subject: RE: (U) ACTION: Q&A: Snowden Concerns I Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR orrlCIAL U-~e ONLY See attached - I have a few more comments aboutJhings that need some work/clarification in addition to what you mention below. Regarding the agency alls, we talk about reporting n,echanisms on all messages that we send out -· for example: they aren't as focused as the two you mention, and we might need to massage the words a little. _____,! Counsel to the Inspector General National Security Agency/CentraL Security Service 963-0946 (s) << ... >> Froin1 )NSA-D1 USA CIV Sent: Tuesday, Junem, 2014 3:51 PM To:! !NSA-D1 USA CIV Subject: FW: (U) ACTION: Q&A: Snowden Concerns Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR ornCIAL USE o~~LY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249210 BATES NO. 153 Owe Icome back - missed you!\ We worked on this last week when you were gone and I really could use your expertise to correct a few things so we can submit on Wed .... and I jean also weigh in again .... Technically we are not quite briefing NEO yet ·-Dstill trying to get OIG on schedule - Ddid state D14 provides some briefings and video to some LEAD and COR classes he was going to find out what classes so I'll ask him again I can't find any agency-all or exec messages prior to Snowden about reporting mechanism #835 - 18 June 2013; #423 - April 2$, 2014 (U//FOUO}j_ _ __ Executive Officer Office of the Inspector General, D1 i:::::.::}(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 OPS2B8076, suite 6247 963-2978 (S) .. · i=rom:1 .· !NsA~S3M2 ~$A civ .· . . Sent: Monday, June O?, 2014 5~59 PM' . . J To~ NSA~D23 qsACIV;j ~SA-04 USA CIV;I jNsA-D14 USA CIV; INSA~Q USA CIV ..___ __. Cc;: DI QGC Medi~L~aks (ALIAS) D23: DL ODOC Medialeaks (ALIAS) D4; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; JNSA-D USA CIV; !NSA-D USA CIV; DL Q_REGISTRY Subject: (U) Q&A: Snowden Concerns .,.B.....,el,...ow-t-ex_ct..,..is_c.,..lu_p...,.,li-ca-t-ec....l .,....in"""D"""O-C-ID.......... 42'"'"4....9-1.,..a.92-) I I I Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249210 Belov,, text is duplicated in DOCID 42491BATES t)2] NO. 154 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249210 8etr1aining text is duplicated in DOCID 4249192) BATES NO. 155 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249210 BATES NO. 156 UNCLASSIFIED/,'F8R 8FFIEl~,L ieJSE 8Nl.¥ (U) Edward Snowden has repeated claimed to have made attempts to express his concerns about the lawfulness of certain NSA activities to NSA colleagues, leadership, and through official channels. The following serves as an authoritative accounting of facts as relates to this claim and should be used as the basis for considering any responses related to these issues. . (bl(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)°(5) Framing questions I..f-r-am-in_g_q_u_e-st-io_n_s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___.l· ---------·--------------·---. ·-----~·i. -------...,...-----A. Did Snowden raise concerns with NSA as he said he did? (U) We have found a single instance of one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The question was received and an answer was provided to Mr. Snowden. There was not additional follow-up noted. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for evidence of outreach from him in those areas and have not discovered any engagements related to his claim.s. ((Note: This paragraph was publicly released via the White House Press office on 29 MAY 14)) B. How did NSA respond to the NBC FOIA request? (U) The FOIA request was being handled according to the normal process when it was overtaken by a decision on the part of the NSA Director to release the text of the one e-mail referenced above. ( U ~ Shortly after noon on 28 May 2014, NSA provided the paragraph in response A, above along with a redacted version of the one email inquiry. The copy of that redacted version is stored in MLTF Action folder 1602. ( U ~ NSA contactetj the FOIA originator NBC to close out the request. NSA Background to Potential Q&A Responses: 1. What is the training and awareness provided to government and contractor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be inconsistent with law and policies? (U) The NSA/CSS Comprehensive Mission Compliance Program provides training to all employees in order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the Intelligence -related laws, regulations and policies associated with the protection of privacy rights during mission operations. Throughout the curriculum, the instruction repeatedly emphasizes the employee's responsibility to UNCl.ASSIFIED/ii-t:'JR 8FF1€1AL USE omv Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249210 BATES NO. 157 '(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (RH5l UNCLASSIFIED/ir-81\ OFFlelnL UJ[ 8f4LY report questionable activity and the mechanisms to do so. ( U ~ (NsAj_eflHtclf-ages-- em_pJoyBes a.re.movided inforrD.iJ.tion on QQ;,N .to repprt concerns regarding __ their work or work environment in a number of different venues to include formal training, briefings to' · large and small audiences, Agency static and electronic billboards and wall displays, and Agency-wide emails and announcements. All employees are made aware of how they may report concerns, even anonymously, within or outside their supervisory management chain. The relevant processes are reinforced in recurrent, mandatory training. Depending on the particular issue and individual circumstances, NSA employees may report concerns through many different avenues inside NSA, across the Executive Branch, and to Congress. The NSA OIG website provides information about submitting hotline complaints and addresses anonymity and confidentiality concerns. {l+~·Hte-.Jl!-!>A-G-K,·.al&&flffill~S-Bfiefiiags-'i'B-v·EH'·i&w...-!>J.~,A--t-fa+fli-Ag·.r,h:,%e5,fROOEifng4Fte-A-ew-ilfH,,_ afi-ettt&IJEm-€1·a-¥.r,-l'f1-it!-lev-e~K-ief,.;h+fr8il55e-5;·af+El-1tthei-E~flel'#il.;-·i'El-5*i+i-e&fflffH:¥l#~-5\:1€1-h:¥.r C-6-fH'Fa-eH,~ ., L---------------------------------------------..·-----·-------·---------------------------~ (U//~ Selected courses are mandatory before an employee (civilian, military or contractor) can gain access to certain SIGINT operational systems. These specific training courses discuss the limitations of SIGINT authorities and mission operations to include reminders and guidance about who to contact with questions about scope of authorities and who to contact If there are known or even potential compliance concerns. (U) Below are examples from NSA's core Intelligence Oversight (10) course "NSA/CSS Intelligence Oversight Training" (OVSC1000). This course provides training to all employees in order to maintain a high degree of sensitivity to, and understanding of the intelligence-related laws, regulations, and policies associated with the protection of U.S. person privacy rights during mission operations. (U) Many contractors are required to take this course. However, it is not mandatory for all contractors and will depend on their assignment, duties, and the requirements of the stipulations of their controlling contract. (U) Students are familiarized with the major tenets of 10 documents, including DIM 08-052: "DoD Guidance for Reporting Questionable Intelligence Activities and Significant or Highly Sensitive Matters." The following are examples of guidance provided within OVSC1000 course: (U} I/you become aware of a violation of the authorities, you should report itimmediately. If you are unsure ifa violation has been committed, consult with your manager, your organization's JO representative, or Compliance organization . You may also contact the NSA OGC or the NSA/CSS Office of the Inspector General or 0/G for assistance. (U} It Is important for personnel to understand that for purposes of Intelligence activities governed by E.O. 12333, DoD Regulation 5240.1-R contains the approved procedures for use within DoD. These procedures also reflect DoD policies for employee conduct that require you to be familiar with restrictions on the collection, retention and dissemination of U.S. person information and the responsibility to report questionable Intelligence activities to tile NSA OGC or NSA/CSS JG. (U} Employees sllall report any questionable activity to tile NSA OGC or NSA/CSS 0/G. A questionable activity Is defined as any conduct tllat constitutes, or is related to, an Intelligence UNCLASS1FiED//f9H O\"F\Clhl. USE 9Nt..'1 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249210 BATES NO. 158 UNCLASSIFIED//rOf'i: t,fFIEIAL USE OPJLV activity that maybe ttnlawful ar contrary to executive order, presidential directive, or applicable DoD policy. Employees may also report questionable activities directly to the DoD General Counsel or Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight, ATSD(I OJ. (U) DIRNSA is also responsible for ensuring that no adverse action is taken against an employee because the employee reports a questionable intelligence activity pursuant to the established procedures. In addition, DTM 08-052 contains specific requirements for reporting to the President's lntell/gence Advisory Board questionable intelligence activities and significant or highly sensitive matters that could potentially impugn the reputation or integrity of the DoD Intelligence Community or otherwise cal/ Into question the propriety of an intelligence activity. Should you need clarification or have questions about the reporting requirements for possible significant or highly sensitive matters, you should consult with your manager, your compliance organization, the NSA OGC or the NSA/CSS OIG. {U) Report questionable or significant and highly sensitive intelligence activities to the NSA OGC or NSA/CSS OIG. You can find contact information can be found in the Resources section. (U) The OIG also Issues agency-all messages summarizing inve,illg_g_ru:rn results of illegal activi!)l_ and_i.tl.~Q.. messages covering policies and avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of law, policy, and regulations. All_messages contain similar statements .abouttl)l:unissiorLof the OIG and how concerns can be t:fil)Orted._ One E~xample, Fo11ner NSA Emplilll§e Sentenced to 18 Months i.n.£!:lson In. Corruption Scheme, posted on 21 June 20.1.1 describes the result, of the invefil.:i~ation and :nclc1cles the. fQ. llowi 11g .st,ili.m?nt: M. rhe NSA Office of.the lnsrusctor General activQ)y_ifl'Lest[gates all~ition:ulfJ@Will_gainst th~eocv..c. The OIG is cornrnitted to eliminating_ fraud, wa,~1i,,nanafililllent .. of Agency resources, and abuse of authorit:;t. lf..You are aware of [lOtential fraud, wa~. or-abus_g,_please repOJL'l9Jr _concern to the OIG_j}y_ vis\!L!:!gfae Hotline office in 2B7088,.saflin2_963·502.1. orvisitllliUhe OIG Hotline website._You mily_ remain anonvmous when submitting concerns to the OIG Hotline. If you choose not to remain anon11rnous, your identity will r,!.\Ulrotecteg_. f!Jl.The following is a recent example of a Senior Executive Message from Dr. George Ellard, NSA/CSS (b)(3),P .L. 86-36 (b)(5) Inspector ~eneralJ2.P..fillf!.f~Lq~\e policios. and how tQ. submit concer,1s; ··---------------------~~ {U) Within the Agency and the Federal Government, there are several avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of law, policy, and regulations. We recommend that you first try to resolve problems by bringing them to the attention of your leadership; managers are often in the best position to assess concerns, recognize process shortfalls, and take corrective action. ( U ~ If vou believe that management has not been able to resolve your concerns, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) can assist. NSA/CSS Policy 1-60 requires that NSA/CSS personnel report to the OIG possible violations of law, rules, or regulations; mismanagement; gross waste of funds; misconduct by senior officials; or abuse of authority. A complainant's identity is protected by law, and NSA/CSS Policy 1-62 protects employees from reprisal for communications with the OIG. You can contact the OIG by telephone {963-5023), in person (OPS 287088), or anonymously through our Web site ("go IG"). (U) The Intelligence Commu nlty Whlstleblower Protection Act {ICWPA) allows employees to report "urgent concerns" to the intelligence committees of Congress. A complaint made in UNCL.ASSIFIED//FOR ()l'l"IW,L U'.5f. erH.Y Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4.249.210 BATES NO. 159 UNCLASSIFIED//FOH OFFICIP.t. U5E OPJLY accordance with the ICWPA ensures that your concerns are addressed and that classified information is protected. ICWPA complaints are made through the NSA/CSS 0/G or the Department of Defense IG. {U} If you have questions about how to report a concern, go to the /G Web site ("go /G"} or contact the /G Hotline (ighotline@nso.ic.gov) on NSANet. Contact the U.S. Cyber Command /G !about problems involving that organization. ! (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 2. jwhat ate the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur? (U~The 1§.1 Act dfl978, as amended py.the lntelHgence Community Whistleblower Protection Act(ICWPA}, also provides contractors and empJoyees of intelligence agencies a mechanism for reporting to Congress classified information al)egirig Wrongdoing. An employee or contractor may provide information to the QIG anonymously, via phone, the OIG website, €If- in writing_or directly to the [.Qngr.g,wJ.onai intelligence committees. Within NSA, employees and contract:ors may also raise· con¢erris with offices as diverse as: the Associate Directorate for Security & Counterintelligence, the Office oftquai Employment Opportunity & Diversity, the Offid,i Of the Director of Compliance, the Office of the General Colirisel, and tnePrivacy and Civil Liberties Office. 1 . - -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. ·'(1?)(3)-P.L. 86-36. (b)l5). ___,.-------------1. . . ---...,...___..;;,.._ What is the process, accountability for addressing such reports~ -------------------··----·------ ( U ~ When an allegation is presented to the OIG or referred to them by another agency element, the OIG Investigations Division reviews it to determine the appropriate action. Complaints regarding systemic process problems may be referred to the OIG Audit or Intelligence Oversight Divisions. Concerns Involving violations of law or policy are pursued via a preliminary inquiry, and if warranted, via an investigation, by the investigations Division. All complaints and their outcomes are tracked through the Inspector General case management system. If an inquiry is reported directly to Congress, the NSA OIG may not have knowledge of such a request. 4. Is there a record of these kinds of inquiries and responses? (U~The OIG keeps a record of all inquiries and actions taken. UNCLASSIFiEDf,'FOR OFFIC:li",L lJ5E 9NLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249210 BATES NO. 160 (bi(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) UNCLAS51F1ED/,'F91~ QFFIGIAL l!SE ONLY 5. Do we have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measures? -------1 ( U ~ Activity that is found to be a violation of law, directive, or policy fequires[ some corrective action. NSA's incidents are most often tied to human error or technical malfunction that is corrected by local management within the capabilities of the existing systems in consultation with the OIG and senior leadership. As previously reported to the intelligence committees, the OIG is aware of thirteen instances of intentional misuse of the SIGINT system by individuals over the last 10 years. Most were referred to the Department of Justice, and eventually ended with the departure of the employee involved. Auditing and monitoring processes in the operational areas where many of these violations took place were significantly modified or improved. i.-------------- ( U / ~ Other than violations reported by OGC to the Department of Justice, we are not aware of any SIGINT programs or activities that are inconsistent with the law. Each quarter, the OIG and OGC review reported instances of non-compliance with SIGINT and Information Assurance authorities that are typically the result of human error or technical malfunction. These matters are addressed by local management or through other corrective actions taken by NSA's compliance organizations. 6. 7. 8. (OGC) Did we receive correspondence from Edward Snowden about his concerns? (OGC) If so, in what form, on what dates and with what specificity as to content? (OGC) Were his inquiries responded to? If so, how and when? (U) No such correspondence has been discovered. (U) NSA is unaware of any correspondence Edward Snpwden had with the Inspector General, the Office of General Counsel, or his supervisors wherein he expressed constitutional concerns about NSA's intelligence operations or authorities. We have found one instance of an e-mail inquiry to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of the content of some training material . (U) On Friday 5 April 2013 at about 4PM, Edward Snowden sent an email to the Office of General Counsel questioning the hierarchy of several NSA authorities identified in a training course. (U) The inquiry did not raise any concerns with the substance of any particular statute, Executive Order, policy, or regulation. (U) The inquiry did not suggest that NSA was violating any legal authority; nor did the inquiry question whether NSA had authority to conduct specific operations. (U) On Monday 8 April 2013, the next business day, the Office of General Counsel responded to his question and the attorney offered to discuss the issue further if he desired to do so There is no evidence that any additional correspondence or contact occurred on this matter. 9. (Q/TD) How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted? (b)(3)-P.L. 86,36 (b)(5) (U~ UNCLASSlf'IED//FOR OFFICIAL l,,J5[ ONLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 424.9210 BATES NO. 161 UNCLASSIFIED!,'FOR OFrlC!i\L US[ OPH.Y MJ3l-P.L. 86-36 ili?l .] ::·"J:' ::/ ( U ~ We have located additional email between Snowden and members of Office of General Counsel and Oversight and Compliance relating to work on troubleshooting IT issues, but these emails do not contain any questions or concerns about the legal authorities under which NSA operates. 10. (Q/TD) Was it exhaustive and authoritative? ( U / ~ .Given the importance of this issue and the repeated claims by Mr. Snowden, the effort to uncover any written or recollected evidence of these engagements has been thorough and involved cognizant authorities in each area of review. 11. (Q/TD) ~sit possible there is correspondence· we overlcioked, didn't record?l_ _______,_______ •• ··l. . . ..·.,i-;.;,----------. --;@~~ Fo':!]_1_p_t_ _ _ _·_ _ li!:}/~We cannot completely_rule out the possibility that something_may have been overlooked, _____ •• but we have high confidence that the searches and interviews for relevant information we undertook i i i 'ii would have uncovered evidence of assertions that rise to the level of outreach and protestation claimed · · · '· · by Mr. Snowden. They have not. IU ·-- ·~ I '-----;:====================================-::;t ,. . ...__(_U_/~---'------------------------------1-lV-&"- ___________________________________ r _, .__ UNCL.ASSIFIED//FOH ornW,L USE omv Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOC ID.: 4249211 From: To: Subject: Date: BATES NO. 162 I ~.~ACT.\L 1?..A~D1 USA_ffi'. RE: (U) Final "reference;' ·dc;icument: Q&A for Snowden"s Concerns and Notification Friday, June 06, 2014 i:59:27 PM Classification: C0ftjf1DEMTIAL/J'tq0FOFU(J Thanks! Great job . __...., ...._ Counsel to the Inspector General National Security Agency/Central Securit'/Service 963-0946 (s) ... \(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 !NSA~D1USACIV . Sent: Friday. June 06, 2014 1:54PM ··· ····· ·· To:I lNsA~DfUSA CIV Subject: FW: (U) Final "reference" document: Q&A for Snowden's Concerns and Notification From:! Classification: CO ~-i Fl DE~~TI/\L//N Of ORN . · fyi (U//H)UO)I......_ _ ___.I ·/ Executive Officer Office of the Inspector General, D1 OPS2B8076, suite 6247 963-2978 (S) I· Remaining Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 1:44 PM I ext is To: DL OG(_Medialeaks (ALIAS) D23; DL d_ig_tasker (ALIAS) D; DL Q_REGISTRY; .__ _ _ ___. duplicated NSA-D USA CIV; DL ODOC_Medlaleaks (ALIAS) D4 n DOC ID Cc: DL ssct (ALIAS) Sl; DL NTOC_ML (ALIAS) V2 Subject: (U) Final "reference" document: Q&A for Snowden's Concerns and Notification ~249179 ----1 From:jNSA-S3M2 USA CIV Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOC'_ID' I _4? 492.lJ BATES NO. 163 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO. 164 Anan\JCd 'Fnr Pull MQA nn 1 1319-901": DOCID: 424921.2 BATES NO. 165 [ Cc: Subject: · · · • '"'':::")f (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 ~"''! uSA.QU I From: To: i:f~f 0°~:: ··. ·· · · · RE: (U) Q&A: Snowden Concerns Wednesday, June 04, 2014 12:15:18 PM Date: ----·---·--·fi--&--~-------~---.........- -.......----·-.- . . . ,..,._.____, Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR CiFFICIAL tJ8E 0,}~ty My favorite answer. I I I fcmc1 Deputy Inspector Gener'ctl, NSA/CSS 963-3544 seC11re 2B8076 OPS 2B Suite 6247 "Tell me what you know. Tell me what you don't know. Tell me/what you think. Always distinguish which is which." · .' - Colin Powell !NSA~o{ USA CIV From:! Sent: Wednesda~, June 04, 2014 )2:1. 5 PM .. !NSA-D1 USA CIV NSA-D14 USA CIV Subject: RE: (U) Q&A: Snowden Concerns To:~ Cc: . . Classification: UNCLASSIFIED/WO.R .· OrTICIAL USE Ot~LY . . I've been working with D o n this tod'ay :...1 have provided her a number of comments and she is working with the docurnen.t: D I Counsel I . to the Inspector General ·.· National Security Agency/Central Security Service 963-0946 (s) Froin1 tsA-D1 USA CIV Se}t; Wedoesdav Jcine 04, 2014 12:14 PM !NSA-D1 USA CIV ~---,--,-------,,--,---,.,--------------INsA-D14 usA crv Remaining text is duplicated in DOCI D 4249180 Subject: FW: (U) Q&A: Snowden Concerns To_ Cc J Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCED: 3212339212 BATES NO. 166 IA nnrcunrl 'Fnr hu RIQA nn 1 1319-901"; EGG $249212 BATES NO. 167 RPIPQQP bV NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 42:39212 BATES NO. 168 Apprnun? PDIDQQD nn 11-1 r) DOC ID:, 424 9213 BATES NO. 169 lNSA~D28 USA ClV .___ _ _ _!~SA~D23 USA CIV From: Ib11csdav Mav 29 201410:38 AM Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: INsA,S>~.2.•·•·.usAcryj civ .............__, . . ,. . ___ I.....,,..,.,...="""'""-,----NsA~D ~SA-D USA CIV LJSf:\ (U) Q&A processing. Email Q and A.docx ... , '"::;,..(b)(3)-P.L. 86,36 Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDHFOR OFFICIALtJSE6NLY .. INTERNAL/DELIBERATIVE I . . .. /. / . .__Aft_e_r_h_e-ar..... !ng frorrLJhis AM and then speaking w ( t h o t his suggestion, it appears we are really working a few different "products": 1. What does NSA know about all these questions. This is a factual document that is being prepared so that NSA has verification about what we know/don't know and what we did to get the answers. 2. The next product is a draft set of UNCLASSIFIED questions and answers that can be developed for Public Affairs to use to address inquiries about the Snowden's claims that he contacted various people within NSA to complain about specific Issues. Obvsiously per the call this AM-the attached will serve as a starting point, but we may need to modlfy these a b!t. 3. Finally, then, we might have additional Q and A that are more speclflc to the release of the ema!I Itself. These may be a subset of #2. As I understand now, you have already reached out to the IG and Q. I am curious as lt relates to Question #1---is this something that MLTF already has assembled or is this something that should be staffed to SV and or ADET? Thanks, ! {U//F OU O) -------·------------- I ··· .. .. ;:"""(b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 Deputy Associate GC Administrative Law and Ethics NBP1, Rm 3A-67 Phone--NSTS: 992-3930 I Outside:l ... ·······-----------J · · ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT// ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OGC approval Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249213 ,! BATES NO. 170 1. What is the training and awareness provided to gov't and contractor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be 1nconslstent with law or ethics? 2. What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur? 3. What is the process, accountability for addressing such reports? 4. Is there a record of these kinds of inquiries and responses? 5. Do we have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measures? 6. Did we receive corresponded from Edward Snowden about his concerns? 7. If so, In what form, on what dates and with what specificity as to content? 8. Were his inquiries responded to? If so, how and when? 9. How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted? 10. Was It exhaustive and authoritative? 11. Is it possible there is correspondence we overlooked, didn't record? Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249214 BATES NO. 171 1. (IG/ODOC) What Is the training and awareness provided to gov't and contractor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be Inconsistent with law or ethics? 2. (IG/ODOC) What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur? 3. (IG/ODOC} What Is the process, accountability for addressing such reports? 4. (IG/ODOC) Is there a record of these kinds of Inquiries and responses? 5. (IG/ODOC) Do we have any examples of reported activity which resulted 111 corrective measure~? (b)(3)-P.L. 86-36 (b)(5) 6. (DGC)Dld we receive correspondencee4 from Edward Snowden about his concerns? A. NSA Is unaware of any correspondence Edward Snowden has had with the Inspector General, the Office of General Counsel, or his supervisors ~here he expressed_constltutlonal __ ..• , concerns about Intelligence operations or NSA authorities. [NsA has found a single Instance of one e-mail inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was In a training course he had Just completedL .......... .. On Friday 5 Apr!I 2013 at about 4PM in the afternoon, it appears Mr. Snowden emailed questions to the Office of General Counsel about the precedence between federal statutes and an Executive Order, as well as the interplay of DoD and ODNI regulations. The Inquiry did not raise any concerns with the substance of any particular statute and Executive Order or DoD and DNI regulations. Nor did the inquiry question whether NSA had authority to conduct specific operations or raise concerns that NSA might be violating the constitution or ~ny other law, regulation, or policy. On Monday 8 April 2013, the next business day, the Office of General Counsel provided specific answers to the questions and the responding attorney offered to discuss the questions further. No additional correspondence has been identified. 7. (OGC) Iha, in what form, on what dates and with what specificity as to content? A. N/A 8. (OGC) Were his inquiries responded to 7 If so, how and when? A. N/A 9. (0/TD) How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted? 10. (Q/TD) Was it exhaustive and authoritative? 11. (0/TD) Is it possible there Is correspondence we overlooked, didn't record? Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249215 BATES NO. 172 1. (IG/ODOC) What is the training and awareness provided to gov't and contractor employees about reporting activities they perceive to be inconsistent with law or ethics? 2. {IG/ODOC) What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur? 3. (IG/ODOC) What is the process, accountability for addressing such reports? 4. (IG/ODOC) Is there a record of these kinds of Inquiries and responses? 5. {IG/ODOC) Do we have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measures? 6. (OGC)Did we receive correspondencew from Edward Snowden about his concerns? A. NSA Is unaware of any correspondence Edward Snowden has had with the Inspector General, the Office of General Counsel, or his supervisors where he expressed constitutional concerns about intelligence operations or NSA authorities. On Friday 5 April 2013 at about 4PM in the afternoon, it appears Mr. Snowden emailed questions to the office of general counsel about the precedence of an Executive Order, as well as the interplay of DoD and ODNI regulations. The inquiry did not raise any concerns with the substance of any particular Executive Orders or DoD and DNl regulations. Nor did the inquiry question whether NSA had authority to conduct specific operations. On Monday 8 Apr!l 2013, the next business day, the Office of General Counsel provided specific answers to the questions and the responding attorney offered to discuss the questions further. No additional correspondence occurred. 7. (OGC) If so, in what form, on what dates and with what specificity as to content? A. N/A 8. (OGC) Were his inquiries responded to? If so, how and when? A. N/A 9. (Q/TD) How was our search for any correspondence frorn him conducted? 10. (Q/TD) Was It exhaustive and authoritative? 11. 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Saved Ed it ID=4d700d d4-d 869-412 f -8104-e 3e4138ef6e9 http ://m ms. tveves. com/Playback Porta I.aspx? Saved Ed itl D= 7842 2c6 7-2fe4-4831-9e40-4c 15e b3f3 fd 5 WILLIAMS: and welcome back. as we enter our second half hour, as we continue to hear from edward snowden, part of a wide-ranging conversation taped a week ago in moscow. we have already heard some extraordinary things, but as you will see, he's not done yet SNOWDEN: i'm doing this to serve my country. i'm still working for the government. being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country. if i could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home. WILLIAMS: edward snowden's last posting was in hawaii. there he rented a house where he lived with his girlfriend and performed electronic surveillance for the nsa. it was said he took his last position to gain access to the final documents he wanted to steal and then leak. how long prior to leaving hawaii did you start to say to yourself, i'm going to gather this, i'm going to put this away, i'm going to expose this? SNOWDEN: i think given the ongoing investigation that something better not to get into in a news interview, but i would be happy to discuss this with the government. WILLIAMS: what is the number? what's the closest you have come to estimating the number of documents? SNOWDEN: i will say the 1.7 million documents figure that the intelligence community has been bandying about, the director of nsa himself keith alexander said just a week ago in the australian financial review, i believe, that they have no idea what documents were taken at all. their auditing was so poor, so negligent that any private contractor, not even an employee of the government could walk into the nsa building, take whatever they wanted, and walk out with it and they would never know. now, i think that's a problem. and i think that's something that needs to be resolved. people need to be held to account for. has it happened before? could it happen again? WILLIAMS: what didn't you grab? was there a threshold? SNOWDEN: right. i didn't want to.take information that would basically b~ take then and thrown out in the press that would cause harm to individuals, that would cause people to die, that would put lives at risk. so a good gauge of what information was provided to the journalists is a representation of what you see in the press. now the nsa and the defense intelligence agency and some of these other organizations have claimed that lives are at risk, that all this Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID.: 4249219 BATES NO. 179 military information was out there, that, you know, i took all this information about missiles and warheads and tanks, but we don't see any of that in the newspaper. we haven't seen any stories on that. WILLIAMS: snowden turned over the secret documents to glenn greenwald and laura poitras, both of whom traveled to russia for our interview. in his book "no place to hide," greenwald discussed the moment he met snowden in hong kong. what did you make of him? GREENWALD: the initial impression ~as one of extreme confusion. i was expecting to meet someone in his 60s or 70s, someone very senior in the agency because i knew almost nothing about him prior to our arrival in hong kong. SNOWDEN: it was a really intimidating moment. you know, it was the most real point of no return because the minute you start talking to a journalist as an intelligence officer on camera, there is really no going back from that. that's where it all comes together. WILLIAMS: also, you had this tangible evidence. in effect he was saying to you if i wasn't legit, where else would i have gotten this? GREENWALD: right. that was certainly a good start to establishing his credibility and his authenticity was the fact he was able to produce many thousands of documents from the most secretive agency of the world's most powerful but at the same time there were government. questions about the authenticity of the documents t providence, the motives that led to his taking them and what it was he would say when he identified himself to the world as the source. WILLIAMS: by handing over the documerits to journalists, snowden said he wanted to put some space between himself and what he himself stole are from government computers. he wanted others to break the stories and do the reporting and check to see which stories might cause undue harm. SNOWDEN: and that's the reason that the journalists have been required by their agreement with me as the source, although they could obviously break that or do whatever they want, but i demanded that they agreed to consult with the government to make sure no individuals or specific harms could be caused by any of that reporting. WILLIAMS: that includes nbc news which has reported on its own batch of snowden documents and has a reporting relationship with glenn greenwald. SNOWDEN: when it comes to specific stories about the specific collection programs, about specific targets, these aren't decided by me. these are decided by newspapers. WILLIAMS: you see the part of this and for a lay audience looking on, they know that this came from you. the bulk release to the journalists came from you. they are guessing that you had decisions to make within what you had access to, so then they hear you saying, i didn't put that out, the journalists did. SNOWDEN: right. that's a fair question. anyone can second guess my judgment. again, i'm a human being. i could make mistakes. i could make the wrong call. but the reality is the situation determined that this needed to be told to the public. WILLIAMS: to your knowledge, there is nothing in what you have handed over to the journalists materially damaging or threatening to the military or national security? SNOWDEN: there is nothing that would be published that would harm the public interest. these are programs that need to be understood, that need to be known, that require deep background and context for research. they are difficult to report. but they are of critical pub.lie importance. 2 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOC.ID: 42 4 9.219 BATES NO. 180 WILLIAMS: just for clarification here note that snowden didn't deny turning over military secrets. he asserted instead they wouldn't be published. another break. when we continue, how snowden justifies what he did. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) WILLIAMS: on the range between ticker tape parade entence, what do you think ought to happen to you if and when you return to the united states? SNOWDE: these are things that no individual should empower themselves to really decide. you know, i'm going to give myself a parade. but neither am i going to walk into a jail cell to serve as a bad example for other people in government who see something happening, some violation of the tion who think they need to say something about it. WILLIAMS: you hear often in the united states are why doesn't he come home and face the music? SNOWDEN: it's a fair question. why doesn't he face charges? but it's also uninformed. because what has been lain against me aren't normal charges. they are extraordinary charges. we have seen more charges under the espionage act in the last administration than we have in all other administrations in american history. the espionage act provides anyone accused of it of no chance to make a public defense. you are not allowed to argue based on all the evidence in your favor because that evidence may be classified, even if the it is exculpatory. when people say why don't you face the music, i say you have to understand the music is not an open court and a fair trial. WILLIAMS: what would you do if you had an aience with the president right now? what would you say? SNOWDEN: i would leave advisin.g the president to his advisers. that's -- i wouldn't presume to place myself on the level to be able to suggest what his course of action should be. WILLIAMS: would you ask him if you could come home free and clear? SNOWDEN: i think that's a decision he'll weigh and decide based on what he believes would serve the public interest. i think that's proper and appropriate. WILLIAMS: in your mind though, are you blameless? have you done, as you look at this, just a good thing? have you performed, as you see it, a public service? SNOWDEN: i think it can be both. i think the most important idea is to remember that there have been times throughout american history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. sometimes to do the right thing you have to break a law. and the key there is in terms of civil disobedience. you have to make sure that what you are risking, what you are bringing onto yourself doesn't serve as a detriment to anybody els·e, it doesn't hurt anybody else. if you are volunteering · yourself to be used as a negative examp.le, to spend a lifetime in prison rather than to spend a time in prison -- a short period where you will come out, advocate, emerge stronger and inspire other people to resist these policieses, spolicies, are you doing good or bad? ' WILLIAMS: legal sources tell nbc news that snowden's legal team has been in contact with the governme·nt's lawyers, but negotiations have t begun. are you looking for clemency or amnesty? would you like to go home? SNOWDEN: i don't think there has ever been any question that i wld like to go home. from day one i have said i'm doing this to serve my country. i'm still working for the government. now whether amnesty or clemency becomes a possibility is not for me to say. that's a debate for the public and the government to decide. but if i could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home. 3 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249219 BATES NO. 181 WILLIAMS: and when we continue, an american in russia. edward snowden talks about what his life is like now in exile and how he feels about coming home. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) WILLIAMS: this is a big cultural change. you, in effect, moved to russia from hawaii. what is your life like? SNOWDEN: you know, it's -- it is a major cultural gap. it requires adjustment. but even though i didn't choose to be here, even though, you know, circumstances really trapped me here, i can adapt. i can live life as an american more or less. that's the beauty of the internet. we are no longer tied to our communities merely by, you know, miz call physical connections. right now i'm watching a show, "the wire." i'm really enjoying it. second season, not so great, but -WILLIAMS: what do ·you make of the fact that president putin's standing in the world, let's say, has changed so dramatically during the time you have been here? SNOWDEN: it's really frustrating for someone who is working so hard to expand the domain of our rights and our privacy to end up stuck in a place where those rights are being challenged in ways that i would consider deeply unfair. the recent bloggers' registration law in russia, i can't think of any basis for a law like that. not just in russia, but any country. the government shouldn't regulate the operations of a free press whether it is nbc or some blogger in their living room. there is so much that needs to be defended here in russia, but i am limited by my inability to speak russian and so on that it's an isolating and frustrating thing. i really hope that russia, the united states and many other countries will work to push back against this const~ntly increasing surveillance, this constant erosion and abrasion of public rights. WILLIAMS: correct me if i'm wrong. the arc of your life is you went .from signing up for the military of after 9/11, in effect saying you were willing to die for your country to then telling people you half expected to die via abduction or assassination after what you have done in this instance. that's a pretty dramatic arc since 2003, 2004. SNOWDEN: i think that's actually a solid representation of the dramatic arcses sthat have happened within our government in the same period. do you think our government has changed since 9/11? have the policies changed? has civil engagement with the government changed? have our politics changed? are things radically different in terms of partisanship? there have been radical changes within our government. WILLIAMS: do you see yourself as a patriot? SNOWDEN: i do. you know, i.think patriot is a word that's thrown around so much that it can be devalued nowadays. but being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries and those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries. they can be bad policies. they can be officials who, you know, need a little bit more accountability. they can be mistakes of government and simple overreach and things that should never have been tried or that went wrong. WILLIAMS: did you say earlier you were still serving your government? SNOWDEN: yes. WILLIAMS: how so? SNOWDEN: when you look at the actions that i have taken, when you look at the carefulness of the program ares that have been disclosed, when-you look at the way this has been filtered through the most trusted journalistic institutions in america, the way the government has had a chance to chime in on this and to make their case, and when you look at the changes that it's resulted in, we have had the first open federal court to ever review these programs declare it likely unconstitutional and orwellian and you see congress agreeing that massive surveillance, bulk collection needs tb end. 4 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249219 BATES NO. 182 with all of these things happening thatheovernment agrees all the way up to the president, again, make us stronger how can it be said that i did not serve my government? how can it be said that this harmed the country when all three branches of government have made reforms as a result? WILLIAMS: many in government say snowden should say for what he's done whether or not he comes home. what do you miss about home? SNOWDEN: i think the only -- the only answer to something like that for somebody in my situation is, you know, what don't i miss? what would you miss? what wouldn't you miss? i miss my family. i miss my home. i miss my colleagues. i miss the work. because caught up in all these issues, people havl= unfairly demonized the nsa to a point that's too extreme. these are good people trying to do hard work for good reasons. the problem that we are confronted with, the challenge that we are facing is not the working level guy, some mustache-twirling villain out to destroy your life. it's the fact that senior officials are investing themselves with powers that they are not entitled to, and they are doing it without asking the public for any kind of consent. WILLIAMS: is what i heard you feeling bad for the damage to the nsa as a result of what you have exposed from the nsa? SNOWDEN: well, what you need to understand in what i was saying -- i guess not what you need to understand, but what i'm saying is not damage to the nsa. it's-the sort of conspiratorial that can emerge when there are abuses that le tnk they can do no good and the government has legitimate programs and purposes and they can do great things. the nsa can as well. i think it's important to remember that people don't set their lives on fire. they don't say good-bye to their families, actually pack up without saying good-bye to their families. they don't walk away from their extraordinary comfortable lives. i made a lot of money for a guy with no high school diploma. and burn down everything they love for no reason. WILLIAMS: so you're a kid from north carolina and while i, after this interview, am free to fly back to the united states, you can't. does that hurt you? SNOWDEN: i think no american could be prohibited from coming home or traveling anywhere else without feeling a sense of loss. but, again, i may have lost my ability to travel, but i have gained the ability to go to sleep at night, put my head on the pillow and feel comfortable that i have done the right thing even when it was the hard thing. i'm comfortable with that . . WILLIAMS: a good number of americans, of course, feel that because of what they see as an act of treason, they sleep less soundly at night fearing this massive leak of secrets has endangered the country. there is more on the way. glenn greenwald says the next story he is going to public based on the snowden documents may be the biggest yet in terms of impact. that is our br~adcast for tonight. we're going to keep going in the studio to ask the question, in part to take on the same question is snowden a hero or a traitor? we have assembled correspondents and former government officials. {bl(~) . .QG/,\: ·- ··---- - - - ... ' ODNI From: Hayden, Caitlin Sent: Wednesda Ma 28 2014 10:54 PM To: 'Robert Litt' , __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _..................................... 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BRIAN WILLIAMS: good evening. i'm brian williams. he is routinely called the most wanted man in the world. last week in moscow, cloaked in secrecy and after months of behind-the-scenes back and forth, we sat down with edward snowden for his first american television interview. let's begin with a reminder of what this 30-year-old has done and why he's living in exile overseas, wanted for espionage in this country. the classified documents he stole, downloaded from the nsa and handed over to journalists blew the lid off data mining programs that had been launched in the wake of and in the name of 9/11. they have names like prism and boundless informant and xkeyscore. some of them designed to vacuum up phone and internet data are from companies like verizon and google and apple and yahoo! and some of them could zero in on any one of us. snowden cam.e to this interview armed with talking points, ready to tell his story. he knew he would be receiving no compensation and no question was off limits: already just today based on prereleased snippets of what you're about to see secretary of state john kerry launched ·a full-on fredricton it willontal assault on snowden calling him a traitor, challenging hill to come home to face justice. we'll hear what edward snowden has to say about that. he arrived alone carrying only a backpack into our moscow hotel. he came up a back stairway into the elevator. the moment he sat down and our c;amera focused on him, it became clear that this was the first good long look at him the world had had. we saw him framed against the hotel window in hong kong and appearing from undisclosed locations on closed circuit video. he was here now, introducing himself as ed. a lot of people say you have badly damaged your country. · EDWARD SNOWDEN: can you show that? is there any dman vagsemonstration? i have been asking for a year now. if after a year they can't show a single individual who has been harmed in any way by this reporting, is it really so grave? is it really so serious? can we really trust those claims without scrutinizing them? i would argue we can't. we should be open to them. it's fair, the possibility. if this has caused serious harm, i plirnlwould like to know about it. WILLIAMS: keith alexander has said you have done, quote, significant and irreversible damage to the nation. he said there is, quote, concrete truth that terrorist groups and others are taking action and making changes and it's going to make our job tougher. and this amounts to telling our enemy our playbook. SNOWDEN: so what's interesting is that we see the exact same language, the exact same accusations being levelled against whistleblowers,.against any critic of any government program throughout history, throughout time. WILLIAMS: what are you doing in russia? SNOWDEN: all right. so this is a really fair concern. i personally am surprised that i ended up here. the reality is i never intended to end up in russia. i had a flight from cuba to latin america. the united states revoked my passport to trap me in the moscow airport. when people ask why are you in russia, i say please ask the state department. WILLIAMS: the u.s. state department says snowden's passport was pulled before he boarded that flight to moscow and yet he was somehow still able to leave hong kong, a city he had chosen to fly to initially upon leaving the u.s. a formerly high ranking american official said if snowden's equivalent russian kid was in our hands in the united states we would be working mightily to, a, befriend him and, absent th.at, infiltrate what hes has, what he knows. what has your relationship been to the host nation? have you met putin? have you spoken with him? SNOWDEN: i have no relationship with the russian government at all. i have never met the russian president. i'm not supported by the raugs government -- russian government. i'm not taking money from the russian government. i'm not a spy. the best way to make sure, for example, the russians can't break my fingers and compromise information or hit me 6 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID.: 4249219 BATES NO. 184 with a bag of money until i give them something was not to have it at all. the way to do it was by destroying material i was holding before i transited through russia. WILLIAMS: people are going to find it hard to believe that president putin hasn't taken a run at you or what you know. you can state declaratively that that hasn't happened? SNOWDEN: yeah. i mean, the way -- the way to think about this is, again, i already know how to deal with counterintelligence. beyond that, i took nothing to russia, so i could give them mothing. WILLIAMS: you say you're not carrying around any of the materials. you are handing them off. if i gave you a laptop, could you access the documents? SNOWDEN: no, no. WILLIAMS: no, you couldn't remotely, electronically access material? SNOWDEN: no. · WILLIAMS: it's gone from your control? SNOWDEN: right. i don't have any control -- let's put it this way. if i'm traveling through russia -- and i know i'm traveling through russia and they have a very aggressive, very professional service. and i look like tweety bird to sylvester the cat, a little walking chicken leg with all the documents if i have control over that, that's a very dangerous thing for me. WILLIAMS: we'll take our first break here. up next when we continue, the impact of 9/il on edward snowden. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) WILLIAMS: going back almost a year to when this story first broke, edward snowden was defined early on, and not altogether accurately. the president famously called him a hacker. we in the news media passed along and repeated terms like systems analyst and outside contractor that didn't really mean all that much and according to snowden didn't real!Y describe what he did for a living. (VIDEO BEGINS) WILLIAMS: how do you define yourself? are you -- were you trainecj as a spy? specifically i'm talking about the titles systems analyst, contractor. it seems to me spies probably look a lot more like ed snowden and a lot less like james bond these days. SNOWDEN: well, it's no secret that the u.s. tends to get more and better intelligence out of computers nowadays than they do out of people. i was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the word. i lived and worked under9over, overseas pretending to work in a job that i'm not and even being assigned a name that was not mine. now the government might deny these things, frame it in certain ways and say, oh,· he's a low level analyst but what they are trying to do is they are trying to use one position that i have had in a career here or there to distract from the totality of my experience which is that i have worked for the central intelligence agency undercover overseas. i have worked for the national security agency undercover overseas. and i have worked for the defense intelligence agency as a lecturer at the joint counterintelligence training academy where i developed sources and methods for keeping our information and people secure in the most hostile and dangerous environments around the world with. so when they say i'm a low level systems administrator that i don't know what i'm talking about it's somewhat misleading. WILLIAMS: snowden said his life changed when he was still a teenager on the worst day in modern american history. 7 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249.219 BATES NO. 185 what did 9/11 mean to you? SNOWDEN: i have never told anybody this. no journalist. but i was on ft. meade on septembeth right outside the nsa. so i remember·· i remember the tension on that day. i remember hearing on the radio. i remember thinking my grandfather who worked for the fbi at the time was in the pentagon when the plane hit it. i take the. threat of terrorism seriously. i think we all do. i think it's really disingenuous for the government to invoke and sort of scandalize our memories, to sort of exploit the national trauma that we all suffered together and worked so hard to come through to yufjustify programs that are have never been shown to keep us safe but cost us liberties and freedoms that we don't need to give up, and our constitution says we should not give up. WILLIAMS: then there is this way of looking at it -- our nation had been attacked in this nonlinear way. we were hurting. post pearl harbor hurting. why not cast the widest net possible? innocent people around the country were -- all felt the same w,ay. i've got nothing to hide. we've got to find this enemy we can't see. SNOWDEN: the definition of a security state is any nation that prioritizes security over all other considerations. i don't believe the united states is or ever should be a security state. if we want to be free we can't become subject to surveillance. we can't give away our privacy. we can't give away our rights. we have to be an active party. we have to be an active part of our government. and h say there are some things worth dying for. i think the country is one of them. WILLIAMS: like a lot of young men in our country, and especially given the fact that your grandfather was at the fbi, your dad's a vet. like a lot of young men across america you wanted to join up, and you did. · SNOWDEN: in 2004, i joined the u.s. army under the 18 x-ray special forces recruit program. i have to give high respect to everyone many the military and the graduates of those programs. they are better men than i. i was injured very early on in the program and i washed out. i don't hide that. WILLIAMS: snowden reportedly left the military after breaking both of his legs in training, ' SNOWDEN: the fact is that i tried. you know, i saw what was going on in the world. i believed the government's arguments that we were going to do good things in iraq, that we were going to free the oppressed. and i wanted to do my part to help share the national burden and create not just a better america but a better world. the problem was, as time went on, as i rose to higher and higher levels of the intelligence community, i gained more and more access, as i saw more classified information at the highest levels i realized that so many of the things that we are told by the government simply aren't true. much like the arguments about aluminum tubes and weapons of mass destruction, colin powell's discussion about anthrax is a dama -- saddam was going to bring against us. the iraq war i signed up for was launched on false premises. the american people were misled. whether that was due to bad faith or simply mistakes of intelligence, i can't say for sure. but i can say it shows the problem of putting too much faith in intelligence systems without debating them in public. WILLIAMS: we'll take another break here. coming up, how edward snowden says the nsa can reach into our lives via our phones. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) WILLIAMS: welcome back. government was now able, if they wanted to, to use our computers to 'reach into american lives and whatever you think of him, what edward snowden told us about spying on our data and our personal devices was chilling. and as an example, we used the phone in my hand. (VIDEO BEGINS) WILLIAMS: i want to ask you about this device. this is not my iphone. this is what drug dealers resort to. this is called a burner. it's a temporary. it's the one i brought to cover the olympics because our i.t. people told me that the russians are 8 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249219 BATES NO. 186 so good at infiltration. how good? and how good are the americans? what can the nsa do with this device, if they wanted to get into my life? SNOWDEN: so, first off, that's probably the most expensive burner i have ever seen. but i guess we are at the up market of drug dealers here WILLIAMS: i'm using a term of art. this is turned off. it's inert. SNOWDEN: the nsa, the russian intelligence service, the chinese intelligence service, any intelligence service in the world that has significant funding and a real technological research team can own that phone the minute it connects to their network. as soon as you turn it on, it can be theirs. they can turn it into a microphone. they can take pictures from it, they can take the data off of It. but it's important to understand that these things are typically done on a targeted basis. right? it's only done when people go, this phone is suspicious ..i think it's being held by a drug dealer. i think it is being used by a terrorist. WILLIAMS: can anyone turn it on remotely if it's off? can they turn on apps? did anyone know or care that i googled the final score of the rangers/canadiens game last night because i was traveling here? SNOWDEN: i would say yes to all of those. they can absolutely turn them on with the power turned off the device. that's pretty scary. the thing about the rangers game ises also salsa scary. you might say, does anybody care that i'm looking up the score for the rangers game? well, a government or a hacker or some other nefarious individual would say yes. that tells a lot about you. you probably speak english. you are probably an american. you are interested in this sport. they might know what your habits are. where were you i~ the world when you checked the score? do you check it when you travel? do you check it when you're at home? they could tell your pattern of life. when are you doing these activities? when do you wake up? when do you go to sleep? what other phones are around you? are you with someone who's not your wife? are you some place you shouldn't be, according to the government which is arbitrary, you know. are you engaged in any kind of activities we disapprove of, even if they aren't technically illegal? all of these things can raise your level of scrutiny. these activities can be mis misinterpreted and used to do you wrong. the problem is the capabilities themselves are unregulated, uncontrol are edun krol uncontrol uncontroledded and dangerous. · WILLIAMS: all because i googled rangers, canadiens, final score. SNOWDEN: exactly. WILLIAMS: snowden says he was astonished at the access he had at his fingertips including a computer program that, as he put it, could get inside your thought process. SNOWDEN: when i think about an instance that really just struck me as, oh, my god, we can do this. and we can do it to anyone was that people at nsa, analysts, can actually watch people's internet communications. watch them draft correspondence and actually watch their thoughts form as they type. s as you write a message, an analyst at nsa or any service using this attack against people can actually see you write sentences and backspace over your mistakes, change the words, pause, and think about what you wanted to say and th.en change it. it's this extraordinary intrusion not just into your communications, your finished messages but your qctual drafting process,. into the way you think .. WILLIAMS: you must have been aware spying is sometimes called a dirty business. lives have been taken and unsavory deeds have been committed. SNOWDEN: you know, i don't think anybody who 's's been in the intelligence community for almost a decade as i have been, is really shocked by the specific types of general operations when they are justified. what's more shocking for anybody is not the dirtiness of the business. it's the dirtiness of the targetsing. it's the dirtiness of the way these things are being used. it's the lack· of respect for the public because -- the lack of respect for the intrusiveness of surveillance. 9 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015. FOIA Case#78137 DOCID: 4249.219 BATES NO. 187 WILLIAMS: when the president and others have made the point that you should have 'gone through channels, become a whistleblower and not pursued the route you did, what's your response? SNOWDEN: i actually did go through channels. and that is documented. the nsa has records. they have copies of e-mails right now to their office of general counsel, to. their oversight and compliance folks from me raising concerns about the nsa's· interpretations of its legal authorities. i have raised the complaints not just officially in writing through e-mail to these offices and these individu als but to my supervisors, to my colleagues, in more than one office. i did it in ft. meade. i did it in hawaii. and many, many of these individuals were shocked by these programs. they had never seen them themselves. and the ones who had went, you know, you're right. these are things that are are really concerning. these aren't things we should be doing. maybe we're going too far here. but if you say something about this, they're going to destroy you. do you know what happens to people who stand up and talk about this? 0 WILLIAMS: what did you report? what was the response? SNOWDEN: so i reported that there were real problems with the way the nsa was interpreting its legal authorities. and the response more or less in bureaucratyerreaucratic language was you should stop asking questions. one of my final acts in government was continuing one of these communications with a legal office. in fact, i am so sure that these the nsa to verify that they do. write to the office communications exist that i have called on congress to write a letter of general counsel and say, did mr. snowden ever communicate any concerns about the nsa's interpretation of its legal authorities? to WILLIAMS: now about that last.point there about the paper trail that snowden says exists within the nsa, so far nbc news has learned from multiple sources that snowden did, indeed, send at least one e-mail to the general counsel's office raisingic and legal questions. we have filed a request under the freedom of information act to look for any other records. and.when we continue here tonight, the are the secrets of the u.s. military safe? 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FOIA Case#78137 MUGQHU u" ?M?mmww 7.) A03 .cc >rt_c"' (b) (6) ,,,, ,,, :1 Zip Code : D / -· · · .··· Country: United States of America / / Home Phone: I I/// Records Requested: In a television interview with NBC News on May 28J 2014, Edward Snowden said he had previously emailed concerns to the National Security Agency's Office of the General Counsel. Could you provide me with a copy of that email? f\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813a 1 - - -- - - -- -- · · - - -- - -··-·· - - -- - -- - - -- -- DOCID: 4228633 l ··· · ·· · ·· · . . ... . I From: . (b) (3) -P.L. 86-36 donotreply@nsa.gov Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:00 PM donotreply@nsa.gov matthew.keys@gmail.com FOIA Request (Web form submission) Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Name: Matthew Keys Email: matthew.keys@gmail.com Company: The Desk Postal Address 4._______ Postal City: I ! · ·· · Code: · · · · · ·· · · · . · ··· ············· !: Postal State-prov:! Zip __.! !___!· Country: United States of America Home Phone: I...______.I • Work Phone: N/A Records Requested: Seeking to obtain any and all e-mails sent by Edward J Snowden using the e-mail address ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov to any and all National Security Agency officials, including officials at the Office of General Counsel, for the time period between January 1, 2014 and April 1, 2014. ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case # 7813a DOCID: 4228635 f ' B1acker1Cindy S From. Sent To Subject Matthew Keys [matthew@sactownmed1a com] Friday, June 27, 2014 10 14 PM fo1arsc, fo1arsc FOIA case 78111 Withdrawal Hello. On May 29. 2014. I submitted a request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act for "any and all e-mails sent by Edward J Snowden usmg the e-mail address e1~mmd a·nsa 1c um to any and all National Security Agency officials. mcludmg officials at the Office of General Counsel. for the tnne penod between January I. 2014 and June I. 2014" On June 27. 2014 I received a letter from the National Security Agency's FOIA/Pubhc Affairs Chief Pamela Ph1lhps statmg that no records could be located at the agency pursuant to my request because "Mr Snowden ceased to be atlihated with this Agency as a contractor m June 20 I 3" and "e did not have an active NSA email account after that time " I beheve this to be the case. and am hereby withdrawing my FOIA request #7811 I This withdrawal apphes only to FOIA request #78111 and does not apply to any other FOIA requests I may have that are pendmg with the agency or may file m the future Thank you for your help on this matter Best. Matthew Keys matthe\VCl sactm, nmeJ1a cum h·~" ) 1 h\ mer facebook tumblr "eh·rne I m.1t11J~·\\ 1 i\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813a - ·····- - - ·---·····- - -- - - - · · ··- ---~ -.- -------- DOCID: 4228636 , I (b) (3)-P.L. 86-36 ... . From: donotreply@nsa.gov Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:22 PM donotreply@nsa.gov szoldrap@gmail.com FOIA Request (Web form submission) Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Name: Paul S Szoldra Email: szoldrap@gmail.com Company: Business Insider · Postal Address~._____________,! Postal C i t y : c = J (b) ( 6) Postal S t a t e ~ · Zip Code:'~~~~Country: United States of America ~f /···/ Work Phonel..._ _ _ _ _ Records Requested: Dear FOIA Coordinator: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act (5 copy of the following records be provided to me: u.s.c. §552). I request that a I am requesting any and all email correspondence sent and received by Edward J. Snowden, an intelligence contractor working for the National Security Agency, date range approximately from Jan . 2006 to Mar . 2013. He used the following email address: ejsnowct@nsa.ic.gov He also may have used these email addresses as well: ejsnowd@nsa.gov edward.j.snowden@nsa.ic.gov edward.snowden@nsa.ic.gov This is for journalistic research. Thank you. In order to help you determine my status for the purpose of assessing fees, you should know that I am: A representative of the news media affiliated with Business Insider, and this request is made as part of newsgathering and not for commercial use. I am willing to pay fees if my request for a waiver is denied not to exceed $300. I request a waiver of fees for this request because disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public interest. It is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the DIA and is not primarily in my conwnercial interest. This is for newsgathering purposes in the public interest of understanding Edward Snowden. ~pproved for Releas~ by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813a --.----,-·-~ -----.··-··-·------ ----·· ·--········------- - - -- ----·-·- ------ --------------·----- DOCID: 4228636 I can be con;a····c····t····e··· d if necessary to discuss any aspect a1. ._____ __._ I include a telephone number at which of my request. You can contact me Sincerely, I ·· · · · ... . Address =i..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _... Name: Paul Szoldra l_____,. . .,. _____.·r/ City, State, Zip(,.o...d_e_:... Telephone number: j Email address: szoldrap@gmail.com I 2 /< (bl (6) DOCID: 4228637 I- I From: 86-36 donotreply@nsa.gov Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:31 PM donotreply@nsa.gov rosie@buzzfeed.com FOIA Request (Web form submission) Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Name: Rosie (b) (3)-P.L. P Gray Email; rosie@buzzfeed.com Company: Buzzfeed Postal Address: 600 F Street NW Postal 2nd Line: Ste 200 Postal City: Washington Postal State-prov: DC Zip Code: 20004 Country: United States of America Work Phone: 6463699351 Records Requested: I am a reporter for BuzzFeed seeking the email history of this email address: ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov Date range of request: February 2009-July 2013 Description of request: Please search NSA records for any and all email connunications to or from the e~ail address ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov. As a requester from a news-gathering organization, I understand that the duplication of the first .one hundred pages responsive to my request will be provided without charge. I am willing to pay up to $300 for any other processing of this request . Please inform me if the estimated fees will exceed this limit before processing my request. Thank you for your consideration. i\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813a DOCID : 4228638 donotreply@nsa:gov ..... . Thursday, May 29. 2014 3:3•1' PM· donotreply@nsa.gov evan.hill@aljazeera.net From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: ..... _ FOIA Request (Web form submission) .. .... - ..... --. ... - ( I:>) (3)-l' . l., . 8 6 - 36 Name: Evan C Hi l l Email: evan. hill@aljazeera.net Company: Al Jazeera America Postal Address: 435 Hudson Street Postal 2nd Li ne: Suite 400 Postal City: New York City Postal State- prov: NY Zip Code: 10013 Country: united States of America I _______.I · ..-···. ..--·· .. -- --· ( b) (6) Home Phone= ... Work Phone: 917-819· 8458 Records Requested: I request copies of any and all emai ls or messages sent to or from the following National Security Agency e -mail address : eisnowd@nsa.ic.gov I am not aware of the exact period of t ime this account was active but believe it to be a short period t hat doe s not require an unreasonable response effort on behalf of the Agency . I am aware that e-mails s ent t o or f rom United States government accounts are subject t o the Freedom of I nf or mat ion Act. I request exped ited process ing of this FOI A records request as the information it seeks is of wide public interest and not l arge in size or time and would i nform t he public about an act ual or alleged 'federal government activit y. Please l et me kno,,, if there i s any further i nfor mation that would assist you in responding to this request. Best r egards, Evan Hill ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-20 15. FOIA Case# 7813}1 DOCID: 4228639 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Name: Ellen .. _.... - .. (b) (3) - P.L. 86-36 donotreply@nsa.gov Thu1sday, May 29, 2014 7:51 PM donotreply@nsa.gov ellen.nakashima@washpost.com FOIA Request (Web .form submission) Nakas hima Email: ellen.nakashima@was hpost. com Company: The Washington Post Postal Address: 1150 15th St. NW Postal City: Washington Postal State-prov: DC Zip. Code: 20071 country: United States of America Work Phone: 202 334 4419 Records Requested: The Washington Post hereby submits a request under the Freedom of Informat ion Act, 5 U.S .C . §§ 552 et seq., for the following records: All e -mails to or f rom Edward Snoo.-1den,a former contract employee(Dell, Booz Allen, with t he NSA in Japan and Hawaii. He worked in Japan f rom 2009-2013 and i n Hawaii from 2013-2014. The Washington Post respectfully r equests a fee waiver pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 5S2(a)(4)(A)(ii)(II), since the records are not being sought for a commercial use, but rather to inform the public on an issue of i ntense public interest and continuing controversy. At a minimum , as a repre senta tive of the news media, the Pos t is entitled to a limitation of the fees to reasonable standard charges for document duplicat ion. See id. If the fee waiver is denied with respect to search costs, the Post will pay reasonable duplicating fees, but request s to be notified if the cost is expected to exceed $100. I would appreciate your communicating with me by telephone or e-mail, rather than mail, if you have questions regarding this request. I look forward to your response within 20 days as the statute requires. Thank you f or your attention to th is request. Very truly yours, Ellen Nakashima The Washington Post ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-?015, FOIA Case# 78137T I DOCID: 4228640 . ,_..... From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: . - ...... _........ (b) (3) - P . L. 86 -36 -··· .. .. donotreply@nsa.gov Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:07 P.M donot,eply@nsa.gov gkorte@usatoday.com FOIA Request (Web form submission) Name: Gregory T Korte Ema i l: gkorte@usat oday.com Company: USA TODAY Postal Address: 1575 Eye Street, N.W. Suite 350 Postal City: Washington Postal State-prov: District of Columbia Zip Code: 2000S Country: United States of America Work Phone: 7038548907 Records Requested: Any and all communications to and from Ed14ard Snowden to the National Security Agency 's Office of Chief Counsel. This request includes all communications, in whatever form or format, and does not have any time limit. Please provide expedi ted processing. This request involves a matter of national importance that is t he subject of widespread media i nterest and congressional over sight. Please waive all fees. I am a journalist engaged full-ti,ne in the dissemination of information t o the public. I am employed by USA TODAY is the nation's largest newspaper. ' (!:i.pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813~ • DOCID: 4228641 ·······- (b) (3)- E' .L. 86-36 From: donotreply@nsa.gov Friday, June 27, 2014 10:16 PM donotreply@nsa.gov matthew@sactownmedia.com FOIA Request (Web form submission) Sent: To: Cc: Subject:. Name: Matthew Keys Email: matthew@sactownmedia.com Postal Address: .---====.----._-:-.. ./....... !- ....-- ..... :. _::·:::: ,., ...... .,..•" Postal City._!_ _ _ _... Postal State- prov! Zip Code: j 1· J······ Count ry: United States of Ameri.ca _...... Home ~hone:._l_ _ _ _ _,I'/ Records Req uested: Seeking to obtain any and al l e-mails sent by Edward J Snowden using the e -mail address e jsnowd@nsa.ic.gov to any and al l National Securit y Agency officials, inc l uding officials at the Office of General Counsel, for the time period between January 1, 2013 and ) une 1, 2013. §proved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case # 78131' DOCID: 4228641 ················- ····· - (b) (3)- P .L. 86-36 From: donotreply@nsa.gov F,iday, June 27, 2014 10:16 PM donotreply@nsa.gov matthew@sactownmedia.com FOIA Request (Web form submission) Sen!: To: Cc: Subject:. Name: Matthew Keys Email: matthe~@sactownmedia.com -====,,-..-_-.-.-..--..-:.-::.:.:' Postal Address: .._ ·· : _.. . 11 -·· . .. - - . Postal Ci tyjr- .....- ····· -;.·: ,::: Postal State-prov~l_ _ _...,,...._k'·'·"··· Zip Code: ~'---..JI·/ · Country: United Sta tes of America·....· ..............· Home ~hone:J~------' Records Requested: Seeking to obtain any and all e-mails sent by Edward J Snowden using the e-mail address ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov to any and all National Security Agency officials, including officials at the Office of General Counsel, f or the time period between January 1, 2013 and June 1, 2013. l?,;pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-20 15. FOIA Case# 7813~ -- -- DOCID: 4228642 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE. MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 77440 30 April 2014 JASON LEOPOLD 1669 BENEDICT CANYON DR BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210 Dear Mr. Leopold : This is an initial res ponse to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIi\) request dated 8 Aplil 20 14, which was received by this office on 9 April 2014, for "any and all emails w1itten by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in which Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials tlu·ough email to raise concerns about NSA programs." This letter acknowledges that we have received your request and provides some administrative information. Your request has been assigned Case Number 77440 . Due to a significant increase in the number of requests being received by this Agency, we are experiencing delays in processing. We will begin to process your request and will respond to you again as soon as we are able . Correspondence related to your request should include the case number assigned to your request, which is included in the second paragraph of this letter. Your letter shou ld be addressed to National Security Agency, FOIA Office (DJ4), 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Ft. George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248 or may be sent by facsimile to 443-479-3612. If sent by fax, it should be marked for the attention of the FOIA office. The telephone number of the FOIA office is 301-688-6527. Sincerely, FOIA Customer Representative l?\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813" DOCID: 4228643 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE. MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 77440A 23 June 2014 JASON LEOPOLD 1669 BENEDICT CANYON DR BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210 Dear Mr. Leopold: This responds to your Freedom of Infom1ation Act (FOTA) request of 8 April 2014, which was received by this office on 9 April 2014, for "any and all emails written by fonner NSA contractor Edward Snowden in which Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials through email to raise concerns about NSA programs." As noted in our initjaJ correspondence dated 30 April 2014, your request has been assigned Case Number 77440. For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered a "representative of the media." There are no assessable fees for this request. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOTA. A thorough search of our files was conducted, but there are no documents indicating that Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials to raise concerns about NSA programs. The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David cl . Sherman. The fact that we were unable to locate records responsive to your request may be considered by you as an adverse determination, and you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person notified of an adverse determination may file an appeal to the NSA/CSS Freedom of!nformation Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days after the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to th e NSA/CSS FOlA Appeal Autho1ity (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, For t George G. Meade, MD 20755 -6248. To aid in processing the appeal, it shou ld reference the inability of the Agency to locate the records you seek, in sufficient detail and particularity, and Lhe grounds upon which you believe this Agency maintair1s such records. The NSA/CSS FOi.i\ Appeal Bpproved for Release by NSA on 07- 28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137' DOCID: 4228643 FOIA Case: 77440A Authority wiU endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent unusual circumstances. As you may be aware, one document was located that shows that Mr. Snowden raised questions about the agency's interpretat ion of NSA's legal authorities. Although it is not responsive to your request since it does not discuss NSA programs or raise concerns about NSA progi:ams, we are providing the document to you as a courtesy as it was previously released. The document can also be found posted on the !ContheRecord. Tumblr.com website, as well as on NSA.gov. Sincerely, PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOJA/PA Office Encl: a/s DOCID: 4228644 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78071 27 May 2014 MATTHEW A COLE 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA RM 412El NEW YORK NY 10112 Dear Mr. Cole: This is an initial response to your Freedom of lnformatfon Act (FOIA) request dated 23 May 2014, which was received by chis office on 27 May 2014 , for "any and all emails, documents or any other form of communication sent by or from EDWARD SNOWDEN to the Office of General Counsel, or equivalent, or to any lawyer or legal office within the agency during the years 2012 and 20 13 , as well as any communication in response to Mr. Snowden." This letter acknowledges that we have received your request and provides some administrative info rmation. Your request has been assigned Case Number 7807 1. Due to a significant increase in the number of requests being received by this Agency, we are experiencing delays in processing. We will begin to process your request and will respond to you again as soon as we arc able. Correspondence related to your request should include the case number assigned to your request., which is included in the first paragraph of this letter. Your letter should be addressed to National Security Agency, FOIA Office (DJ4), 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Ft. George G. Meade, MO 207556248 or may be sent by facsimile to 443-479-3612. If sent by fax, it should be marked for the a ttention of the FOIA office. The telephone number of the FOJA office is 301-688-6527. Sincerely, FOIA Customer Representative ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case # 7813~ DOCID: 4228645 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6/JOO FOlACase: 78111 23 June 2014 MATI'HEW KEYS . Dear Mr. Keys: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOlA) request of 29 May 20 14, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "any and all e-mails sent by Edward J Snowden using the e-mail address ejsnowdi@nsa.ic.gov to any and all National Secu1ity Agency officials, including officials at the Office of General Counsel, for the time period between J anuary 1, 2014 and April I, 20 14." Your request has been assigned Case Number 78111. For the purpose of fee assessment, you have been placed into the "all other" category for this request. As such, you are allowed 2 hours of search and 100 pages of duplication at no cost to you. There are no assessable fees for this request. Your requesL has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. We confirmed with the appropriate offices that since Mr. Snowden ceased to be affiliated with this Agency as a contractor in June 2013, he did not have an active NSA email account after that time. Because no emails were sent from that account aft.er June 2013, no records responsive to your request were located. The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David ,J. Sherman. The fact that we were unable to locate records responsive to your request may be considered by you as an adverse determ.ination, and you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person notified of an adverse determination may file an appeal to the NSt\/CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Au thority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days after the date of the in.itial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/ CSS FOIA Appeal Authority- (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248. To aid in processing the appeal, it should reference the inability of the Agency to locate the records you ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813~ (b) (6) DOCID: 4228645 FOIA Case: 78111 seek, in sufficient detail and particularity, and the grounds upon which you believe this Agency maintains such records. The NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent unusual circumstances. Sincerely, PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office -- -- -- -- - DOCID: 4228646 ~. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE -~, FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYlAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78113 3 June 2014 PAUL S SZOLDRA ~I_ _____.I - (b) ( 6) Dear Mr. Szoldra: This is an initial response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "any and all email correspondence sent and received by Edward J. Snowden, an intelligence contractor working for the National Security Agency, date range approximately from Jan. 2006 to MaJ. 2013. He used the following email address: cjsnowd;'@.nsa .ic.gov ." This letter acknowledges that we have received your request and provides some administrative information. Your request has been assigned Case Number 78 113. Due to a significant increase in the number of requests being received by this Agency, we are experiencing delays in processing. We will begin to process your request and will respond to you again as soon as we are able. Until further processing is done, we do not know if there will be assessable fees . Therefore, we have not addressed your request for a fee waiver a t this time. Correspondence related to your request should include the case number assigned to your request, which is included in the first paragraph of t his letter. Your letter should be addressed to National Security Agency, FOIA Office (DJ4), 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Ft. George G. Meade, MD 207556248 or may be sent by facsimile to 443-479-3612. If sent by rax, it should be marked for the attention or the FOIA office. The telephone number of the FOIA office is 301-688-6527. Sincerely, FOIA Customer Representative §;oproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813'.,1 - - - --- DOCID: 4228647 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755,600D FOIA Case: 78113 26 June 2014 PAUL S SZOLDRA I Dear Mr. Szoldra: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "any and all email correspondence sent and received by Edward J. Snowden, an intelligence contractor working for the National Security Agency, date range approximately from Jan. 2006 to Mar. 2013. He used the following email address: ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov . He also may have used these email addresses as well: ejsnowd@nsa.gov, edward.j.snowden@nsa.ic.gov , edwarc!.snowdern@nsa.ie.<>ov ." Your request has been assigned Case Number 78113. For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered an "all other" requester. There are no assessable fees for this request therefore; we did not address your request for a fee waiver. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA One document responsive t.o your request is enclosed. The names of NSA/ CSS employees have been deleted from the enclosure. This inf'onnation is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). The remaining records that this Agency maintains pertaining to Mr. Snowden, including his emails, are exempt from release in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(b)( 1), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6), and 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7). Records pertaining to Mr. Snowden are withheld pursuant to the seventh exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(7)), which protects from disclosure records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes. This ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78 13i} -- -- -- --- ... {b) (6) DOCID: 4228647 FOlA Case: 78113 includes information that, if released, could interfere with enforcement proceedings, could cause an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, could reveal the identities of confidential sources, or would reveal law enforcement techniques and procedures. All of the information maintained by this Agency relating to Mr. Snowden meets the threshold requirements for withholding under exemption 7 of the FOIA and is withheld under (b)(7)(AJ, (b)(7)(C), (b)(7)(DJ, and (b)(7)(E) of the FOIA. The sixth exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(6)) protects from disclosure information which would constitute a clearly u nwarranted invasion of personal privacy. In balancing the public interest for the information you request against the privacy interests involved, we have determined that the privacy interes ts sufficiently satisfy the requirements for the application of the (b)(6) exemption. In addition, this Agency is authorized by statute to protect certain information concerning its activities, as well as the names of its employees. Such information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FO!A (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(3)), which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). We have determined that such informatfon exists in these records, and it has been withheld accordingly. Other statutes that apply are Ti tle 18 U.S. Code 798 and Title 50 U.S. Code 3024(i). Some of the withheld information was also found to be currently and properly classified in accordance with Executive Order 13526. This information meets the criteria for classification as set forth in Subparagraphs (b), (c), (d) and (g) of Section 1.4 and remains classified TOP SECRET, SECRET, and CONFIDENTIAL as provided in Section 1.2 of the Executive Order. The informat.ion is rJassified because its disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. Because the information is currently and properly classified, it is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the first exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(l)). The Ini tial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David J. Sherman. Since information was withheld from the enclosed document, and because the rest of your request is being denied, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedu res. Any person denied access to in formation may file an appeal to the NSA/CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days of the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shaJI - - -- ---- DOCID: 4228647 FOIA Case: 78113 be in writjng addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authori ty (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248. The appeal shall reference the adverse determination and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the grounds upon which the requester believes that the determination is unwarranted. The NSA/CSS FOlA Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal wilhin 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances. For your information, there are no emails indicating that Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials to raise concerns about NSA programs. Sincerely, PAM.ELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FO!A/PA Office Encl: a/s -- - - - - --- DOCID: 4228648 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE. MARYLAND 207S5-6000 FOIA Case: 78114 3 June 2014 ROSIE PGRAY BUZZFEED 600 F STREET NW STE 200 WASHINGTON, DC 20004 Dear Ms. Gray: This is an initial response to your Freedom of Information Act (FO!A) request dated 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "the email history of this email address: ejsnowd@.nsa.ic.gov. Date range of request: February 2009-July 2013. Description of request: Please search NSA records for any and all email communications to or from the email address cjsnowdfv.nsa.ic.gov ." This letter acknowledges tha t we have received your request and provides some administrative information. Your request has been assigned Case Number 781 J 4. Due to a significant increase in the number of requests being received by this Agency, we are experiencing delays in processing. We will begin to process your request and will respond to you again as soon as we arc able. Correspondence related to your request should include the case number assigned to your request, which is included in the first paragraph of this letter. Your letter should be addressed to National Security Agency, FOIA Office (DJ4), 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Ft. George G. Meade, MD 207556248 or may be sent by facsimile to 443-479-3612. If sent by fax, it should be marked for the attention of the FOIA ollice. The telephone number of the FOIA office is 301-688-6527. Sincerely, FOIA Customer Representative Bpproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-20151 FOIA Case# 78137) DOCID: 4228649 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78114 27 June 2014 ROSIE P GRAY BUZZFEED 600 F STREET NW STE 200 WASHINGTON DC 20004 Dear Ms. Gray: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "any and all email communications to our from the email address ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov ." Your request has been assigned Case Number 78114. For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered an "all other" requester. There are no assessable fees for this request. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. One document responsive to your request is enclosed. The names of NSA/ CSS employees have been deleted from the enclosure. This information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). The remaining records that this Agency maintains pertaining to Mr. Snowden, including his emails, are exempt from release in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(l), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6), and 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7). Records pertaining to Mr. Snowden are withheld pursuant to the seventh exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C . Section 552(b)(7)), which protects from disclosure records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes. This includes information that, if released, could interfere with enforcement proceedings, could cause an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, could reveal the identities of confidential sources, or would reveal law enforcement techniques and procedures. All of the information maintained by this Agency e\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4228649 FOIA Case: 78114 relating to Mr. Snowden meets the threshold requirements for withholding under exemption 7 of the FOIA and is withheld under (b)(7)(A), (b)(7)(C), (b)(7)(D) , and (b)(7)(E) of the FOIA. The sixth exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(6)) protects from disclosure information which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. In balancing the public interest for the information you request against the privacy interests involved, we have determined that the privacy interests sufficiently satisfy the requirements for the application of the (b)(6) exemption. In addition, this Agency is authorized by statute to protect certain information concerning its activities, as well as the names of its employees. Such information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(3)), which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). We have determined that such information exists in these records, and it has been withheld accordingly. Other statutes that apply are Title 18 U.S. Code 798 and Title 50 U.S. Code 3024(i). Some of the withheld information was also found to be currently and properly classified in accordance with Executive Order 13526. This information meets the criteria for classification as set forth in Subparagraphs (b), (c), (d) and (g) of Section 1.4 and remains classified TOP SECRET, SECRET, and CONFIDENTIAL as provided in Section 1.2 of the Executive Order. The information is classified because its disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. Because the information is currently and properly classified, it is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the first exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(l)). The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David J. Sherman. Since information was withheld from the enclosed document, and because the rest of your request is being denied, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person denied access to information may file an appeal to the NSA/ CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days of the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248. The appeal shall reference the adverse determination and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the grounds upon which the requester believes that the determination is unwarranted. The NSA/ CSS FOIA DOCID: 4228649 FOIA Case: 78114 Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances. For your information, there are no emails indicating that Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials to raise concerns about NSA programs. Sincerely, c~1~ PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office Encl: a/s DOCID: 4228650 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78115A 27 June 014 EVAN CHILL AL JAZEERA AMERICA 435 HUDSON ST STE 400 NEW YORK CITY NY 10013 Dear Mr. Hill: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "Copies of any and all emails or messages sent to or from the following National Security Agency e-mail address: ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov." As previously provided, your request has been assigned Case Number 78115. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. One document responsive to your request is enclosed. The na mes of NSA/ CSS employees have been deleted from the enclosure. This information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). The remaining records that this Agency maintains pertaining to Mr. Snowden, including his emails, are exempt from release in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(l), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6), and 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7). Records pertaining to Mr. Snowden are withheld pursuant to the seventh exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(7)), which protects from disclosure records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes. This includes information that, if released, could interfere with enforcement proceedings, could cause an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, could reveal the identities of confidential sources, or would reveal law enforcement techniques and procedures. All of the information maintained by this Agency relating to Mr. Snowden meets the threshold requirements for withholding [?;pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case # 7813/1 DOCID: 4228650 FOIA Case: 78115A under exemption 7 of the FOIA and is withheld under (b)(7)(A), (b)(7)(C), (b)(7)(D), and (b)(7)(E) of the FOIA. The sixth exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(6))protects from disclosure information which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. In balancing the public interest for the information you request against the privacy interests involved, we have determined that the privacy interests sufficiently satisfy the requirements for the application of the (b)(6) exemption. In addition, this Agency is authorized by statute to protect certain information concerning its activities, as well as the names of its employees. Such information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(3)), which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). We have determined that such information exists in these records, and it has been withheld accordingly. Other statutes that apply are Title 18 U.S. Code 798 and Title 50 U.S. Code 3024(i). Some of the withheld information was also found to be currently and properly classified in accordance with Executive Order 13526. This information meets the criteria for classification as set forth in Subparagraphs (b), (c), (d) and (g) of Section 1.4 and remains classified TOP SECRET, SECRET, and CONFIDENTIAL as provided in Section 1.2 of the Executive Order. The information is classified because its disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. Because the information is currently and properly classified, it is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the first exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(l)). The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David J. Sherman. Since information was withheld from the enclosed document, and because the rest of your request is being denied, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person denied access to information may file an appeal to the NSA/ CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days of the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248. The appeal shall reference the adverse determination and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the grounds upon which the requester believes that the determination is unwarranted. The NSA/ CSS FOIA DOCID: 4228650 FOIA Case: 78115A Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances. For your information, there are no emails indicating that Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials to raise concerns about NSA programs. Sincerely, / ~·#!l L~ 1 / ; PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office Encl: a/s DOCID: 4228651 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78118 lOJune 2014 ELLEN NAKASHIMA 1150 15TH ST NW Washington, DC 20071 Dear Ms. Nakashima: This is an initial response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "All e-mails to or from Edward Snowden, a former contract employee (Dell, Booz Allen, with theNSA in Japan and Hawaii. He worked in Japan from 2009-2013 and in Hawaii from 2013-2014." This letter acknowledges that we have received your request and provides some administrative information. Your request has been assigned Case Number 78118. Due to a significant increase in the number of requests being received by this Agency, we are experiencing delays in processing. We will begin to process your request and will respond to you again as soon as we are able. Until further processing is done, we do not know if there will be assessable fees . Therefore, we have not addressed your request for a fee waiver at this time. Correspondence related to your request should include the case number assigned to your request, which is included in the first paragraph of this letter. Your letter should be addressed to National Security Agency, FOIA Office (DJ4), 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Ft. George G. Meade, MD 207556248 or may be sent by facsimile to 443-479-3612. If sent by fax, it should be marked for the attention of the FOIA office. The telephone number of the FOIA office is 301 -688-6527. Sincerely, FOIA Customer Representative ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4228652 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78118 25 June 2014 ELLEN NAKASHIMA THE WASHINGTON POST 1150 15TH ST NW WASHINGTON DC 20071 Dear Ms. Nakashima: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "all e-mails to or from Edward Snowden, a former contract employee (Dell, Booz Allen, with the NSA in Japan and Hawaii. He worked in Japan from 2009-2013 and in Hawaii from 2013-2014." Your request has been assigned Case Number 78118. For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered a "representative of the media". There are no assessable fees for this request; therefore, we did not address your request for a fee waiver. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. One document responsive to your request is enclosed. The names of NSA/ CSS employees have been deleted from the enclosure. This information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). The remaining records that this Agency maintains pertaining to Mr. Snowden, including his emails, are exempt from release in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(l), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6), and 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7). Records pertaining to Mr. Snowden are withheld pursuant to the seventh exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(7)), which protects from disclosure records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes. This includes information that, if released, could interfere with enforcement proceedings, could cause an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, could ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4228652 FOIA Case: 78118 reveal the identities of confidential sources, or would reveal law enforcement techniques and procedures. All of the information maintained by this Agency relating to Mr. Snowden meets the threshold requirements for withholding under exemption 7 of the FOIA and is withheld under (b)(7)(A), (b)(7)(C), (b)(7}(D), and (b)(7)(E) of the FOIA. The sixth exemption of the FOIA (5 U .S.C. Section 552(b)(6))protects from disclosure information which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. In balancing the public interest for the information you request against the privacy interests involved, we have determined that the privacy interests sufficiently satisfy the requirements for the application of the (b)(6) exemption. In addition, this Agency is authorized by statute to protect certain information concerning its activities, as well as the names of its employees. Such information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(3)), which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605) . We have determined that such information exists in these records, and it has been withheld accordingly. Other statutes that apply are Title 18 U.S. Code 798 and Title 50 U.S. Code 3024(i). Some of the withheld information was also found to be currently and properly classified in accordance with Executive Order 13526. This information meets the criteria for classification as set forth in Subparagraphs (b), (c), (d) and (g) of Section 1.4 and remains classified TOP SECRET, SECRET, and CONFIDENTIAL as provided in Section 1.2 of the Executive Order. The information is classified because its disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. Because the information is currently and properly classified, it is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the first exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(l)). The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David J. Sherman. Since information was withheld from the enclosed document, and because the rest of your request is being denied, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person denied access to information may file an appeal to the NSA/ CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days of the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD DOCID: 4228652 FOIA Case: 78118 20755-6248 . The appeal shall reference the adverse determination and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the grounds upon which the requester believes that the determination is unwarranted. The NSA/ CSS FOIA Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances. For your information, there are no emails indicating that Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials to raise concerns about NSA programs. Sincerely, PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office Encl: a/s DOCID: 4228653 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE , MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78119 3 June 2014 GREGORY T KORTE 1575 EYE ST NW STE 350 WASHINGTON DC 20005 Dear Mr. Korte: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "Any and all communications to and from Edward Snowden to the National Security Agency's Office of General Counsel. This request includes communications, in whatever format, and does not have a time limit." Your request has been assigned Case Number 78119 . For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered a "representative of the media." There are no assessable fees for this request; therefore, we did not address your request for a fee waiver. Since this letter fully responds to your FOIA request, we have not addressed your request for expedited processing. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. The document responsive to your request is enclosed. This document was previously released in FOIA Case 78071. Certain information, however, has been deleted from the enclosure. This Agency is authorized by statute to protect the names of its employees. This information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605) . The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records , David J. Sherman. Since these deletions may be construed as a partial denial of your request, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person denied access to information may file an appeal to the NSA/CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days from the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/ CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ4) , National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE F\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813'.{] DOCID: 4228653 FOIA Case: 78119 ] 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248. The appeal shall reference the initial denial of access and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the grounds upon which the requester believes release of the information is required. The NSA/CSS Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances. Sincerely, PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office Encl: a/s I DOCID: 4228654 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78274 18 June 2014 ROSIE PGRAY 600 F STREET NW STE 200 WASHINGTON DC 20004 Dear Ms. Gray: This is an initial response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 13 June 2014, for "... the email history of this email address: ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov Date range of request: February 2009-July 2013 Description of request: Please search NSA records for any and all email communications to or from the email address ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov." This letter acknowledges that we have received your request and provides some administrative information. Your request has been assigned Case Number 78274. Due to a significant increase in the number of requests being received by this Agency, we are experiencing delays in processing. We have begun to process your request and will provide a more substantive response to you as soon as we are able. Correspondence related to your request should include the case number assigned to your request, which is included in the first paragraph of this letter. Your letter should be addressed to National Security Agency, FOIA Office (DJ4), 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Ft. George G. Meade, MD 207556248 or may be sent by facsimile to 443-479-3612. If sent by fax, it should be marked for the attention of the FOIA office. The telephone number of the FOIA office is 301-688-6527. Sincerely, FOIA Customer Representative ~ pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4228655 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78274A 27 June 2014 ROSIE P GRAY BUZZFEED 600 F ST NW STE 200 WASHINGTON DC 20004 Dear Ms. Gray: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 13 June 2014, for "any and all email communications to or from the email address ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov." As previously provided, your request has been assigned Case Number 78274. For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered an "all other" requester. There are no assessable fees for this request. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. One document responsive to your request is enclosed. The names of NSA/ CSS employees have been deleted from the enclosure. This information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). The remaining records that this Agency maintains pertaining to Mr. Snowden, including his emails, are exempt from release in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(l), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6), and 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7). Records pertaining to Mr. Snowden are withheld pursuant to the seventh exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(7)), which protects from disclosure records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes. This includes information that, if released, could interfere with enforcement proceedings, could cause an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, could reveal the identities of confidential sources, or would reveal law enforcement techniques and procedures. All of the information maintained by this Agency [\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4228655 FOIA Case: 78274A relating to Mr. Snowden meets the threshold requirements for withholding under exemption 7 of the FOIA and is withheld under (b)(7)(A), (b)(7)(C), (b)(7)(D), and (b)(7)(E) of the FOIA. The sixth exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(6))protects from disclosure information which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. In balancing the public interest for the information you request against the privacy interests involved, we have determined that the privacy interests sufficiently satisfy the requirements for the application of the (b)(6) exemption. In addition, this Agency is authorized by statute to protect certain information concerning its activities, as well as the names of its employees. Such information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(3)), which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). We have determined that such information exists in these records, and it has been withheld accordingly. Other statutes that apply are Title 18 U.S. Code 798 and Title 50 U.S. Code 3024(i). Some of the withheld information was also found to be currently and properly classified in accordance with Executive Order 13526. This information meets the criteria for classification as set forth in Subparagraphs (b), (c), (d) and (g) of Section 1.4 and remains classified TOP SECRET, SECRET, and CONFIDENTIAL as provided in Section 1.2 of the Executive Order. The information is classified because its disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. Because the information is currently and properly classified, it is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the first exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(l)). The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David J. Sherman. Since information was withheld from the enclosed document, and because the rest of your request is being denied, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person denied access to information may file an appeal to the NSA/ CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days of the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248. The appeal shall reference the adverse determination and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the grounds upon which the DOCID: 4228655 FOIA Case: 78274A requester believes that the determination is unwarranted. The NSA/ CSS FOIA Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances. For your information, there are no emails indicating that Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials to raise concerns about NSA programs. Sincerely, / /~ .· d; i l '.· .... ' ......____.,.,. . . £ /. ·- . , . -1 . PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office Encl: a/s .. ,,.._,, ' 1- , DOCID: 4228656 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78399 1 July 2014 .... IM_A_IT_H_E_W_K_E_Y_S_ ___.I .. . Dear Mr. Keys: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 27 June 2014, which was received by this office on 30 June 2014, for "any and all e-mails sent by Edward Snowden using the e-mail address ejsnowd@nsa.ic.gov to any and all NSA officials, including officials at the office of General Counsel, for the time period between January 1, 2013 and June 1, 2013." Your request has been assigned Case Number 78399 . For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered an "all other" requester. There are no assessable fees for this request. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. One document responsive to your request is enclosed. The names of NSA/CSS employees have been deleted from the enclosure. This information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605) . The remaining records that this Agency maintains pertaining to Mr. Snowden, including his emails, are exempt from release in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(l), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6), and 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7). Records pertaining to Mr. Snowden are withheld pursuant to the seventh exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(7)) , which protects from disclosure records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes. This includes information that, if released, could interfere with enforcement proceedings, could cause an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, could reveal the identities of confidential sources, or would reveal law enforcement @;pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813~ (b) ( 6) DOCID: 4228656 FOIA Case: 78399 techniques and procedures. All of the information maintained by this Agency relating to Mr. Snowden meets the threshold requirements for withholding under exemption 7 of the FOIA and is withheld under (b)(7)(A), (b)(7)(C), (b)(7)(D), and (b)(7)(E) of the FOIA. The sixth exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(6))protects from disclosure information which would cons titu te a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. In balancing the public interest for the information you request against the privacy interests involved, we have determined that the privacy interests sufficiently satisfy the requirements for the application of the (b)(6) exemption. In addition, this Agency is authorized by statute to protect certain information concerning its activities, as well as the names of its employees. Such information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(3)), which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). We have determined that such information exists in these records, and it has been withheld accordingly. Other statutes that apply are Title 18 U.S. Code 798 and Title 50 U.S. Code 3024(i). Some of the withheld information was also found to be currently and properly classified in accordance with Executive Order 13526. This information meets the criteria for classification as set forth in Subparagraphs (b), (c), (d) and (g) of Section 1.4 and remains classified TOP SECRET, SECRET, and CONFIDENTIAL as provided in Section 1.2 of the Executive Order. The information is classified because its disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. Because the information is currently and properly classified, it is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the first exemption of the FOIA (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(l)). The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David J. Sherman. Since information was withheld from the enclosed document, and because the rest of your request is being denied, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person denied access to information may file an appeal to the NSA/ CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days of the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248. The appeal shall reference the adverse determination and shall --- ------- DOCID: 4228656 FOIA Case: 78399 contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the grounds upon which the requester believes that the determination is unwarranted. The NSA/ CSS FOIA Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances. For your information, there are no emails indicating that Mr. Snowden contacted agency officials to raise concerns about NSA programs. Sincerely, PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office Encl: a/s DOCID: 4228657 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78104 23 June 2014 PAULS SZOLDRA BUSINESS INSIDER I..___I Dear Mr. Szoldra: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for "Any and all emails, letters, records, or other correspondence sent by Edward J. Snowden to the National Security Agency Office of General Counsel. I also request any and all emails, letters, records, or other correspondence sent in response to his queries." Your request has been assigned Case Number 78104. For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered a "media" requester. There are no assessable fees for this request. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. One document was found to be responsive to your request and is enclosed. This document was previously released in FOIA Case 78071 . Certain information, however, has been deleted from the enclosure. This Agency is authorized by statute to protect the names of its employees. This information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605). The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David J . Sherman. Since these deletions may be construed as a partial denial of your request, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person denied access to information may file an appeal to the NSA/CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days from the date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/ CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE [\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case # 7813a . (b) (6 ) DOCID: 4228657 FOIA Case: 78104 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248. The appeal shall reference the initial denial of access and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, the grounds upon which the requester believes release of the information is required. The NSA/CSS Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances. Sincerely, PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office Encl: a/s DOCID: 4228659 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-6000 FOIA Case: 78107 10 June 2014 DAVID A GARRETI I I . (b) (6) Dear Mr. Garrett: This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 29 May 2014, which was received by this office on 30 May 2014, for a copy of an e-mail from Edward Snowden to the NSA's Office of the General Counsel, which has recently been mentioned in the press. Your request has been assigned Case Number 78107. Th ere are no assessable fees for this request; therefore, we have not addressed your fee category. Your request has been processed under the provisions of the FOIA. The requested record has been made publically available on the NSA.gov web site. Please reference the following web page for the link posted on 5 June 2014: http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/ whats_new /index .shtml Since the record responsive to your request is publicly available and we have identified where you can obtain it, we consider your request to be satisfied and, accordingly, your request is being closed at this time. Correspondence related to your request should include the case number assigned to your request, which is included in the first paragraph of this letter. Your letter should be addressed to National Security Agency, FOIA Office (DJ4), 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Ft. George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248 or may be sent by facsimile to 443-479-3612. If sent by fax, it should be marked for the attention of the FOIA office. The telephone number of the FOIA office is 301-688-6527. Sincerely, l 't{ / ~ i' - I , ,' .• '--- ~ •" - , ' •. -I- 1· -- ,-~ ~ . ... ?-"") /.._., PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813'.n DOCID: 4228660 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755,6000 FOIA Case: 78071 29 May 2014 MATTHEW A COLE 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZJ\ RM 412El NEW YORK NY 10112 Dear Mr. Cole: This further responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 23 May 2014 for "Any and all emails, documents or any other form of communication sent by or from EDWARD SNOWDEN to the Office of General Counsel, or equ ivalent, or to any lawyer or legal office within the agency during the years 2012 and 2013, as well as any communication in response to Mr. Snowden." For purposes of this request and based on the information you provided in your letter, you are considered a representative of the media. Unless you qualify for a fee waiver or reduction, you must pay for duplication in excess of the first 100 pages. There are no assessable fees for this request. Your request has been processed under the FOJA and the responsive document is enclosed. Certain information, however, has been deleted from the enclosure. The names ofNSA/CSS employees have been deleted from the enclosure. This information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the third exemption of the FOIA, which provides for the withholding of information specifically protected from disclosure by statute. The specific statute applicable in this case is Section 6, Public Law 86-36 (50 U.S. Code 3605) . The Initial Denial Authority for NSA information is the Associate Director for Policy and Records, David J . Sherman. Since these deletions may be constsued as a partial denial of your request, you are hereby advised of this Agency's appeal procedures. Any person denied access to information may file an appeal to the NSA/CSS Freedom of Information Act Appeal Authority. The appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days from t he date of the initial denial letter. The appeal shall be in writing addressed to the NSA/CSS FOIA Appeal Authority (DJ 4), National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road STE 6248, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755 -6248. The appeal shall reference the ini tial denial of access and shall contain, in sufficient detail and particularity, §..oproved for Release by NS.A. on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4228660 FOIA Case: 78071 the grounds upon which the requester believes release of the infonnation is required. The NSA/CSS Appeal Authority will endeavor to respond to the appeal within 20 working days after receipt, absent any unusual circumstances. Sincerely, /2J.Jf3t~yk 'I'<-'~ PAMELA N. PHILLIPS Chief FOIA/PA Office Encl: a/s I DOCID: 4228661 i 1 I' L I_ __ _ __ _ l- ----------- ....1,,1_-_..._.________.._.. _-_···__<_3_i_-s_ o_u_s_c_3_0_2_4_<1_ .. From: Sent: To: Subject: Richard Byrne Reilly (richard@venturebeat.com) Thursday, May 29. 2014 2:58 PM nsapao Edward Snowden Email. DearNSA: My name is Richard Reilly and I'm a reporter with VcntureBeat in San Francisco requesting a copy of the email Edward Snowden sent to the NSA and released today by the agency. I'm working on a very tight deadline and appreciate your assistance. Kind regards 1 Richard Richard Byrne Reilly W F[_ f:: ;r byrnere1lly (bl ( 6) !- VentureBeat I Events §;pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813" • DOCID: 4228662 I·· From: Sent: To: Subject: .... (b) (3)-P. L . 8 6-36 Michael van Poppel (BNO News) (mpoppel@bnonews.com} Thursaay, May 29. 2014 1:55 PM · nsapao Edward Snowden Good afternoon, Do you have any commer1t regarding Ed1,ard Snm,den' s claim that he sent at least one email to his superiors, notifying them of his concer ns? Thank you. Best regard s, Michael van Poppel BNO News B.V. Tel: +1 845- 796·9291 Fax: +l 347-521-3174 Twitter: @mpoppe l mpoppe l@bnone,,s . com w1v\o.1 . bnonel>JS .com --------=====--============~=======--=========== The infor mation contained in this message may be confidential and is intended to be exclusively for the addressee . Should you receive this message unintentionally, please do not use the contents herei n and notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. BNO News B.V. is registered by the .Chamber of Commerce under nr. 17264724 l\i,proved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78131' DOCID: 4228663 I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: .lb) (3)-P , L. 86-36 Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:02 PM 'Cole, Matthew (NBCUniversal)' nsapao; DL PAOMedia Email claim Hi. Please see the below. -·---~---------------..··-------------------------------------. . NSA has now explained that they have f ound one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to t he office of General Counsel ask ing for an explanation of some ma terial that was in a t raining course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegati ons or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a l ega l quest ion t hat the Office of General Counsel addressed·. There was not additional fol10>1-up noted. The e-ma i'l will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr . Snowden coul d have used to raise other concerns or whistleblo,,er allegations. l~e have searched for addit ional indications_of outreach from him in t hose areas and to dat e have not discovered any engagements relat ed to his claims. ##ff v/r ~rorci Green Ni.l ler NSA Pub l i c and Media Affa i rs Office 44 3-634-0721 F\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4228664 I ...... (b) (3)- P . L . 86- 36 I From: Sent: To: Subject: Matt Sledge (msledge@huffingtonpost.com) Thursday. May 29, 2014 2:53 PM Vines, Vanee M; nsapao Follow-up on Snowden email release Hi all, Had a quick follow-up question on the Snowden email release. Snowden claims he "reported these clearly problematic programs to more than ten distinct officials." Sounds to me like those reports could very likely have been verbal rather than written in an email. Have you investigated whether he raised concerns *verbally*? Did your investigation include Snowden's contacts with officials at Dell or other contractors? On a separate note, Snowden's suppo1ters frequently .roint to the experience of Thomas Drake, William Binney and others to suggest that seek ing to raise concerns of wrongdoing v.~thin internal channels can backfire in the intelligence world . Do you have any response on that point? Regards, Matt Sledge ( b) (6) 1up:1/www. 1u 111g1onpost.co111/newslman-sledge/ hu ps://twit le r. com/m!.!sled ge t\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-201 5. FOIA Case# 78 13~ ' DOCID: 4228665 I I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: .. (bj ( 3) - e . L. 86- 36 Dana Liebelson [dliebelson@motherjones.com] Thursday, May 29, 2014 8:22 PM Green Miller, Marci L; Vines, Vanee M nsapao; DL PAOMedia Follow-up on WashPo interviey, Good evening, I'm following up on claims just published in the Washington Po§t. by Snowden. According to Snowden, "Today's release is incomplete, and does not include my correspondence with the Signals Intelligence Directorate's Office of Compliance, which believed that a classified executive order could take precedence over an act of Congress, contradicting what was just published. It also did not include concerns about how indefensible collection activities - such as breaking into the back-haul communications of major US internet companies - are sometimes concealed under E.O. 12333 to avoid Congressional reporting requirements and regulations." Does the NSA have comment on the allegation that the email exchange released today is incomplete' Has the NSA·received evidence of the alleged correspondence addressing the other concerns Snowden outlines here? If so, were these disclosures documented verbally or in writing> Will the NSA release these emails, or other emails from Snowden, if they exist? If so, when? From: Green Miller, Marci L [m1gree3@nsa.gov) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:59 AM To: Dana Liebelson; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PADMedia Subject: RE: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Hi. We have the below in response 10 your query. NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was i n a training course he had just completed . The e-mail did not r.aise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse , but posed a legal question that the Office General Counsel addressed. There was not addi tional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released l ater today. of There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or wh is tleblower allegations. we have searched for additional indications of outreach from him i n. those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. ### v/r Mord Green 1·1il ler NSA Publi c and Medi a Aff.iirs Office 443-634·0721 From: Dana Liebelson [mailto:dliebelson@motheriones.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:54 AM To: Vines, Vanee M 1 epproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137) DOCID: 4228665 Cc: nsapao Subject: Quick question about NBC interview last night ( Deadline : 2 PM EDT) Good morning! In the NBC interview last night, Mr. Williams sa id that the network had confirmed "with multiple sources" that before Snowden went to the press, he reported the su1vei llance t hat he believed to be problematic internally with intelligence agency supervisors. In the past, Mr. Clapper has denied this is the case. I haven't heard anyone report the NSA's side on this apparent contradiction, and I'd like to do so. Docs the NSA deny that Snowden i"iled concerns with intelligence agency supervisors internally,_in writing, before going to the press? Why or why not? If not, why did Mr. Clapper say_so previously? 111ank you for your time. Best, Dana Dana Liebelson Staff Reporter: Mother Jones Freelance: The Week Phone: (202) 347-2397 EX 3007 Twitter: @dliebelson 2 DOCID: 4228666 . .. ... (b) (3) - P.L. 86-36 From: Sent: To: Subject: Vines, Vanee M Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:05 PM nsapao FW: Follow-up on Snowden email release Nothing else ....... Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW""'"''""Media line: 44;1-634-072 1 From: Matt Sledge (!!lililto:msledge@huffinqtonpost.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:53 PM To: Vines, Vanee M; nsapao Subject: Follow-up on Snowden email release Hi all, Had a quick follow-up question on the Snowden email release. Snowden claims he "reported these clearly problematic programs to more than ten distinct officials." Sounds to me like those reports could very likely have been verba.1 rather than written in an email. Have you investigated whether he raised concerns' •verbally*? Did your investigation include Snowden's contacts with oflicials at Dell or other contractors? . On a separate note, Snowdcn's supporters frequently point to the experience (lfThomas Drake, William Binney and others to suggest that seeking to raise concerns of wrongdoing within internal channels can backfire in the intelligence world. Do you have any response on that point? Regards, Matt Sledge Matt Sledge (b) (6) htt p:1/www. hurl:i ngton post.com/ news/matt-slechte/ !mps://twitter.com/m!!slcd2c ,' li\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813/1 l DOCID: 4228667 .. {b) {3)-l?.L. 86-36 IFrom: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Green Miller, Marci L Friday, May 30, 2014 9:58 AM nsapao DL PAOMedia FW: Follow-up on WashPo inteNiew Not commenting ... ... · --·-·- --- -·- ·· -------·---·--·- - - From: Dana Liebelson [mailto:dliebelson(d)motherjones.com) Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 09:53 AM To: Green Miller, Marci L; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: RE: Follow-up on WashPo interview Good morning, I'm following up on my inquiry below-would be great if I could get a response by noon. Thanks for your time, Dana From: Dana Liebelson Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:22 PM To: Green Miller, Marci L; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: Follow-up on WashPo interview Good evening, I'm following up on claims just published in the Washington Pos! by Snowden. According to Snowden, ''Today's release is incomplete, and does not include my correspondence with the Signals Intelligence Directorate's Office of Compliance, which believed that a classified executive order could take precedence over an act of Congress, contradicting what was just published. It also did not include concerns about how indefensible collection activities • such as breaking int o the back-haul communications of major US internet companies · are sometimes concealed under E.0. 12333 to avoid Congressional reporting requirements and regulatiOns." Does the NSA have comment on the allegation that the email exchange released today is incomplete? Has the NSA received evidence of the alleged correspondence addressing the other concerns Snowden outlines here? If so, were these disclosures documented verbally or in writing> Will the NSA release these emails, or other emails from Snowden, if they exist> If so, w hen? From: Green Miller, Marci L [mlgree3@nsa.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9 :59 AM To: Dana Liebelson; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: RE: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Hi. We have the below in response to yollr query. NSA has nm, expla ined tha t t hey have found one emai l inquiry by Edward Sn01,den to the offi ce of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course 1 ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4228667 he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not add itional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released l ater today. There are numerous avenues that Mr . Snowden cou l d have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower al l egations. We have sea r ched for additional indications of out reach from him in those areas and to date have not discove r ed any engagements related to his claims. #fftt v/r Norci Green Nil Ler 14SA Public and Media Affairs Office 443-634 -0721 From: Dana Liebelson [mailto:dliebelson@motherjones.com] Sent: Thursday, May ·29, 2014 9:54 AM To: Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao Subject: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Good morni ng! In the NBC interview last night, Mr. Williams said that the network had confirmed "with multiple sources" that before Snowden went to the press, he reported the surveillance that he believed to be problematic internally with intelligence agency supervisors. In the past, Mr. Clapper has denied this is the case. I haven't heard anyone report the NSA's side on this apparent contradiction, and I'd like to do so. Does the NSA deny that Snowden filed co11cerns with intell igence agency supervisors internally, in writing, before going to the press? Why or why not? If not, why did Mr. Clapper say so previously? Thank·you for your time. Best, Dana Dana Liebelson Staff Reporter: Mother Jones Freelance: The Week Phone: (202) 347-2397 EX 3007 Twitter: @dliebelson 2 .... . .. DOCID: 4228668 From: Sent: To: l (b) (3)-P.L . 86-36 Vines, Vanee M Friday, May 30, 2014 6:22 PM DL PAOMedia nsapao Fw: NBC Nightly News - looking for a statement. Cc: Subject: NO From: Cox, Oliver (NBCUniversal} [mailto:Oliver.Cox@nbcuni.com) Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 05:44 PM To: nsapao Subject: RE: NBC Nightly News - looking for a statement. ' Also, If you had someone who can talk to Andrea M itchell before 6:30 - she can be reached at 202 -885·4835 ·-~.................... _ . - -·-- ·- ·-·······------- -- - --····......-.-- --··--·· From: Cox, Oliver (NBCUniversal) Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 5:30 PM To: 'nsapao@nsa.gov· Subject: NBC Nightly News - looking for a statement. ·- -------- · --·--·- - - -·- · To whom it may concern, My name is Oliver Cox I am working with Andrea Mitchell on a spot for Nightly News TONIGHT. we are on deadline and we go to air at 6:30pm. NBC obta ined a letter from Edward Snowden (Below) and w e wanted to get your reaction before Nightly News. Here's Edward Snowden's letter: "The NSA's new discovery of written contact between me and its lawyers - after more than a year of denying any such contact existed - raises serious concerns. It reveals as false the NSA's claim to Barton Gellman of the Washington Post in December of last year, that "after extensive investigation, including interviews with his former NSA su·pervisors and co-workers, we have not found any evidence to support Mr. Snowden's contention that he brought these matters to anyone's attention.&q uot; Today's release is incomplete, and does not include my correspondence with the Signals Intelligence Directorate's Office of Compliance, which believed that a classified executive order could take precedence over an act of Congress, contradicting what was just published. It also did not include concerns about how indefensible collection activities such as breaking into the back-haul communications of major US internet companies - are sometimes concealed under E.O. 12333 to avoid Congressional reporting requirements and regulations. If the White House is interested in the whole truth, rather than the NSA's clearly tailored and incomplete leak today for a political advantage, it will require the NSA to ask my former colleagues. management, and the senior leadership team about whether I, at any time, raised concerns about the NSA's improper and at times unconstitutional surveillance activities. It will not take long to receive an answer. Ultimately, whether my d isclosures were justified does not depend on whether I raised these concerns previously. That's because the system is designed to ensure that even the most valid concerns are suppressed and ignored, not acted upon. The fact t hat two powerful Democratic Senators - Ron Wyden and Mark Udall - knew of mass surveillance that they believed was abusive and felt constrained to do anything about it underscores how futile such internal action is -- and will rem a in -· until these processes are reformed. ~pproved for Release by NSA on Ot-28-2015 1 FOIA Case# 7813" DOCID: 4228668 Still, the fact is that I did raise such concerns both verbally and in writing, and on multiple, continuing occasions - as I have always said, and as NSA has always denied. Just as when the NSA cla imed it followed German laws in Germany only weeks before it was revealed that they did not, or when NSA said they did not engage in economic espionage a few short months before it was revea led they actually did so on a regular and recurring basis, or even when NSA claimed they had "no domestic spying program" right before we learned they collected the phone records of every American they could, so too are today's claims that "this is only evidence we have of him reporting · concerns&q uot; false. Now that they_have fina lly begun producing emails, I am confident that truth will become clear rather sooner than later." 1111# Oliver Cox Researcher NBC News 0: 202-885-4271 c:~I____. ... (b) (6) 2 DOCID: 4228669 From: Sent: To: Subject: I- .. (b) (3)-P.L. 86- 36 Green Miller, Marci L Tuesday, April 08, 2014 1:19 PM nsapao FW: Press/media inquiry from CBS Amber - for log and file, please . From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 1:18 PM To: .DL PAOMedia. Subject: Fw: Press/media inquiry from CBS Won't comment until/unless we hear from JD/Raj. We don't hav~ any new lines yet. # ---·- -----···--- ·····--···· ···-- · -- -·- - - -- From: Edward Moyer (mailto:edward.moyer@cbsinteractive.com] Sent: Tuesday, April oa;2014 0 1:12 PM To: Vines, Vanee M Subject: Press/media inquiry from CBS --·--··- -··------- -·- - - .. ---··- Hi, Yanee, Long time no email. :) Hey, Edwad Snowden has apparently challenged the NSA to deny that -- before he decided to make off with and leak secret documents -- he "contacted NSA oversight and compliance bodies directly via emai l" and that he "specifically expressed concerns" about the agency's "suspect interpretation of the law." T his .is from a Yanity Fair press release about a piece they'll be publishing this week. The magazine says Rick Lcdgett told its reporters -- as VF paraphrases -- that "Snowden made no fom1al complaints" and that "ifhe complained personally to anyone, he or she has not acknowledged ii." The release is here: http:.l/www.vanitvfair.com/onl incidail v/20 I 4/09/cdward-snowden -i nterview Snowden also apparently told the lllagazine that he has "zero" stolen NSA documents in his possession and that numbers that investigators have publicized are :,vrong -- especially the l.7 million figure, which, he says, is "simply a scare number based on an intentionally crude metric: everything that I ever digitally interacted with in my career, .. Does the NSA have a response? Do the emai ls Snowden mentions exist? Does the I .7 million number simply represent everything Snowden intei-acted with while a contractor? Does the agency care to accept Snowden's challenge and unequivocally deny that Snowden tried legal, internal means before going the route of a leaker? Thanks yet again for your time, ·-Edward 1 ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 78137) DOCID: 4228669 Edward Moyer AS$Ocia:te Editor CBS lntersclive - CNET News.com T -11~.J~4.2<10Q 235 Ser.ond Slree1. Son Francisco. CA 94 105 www.cnatcpmlor9fde/8d'war4 moyerl 10-·----·------·- I BNET I C8S Moneyvrotch ! CBS News I CNET I TechRepubi c I ZONet 2 - DOCID: 4228670 I I I From: (b) (3) - P. L. 8 6-36 Green Miller. Marci L Thursday. May 29. 2014 12:10 PM nsapao FW: warren Sent: To: Subject: Amber - for log and file, please. v closed out by phone -·-·--·------ ·- -- ·- - -- -·- ·---- ·-----. . . --..-·-...·- -- ..,....,.,,_., ___·- '"-·-·-··- -- ----From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 12:04 PM To: DL PAOMedia Subject: warren Vanee· Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs · NEW*'"" ..""'Media line:.443-634-0 721 From: ~arren.Strobel@thomsonreuters.com [mailto:Warren.Strobel@thomsonreuters.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 10:27 AM To: Vines, Vanee M Subject: G'morning Va nee: hope you are well . Can you weigh In on this today, orcan someone in the administration? http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/edward-snowden-interview/email-supports-snowden-claim-he•guestioned-nsaoractices-nll7086 Much thanks Warren Warren Strobel Diplomatic Editor, Washington Bureau Reuters +1202 310 5660 {work) J J(mobile) @;pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813" - - --- --- - - - - - - DOCID: 4228671 ~, From: Sent: To: Subject: .. - - {b) (3) - P .L. 86-36 Susan Crabtree [scrabtree@washingtonexaminer.com) Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:33 PM nsapao If you have released the snowden email... Can you please send it along ... or direct me to the place on your website where I could find it. Thanks, Susan Crabtree White House Correspondent Washiog,ton Examiner Bpproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813" ----- 1 I [OCID: 4228672 I · - ·· .. (l)) (3) -!'. J, , I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: 86-36 Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, May 2S, 2014 1:02 PM 'Nakashima, Ellen M' nsapao: DL PAOMedia NBC claims Hi Ellen, Understand that you were asking about the email in question from last night's NBC interview. We have the below. • . . . •• •••• • ,... · - ---- - ~~ - - - - - - - · h • • -- --- · • • • NSA has now explained that they have ·f ound one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to t he office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a t r aining course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegat ions or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel add ressed. There 1aas not additional .f ollow-up noted. The e-mail will be released later today . There are numerous avenues t hat Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whist l eblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements re.l ated to his claims. vir Marci Green l·iiller l~SA Public and Media Affairs Office 443-634-0721 Marci Green Miller Public Affairs Specia list NSA Public &. Media Affairs Media line: 443-634-0721 Direct line: 443·634-0695 Follow @NSA PAO on Twitter Like the National Cryptologic Museum on Facebook' Bvproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813/1 - - --- --- - - - DOCID: 4228673 I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: I Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, May 29, 2014 1 :1o PM 'Lee.H.Ferran@abc.com' nsapao; DL PAOMedia NBC email claim Hi Lee, Undemand that you were asking about the email in question from last night's NBC interview. We have the below. -~ ..--4 .................----------------. ---NSA has now expla ined that t hey have found one email inquiry by Eds1ard Snowden to the office of Genera l Coun sel asking f or an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just comple ted. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about 01rongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal quest i on that the Office of General. Counsel addressed. Ther e t•as not additional follow-up noted. Th e e-mail ••ill be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. l~e have searched f.or addit i onal indications of outreach from hi m i n those areas and to date have not di scovered any engagements r elated to his claims. #ttU v/r· i"la,·ci Green Ni.l Ler NSA Public and Medi a Affai rs Office 443-634 -0721 (!\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4228674 I I ···· From: Sent: To: Subject: ...... (b) {3 ) - i? .L. 86-36 Cox, Oliver (NBCUniversal) (Oliver.Cox@nbcuni.com] Friday, May 30. 2014 5:30 PM nsapao . NBC Nightly News - looking for a statement To whom it may concern, My name is Oliver Cox I am working with Andrea Mitchell on a spot for Nightly News TONIGHT. we are on deadline and we go to air at 6:30pm. NBC obta ined a letter from Edward Snowden (Below) and we wanted to get your reaction before Nightly News. Here's Edward Snowderi's letter: "The NSA's new discovery of written contact between me and its lawyers . after more than a year of denying any such contact existed -raises serious concerns. It reveals as false the NSA's claim to Barton Gellman of the Washington Post in December of last year, that "after extensive investigation, including interviews w ith his former NSA supervisors and co -workers, we have not found any evidence to support Mr. Snowden's co.ntention that he brought these matters to anyone's attention." Today's release is incomplete, and does not include my correspondence with the .Signals Intelligence Directorate's Office of Compliance, which believed that a classified executive order could take precedence over an act of Congress, contradicting what was just published. It also did not include concerns·about how indefensible collection activities· such as breaking into the back-haul communications of major US internet companies - are sometimes concealed under E.O. 12333 to avoid Congressional reporting requirements and regulations. If the White House is interested in the whole truth, rather than the NSA's dearly ta ilored and incomplete leak today for a political advantage, it will require the NSA to ask my_former colleagues, management, and the senior leadership team about whether I, at any time, raised concerns about the NSA's improper and at times unconstitutional surveillance activities. It will not take long to receive an answer . Ultimate ly, whether my disclosures were justified does not depend on whether I raised these concerns previously .. That's because the system is designed to ensure that even the most va lid concerns are suppressed and ignored, not acted upon . The fact that t wo powerful Democratic Senators. Ron Wyden and Mark Udall - knew of mass surveillance that they believed was abusive and felt constrained to do anything about it underscores how futile such internal action is -- and will remain-· until these processes are reformed. Still, the fact is that I did raise such concerns both verbally and in writing, and on multiple, continuing occasions - as I have always said, and as NSA has always denied. Just as when the NSA c·laimed it followed German laws in Germany only weeks before it was revealed that they did not, or when NSA said they did not engage in economic espionage a few short months before it was revealed they actually did so on a regular and recurring basis, or even when NSA claimed they had "no domestic spying program" right before we learned they collected the phone records of every American they could, so too are today's claims that " this is onlY. evidence we have of him reporting concerns" false. Now that they have finally begun producing emails, I am confident that truth will become clear rather sooner than later." #1111 Oliver Cox F\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813a DOCID: 4228 674 Rasearchm NBC News DOCID: 4228675 . (b) (3)-P .L. 86-36 ' From: Sent: To: Subject: Brett LoGiurato [blogiurato@businessinsider.com] Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:13 PM nsapao Quick question Hi -- My name is Brett, and I'm a reporter with Business Insider. Could I get your statement re: Mr. Snowden·s email he discussed last night on NBC? Also wanted to be sure I was on your list to receive the actual email when it is released. Thanks! Brett LoGiurato Political Reporter I Business Insider 1 I- - (b) (6) ww,,.business,insider.com/ politics w.lBrcttl.oGi uraro l e;pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case # 7813~ -- -- -- - - DOCID: 4228677 [ From: se·nt: To: Cc: Subject: I .. (b) (3) - P. L. 8 6 - 36 Dustin Volz [dvolz@nationaljournal.com) Thursday, May 29, 20 14 1:49 PM Vines, Vanee M nsapao Re: Any response to Snowden interview? Thanks, Vanee. Do you have a approximate time for release? On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Vines, Vanee M wrote: Thanks! Please see the item below. Also, we' ll post something else soon. Please stand by. NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some materia.1 that was in a training course he had j ust com·pteted. Theemail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail wi ll be re leased later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used w raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. #fl.fl 1 (i\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case # 7813a - - - --- --- - - - --- DOCID: 4228677 Vcnee · Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW""..•*• --•Mectia line: 443-634 -0721 ·-· • · -·--- ···-·- ··· - - • - ••••• ,.•·•-••• · -· ·.. - • •••. · ··-·-""" ••• - ••., ·•-- • •• ••·• •• • - ·- ·- v-. ·--·-··••"••- " -- - - · •-·•·•- -- From: Dustin Volz [mailto:dvolz@,iationaliournal.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:16 PM To: Vines, Vanee M Subject: Re: Any response to Snowden interview? Hi Vanee, Hearing that the NSA may release the Jetter Snowden sent up the chain of C(lmmand today.. Can you tell me more? On Thu, May 29, 20 14 at 10:22 AM, Dustin Volz wrote: Sorry, an edit: asking whether the NSA has a statement on this. Thanks! On Thu, May 29, 2014 at I 0:22 AM, Dustin Volz wrote: Hi Vanee, Wondering if there's any response from Intel or Chairman Rogers to last night's interview, particu larly Snowden's claim that he communicated concerns to officials withi n the NSA before his leaks (which NBC says it has veri fied as accurate). He's often been criticized for not pursuing internal means before disclosing classified material. Any statement on this? Thanks, Dustin 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- DOCID: 4228677 Dustin V ol1, Tech Policy Correspond(m l ?Votional Jownal 0: ?02-266-7 186 C: --=---,.---,,,..__. dvo Jz(,i),nat iona Ijourna I.com kildnvolz . {b) (6) ...,I Follow tech news~ Sig11 up for Naiio:ur/ Juunm/':; Tcd1 falµ.e. a frel.' mnrnilllf tipslwct wirh rh~ tlCW:s you need in ltch policy, l~aturing a round -up t)fthl' be8tt:o,·t:ra.g~ ~ind e:.:.\.. ltt~ivc~ rips f(n the: day ~:1head. rn ~·our inbox every day a! 6 a.111. Sub,cri.be ar htrp://www.nationa liournal.com/tech-edgf Dustin Voll\ Tech Policy Correspondent National Journal 0: 202-266-7186 C! I ..... (b)·(6) d volz(rt!nat ional journal .com . liildnvolz Follow tech news? Sign up for Narional Journal's Tech Edge, a· free morning tipsheet with the news you need in tech policy, featuring a round-up of t.he best coverage and exclusive tips for the day ahead. In your in box every day at 6 a.m. Subscribe at http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech-cd g!. · 3 -- -- -- DOCID: 4228677 · Dustin Volz Tech Policy Correspondenl National Journal 0: 202-?66-7186 C:! 1- (b) (6) dvo lz( wrote: Sorry, an edit: asking whether the NSA has a statement on this. Thanks! On 111u, May 29, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Dustin Volz wrote: I l\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813" -- -- -- -- --- - - - --- - DOCID: 4228678 !·11 Vanee, Wondering if there's any response from Intel or Chairman Rogers to last night's interview, particularly Snowden's claim that he communicated concerns to officials within the NSA before his leaks (which NBC says it.has verified as accurate). He's often been criticized for not pursuing internal means before disclosing classified material. Any statement on this? · . Thanks, Dustin nustin Volz Tedi l'oli<.:y Ct>rre.spondent 11:m ionai Journal 0: 20?-?66-7186 C: ._I....,...._ __ . .. (b} (6) dvplz(itlnational journa I.con·1 (u)dnvolz in 1\>llow Led, new~? Sign up 1,,,. Natilma! ./011mul's l't,h falgc. a free morning tipshycrage and e.~dusi,-e tips for the d~y ali~ad . In your inl:>{ix ,wery dm wrote: Thanks! Please see the item below. Also, we'll post something else soon. Please stand by. NSA has now explained that they have found one emai l inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of so111e material that was in a training course he had j ust completed. Theemail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released later today. ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813~ --------- DOCID: 4228679 There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise otner concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional ind ications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. ##if Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW"""""''Media line: 443-634-0 721 -~--- - - ...-·------- ---·.... ··~--·...·~.. -~-·-·-·-·--- -·-. From: Dustin Volz [mailto:dvolz.@natipnaljournal.com) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:16 PM To: Vines, Vanee M Subject: Re: Any response to Snowden interview? .... ·- ·· --··- ··--- ·- . - - -- ...·-··-- -- Hi Vanee, Hearing that the NSA may release the letter Snowden sent up the chain of command today. Can you tell me more? On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:22 AM,Dustin Volz wrote: Sorry, an edit: asking whether che NSA has a statemenc on this. T hanks! On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Dustin Volz wrote: 2 - -- ------- D6CID: 4228679 Hi Vanee, \Vondering if there's any response from (ntel or Chairman Rogers to last night's interview, particularly Snowden's claim that he cornmunicated concerns 10 officials within the NSA before his leaks (which NBC says . it has verified as accurate). He's often been criticized for riot pursuing internal means before disc;losing classified materia l. Any statement on this? Thanks, Dustin l)u.$ tiu Voll . Tech Pdic,- C<>rr,:,p<>ndc111 ' Votiw;a/ ./01..,,··nul 0: 202-266-7186 C:.._!~~~----' d volz@nat io na I jou rnal.rn rn (b) ( 6) (aldnvolz ,, Follow h;ch nc\•,s? Sit:n up fl>r .Votit>:w/ .low'Jlats Tech Edge. ::i frc,.. mominu. tlpshce! \.v>lh the news you netJ in kch po !icy~ fc?an.trin.g -; rou1H.l~up ol' 1hc h1.:'st rov,.;rnge :-i ih..l cx~:Ju,; i\·e lip:-. ltH' (he day ahead . Tn your inbox <.·ver~· dav at 6 :i.m. Snbscrihc) a t http://www.nationa liournal.com/te.ch-ed~e Dustin Volz Tech Pol icy Correspot1dent National Journal 0: fill:266-7 186 (;:...,_-=-__,.-~__, ( b) ( 6 ) pvolzfpnationaliournal.com t(i1drlvolz 3 ------ ---- DOCID: 4228679 Follow tech news? Sign up for Na1iona/ Journal's Tech Edge, a free morning tipsheet with the news you need in tech policy, featuring a round-up of the best coverage a nd exclusive tips for the day ahead. In your in box every day at 6 a.m. Subscribe at htLp://www.nalionaljournal.com/tech-eTiter c:I t: '::@:::-;-rb_y_rn_e-re-i"'lly__, \/entureBeat I Events ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813~ ------- -- -- ( b ) (6) DOCID; 4228684 ;--------, I I- From: Sent: To: Subject: (b) (3)-P. .L . 86-36 Green Miller. Marci L Thursday, May 29. 2014 2:2 1 PM Vines, Vanee M; 'Michael van Poppel (BNO News)'; nsapao RE: Edward Snowden The email is on t he below webs ite now ht tp ://iconthe record. t umblr.com/ And lVill be available on Wl•M. nsa.gov shor tly. · ····Original Message - - --From: Vines , Vanee M Sent: Thursday , May 29, 2014 1:56 PM To : 'Michael van Poppel (BNO News )'; nsapao Subj ect: RE : Ed,,ard Snowden · Hi. The item i s below. We'll post more soon . Please stand by. --- ----- --- --- --- --- ---- -- ---- ~- ----- -- ---- --- ----- --- ------- NSA has n01, explained t hat t hey have found one e -mail inquiry by Ed1 wrote: Hi. Please see the below. -·-------------------------------------- ..·-------------------NSA has now explained t hat they have f ound one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to t he office of General Counsel ask i ng for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The e -mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question t hat the Office of General Counsel addressed. The re ·was not additional fol low- up noted. Theemail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise ot her concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. v/r Mot'ci Green Niller NSA Public and Media Affairs Office 443 - 634-0721 • ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813~ - - --- DOCID: 4228686 I I From: . .. (b) ( 3 )- P. L . 86-36 Green Miller, Marci L Thursday. May 29, 2014 2:21 PM 'Cole. Matthew (NBCUniversal)' nsapao; DL PAOMedia RE: Email claim Sent: To: Cc: Subject: The email is on the below website now hit p://icontherecord. turn blr.con.u'. And will be ava ilable o n www.nsa.gov sho rtly. - ......···- --··- ---- -·· .. . -···- -- - -----·····-······-·.. - ·-· From: Cole, Matthew ( NBCUniversal) [mailto:Matthew.Cole@nbcuni.corT1] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:27 PM To: Green Miller, Marci L Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: Re: Email claim What time will it be released? Best, Mattbew Cole I· 1 .. {b) (6) On May 29, 2014, at 1:02 PM, "Green Miller, Marci L" wrote: Hi. Please see the below. -----~-------------------·---------------------~-------------NSA has now expl ained t hat they have found one ema il inquiry by Edward Snos1den to the office of General Counsel asking for a n expl anation of some material that was i n a t rai ning course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations o r concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that t he Office of Gene ral Counsel a ddressed. There was not additional follow-up not ed. The e mail wi l l be released l a ter today . There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snosiden could have used to ra.ise other concerns or wh i stleblo1oer allegations . We have searched f or.'additiona l ind i cations of outreach f rom him i n those areas and to date have not d i scovered any engagements related to his claims. II## v/ r Marci, Green Ni ller NSA Public and Medi a Aff ai r s Office 443-634 -0721 [\poroved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813'.;? -- -- -- -- -- i DOCID: 4228686 DOCID: 4228687 '> From: Sent: I To: Subject: .(b) (3) - P.L. S6-36 Vines. Vanee M Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:50 PM 'Matt Sledge'; nsapao RE: Follow-up on Snowden email release Re: Your story today Hi. The December statement was provided to the Washington Post in response to the writer's questions. As today's statement says: The e-mail did not rnise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. 'J:here was not additional follow-up noted. Excerpt from the story: By last December, Snowden was contacting reporters, although he had not yet passed along any cla5sified information. He continued to give his colleagues the " fi·ont-page test," he said, until April. Asked about those conversations, NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines sent a prepared statement to The Post: ''After extensive investigation, including interviews with his former NSA supervisors and co-workers, we have not found any evidence to suppmt Mr. Snowden\ contention that be brought these matters to anyone's attention.': Snowden recounted another set of conversalions that he said took place three years earlier, when he was sent by the NSA's Technology Directorate to support operations at a listening post in Japan. +:u~r ~ 1' 'I Vanee· Vines l'ublic Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW...........Media line: 443-634·072 1 From: Matt Sledge [mailto:msledgeCdlh!Jffingtonpost.comJ Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:53 PM To: Vines, Vanee M; nsapao Subject: Follow-up on Snowden .email release Hi all, · Had a quick follow-up question on the Snowden email release. Snowden claims he "reported these clearly problematic programs to mo.re than ten disti nct officials." Sounds to me like those repons could very likely have been verbal rnther than written in an email. 1§.pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813';1 ' ------- DOCID: 4228687 Have you investigated whet,her he raised concerns "verbally* ? Did your investigation include Snowden's contaccs with officials at Dell or other contractors? On a separate note, Snowden's supporters frequently point!<) the experience of Thomas Drake, William Binney and others l<> suggest that seeking to raise concerns of wrongdoing within internal channels can backfire in che intelligence world. Do you have any response on that point? ~ egards, Matt Sle<)ge ~aJt:Jedge · (b) (6) mpY;vww.hulJ1,Lto~pos;:~;;~;~;;~w~ :l~l;:~e(;{!C/ https://twitter.com/ m!'.!sledl!e --------- 2 ~QG±-B+--4~8688 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: ···· - ·····-· (b) (3)-P. L. 8 6 - 36 Dana Liebelson (dliebelson@motherjones.com] Friday, May 30, 2014 9:54 AM Green Miller, Marci L; Vines, Vanee M nsapao; DL PAOMedia RE: Follow-up on WashPo interview Good morning, I'm following up on my inquiry below-would be great if I could get a response by noon. Thanks for your time, Dana ·---- ·- - - - --·--· From: Dana Liebe Ison ·---·- ·-- ··- - -- Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:22 PM To: Green Miller, Marci L; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedla Subject: Follow-up on WashPo interview Good evening, I'm following up on daims just published in the Washington Post by Snowden. According to Snowden, 'Today's release is incomplete, and does not include my correspondence with the Signals Intelligence Directorate's Office of Compliance, which believed that a classified executive order could take precedence over an act of Congress, contradicting what was just published. It also did not include concerns about how indefensible collection activities • such as breaking into the back-haul communications or major US internet companies - are sometimes concealed under E.O. 12333 to avoid Congressional reporting requirements and regulations." Does the NSA have comment on the allegation that the email exchange released today is incomplete? Has the NSA received evidence of the alleged correspondence addressing the other concerns Snowden outlines here? If so, were these disclosures documented verbally or in writing? Will the NSA release these emails, or other emails from Snowden, if they exist? If so, when? From: Green Miller, Marci L [mlgree3@nsa.gov) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:59 AM To: Dana Liebelson; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: RE: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Hi. We have the below in r.esponse to your query. NSA has now explained t hat they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the off ice of General Counsel asking for an exp l anation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed, The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed, There was not additional follow-up noted, The e-mail 01ill be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr, Snowden coul d have used to raise other concerns or ,ihistleblower allegations. l•/e have searched for additional indications of out reach from him i n those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims, ' 11#11 l (:\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-201 5, FOIA Case # 7813~ DOCID: 4228688 v/r Marci Green 11i LLer NSA Public and Media Affairs Office 443-634-0721 From: Dana Liebelson [mailto:dliebelson@motherjones.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:54 AM To: Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao Subject: Quick question about NBC interview last night ( Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Good 111oming! In the NBC interview last night, Mr. Williams said that the network had confirmed "with multiple sources" that before Snowden went to the press, he repo1ied the surveillance lhat he believed to be problematic internally with imelligence agency supervisors. In the past, Mr. Clapper has denied this is the case. I haven't heard anyone report the NSA's side on this apparent contradiction, and I'd like to do so. Does·the NSA deny that Snowden filed concerns with intelligence agency supervisors internally, in writing, before going to the press? Why or why not? If not, why did Mr. Clapper say so previously? Thank you for your time. Best, Dana Dana Liebelson Staff Reporter: Mother Jones Fre-elance: The Week Phone: (202) 347-2397 EX 3007 Twitter: @dliebelson .. 2 -- -- - - --- DOCID: 4228689 I. . _______)I-·--··_. ___________________. (-b-)-(3_)_-_P_._L_._8_6_-_3_6_ _ __ From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:34 PM 'Susan Crabtree' nsapao RE: If you have released the snowden email .. . The e-mail and statement are on IC on t he Record and wi l l soon be posted to nsa.gov. Here: http:/ /icontherecord.tumblr . com/ v/r Marci Green Mil.ler NSA Public and Media Aff airs Office 443 -634 - 0721 From: Susan Crabtree [ rnailto:scrabtreeCQ)V{ashingtonexaminfilQ)m ] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:33 PM To: nsapao Subject: If you have released the snowden email ... Can you please send it along... or direct me to the place on your website where l could find it. Thanks, Susan Crabtree White House Conespondent Washington Examiner ~proved for Release by NSA on 07-28-20151 FOJA Case # 7813n -- --- I ·oocro: I 4228690 I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: .(b) (3) - P .L. 86-36 Green Miller, Marci L Thursday,. May 29, 2014 1 :50 PM 'Nakashima, Ellen M' nsapao; DL PAOMedia RE: NBC claims Ellen Attribution - Statement from the NSA Public Affairs Office. If you need a name, feel free to use mine. Off·the·record - the state ment covers those issues. Yes. -··-·· ·· ---· ..- --- -···· From: Nakashima, Ellen M [mailto:Ellen .Nakashima@washpost.com) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:46 PM To: Green Miller, Marci L Subject: RE: NBC claims Is this a t tributable to you by name? And are yo u saying you have found nothing to indicate he went to the Office of Compliance? Also, have you spoken to all his superiors about concerns he says he raised verbally? Thanks, Ellen From: Green Miller, Ma rci L Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:01 PM To: Nakashima, Ellen M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMed ia Subject: NBC claim s Hi Ellen, Understand t hat you were asking about the email in question from last night's NBC interview.. We have the below. NsA· has now expla ined t hat t he·y have found o ne email inquiry by Ed,vard Snowden to t he office of General Counsel asking f or an explanat i on of some materi al that e,as i n a t ra i ning course he had just completed. The e -mail did not r aise allegat ions or concer ns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a l egal question t hat the Office of General Counse l addressed. There 01as not additiona l follow-up noted. The e-mail wi ll be re l eased later today. There are numerous avenues t hat Mr. Sno,,den could have u?ed to ra ise other concerns o r s1hi s tleblowe r allegations. We ha ve sea r ched for additional ind ic atio ns of outreach from him in t hose areas and to date have not d iscovered a ny engagements related to his claims . v/ r E\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7813~ 1 -- -- -- DOCID: 4228690 Marci 6reen M·U ler NSA Public and Medi a Affairs Offi ce 443 -634 -0721 Marci Green Miller Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs Media line: 443-634-0721 Direct line: 443 -634-0695 Follow @!§A PAO on Twitter Like t he National Cryptologic Museum on Facebook ! 2 DOCID: 4228691 . . _________.t-f--------------------(-b-J-(3_)_-_P_._L_._8_6_-_3_6____ From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, Ma y 29, 2014 2:21 PM 'Nakashima. Ellen M' nsapao; DL PAOMedia RE: NBC claims The email is on the below website now http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/ And will be available o n www.rlsa.gov shortly. From: Nakashima, Ellen M {mailto:Ellen.Nakashima(a)washpost.comJ Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:46 PM To: Green Miller, Marci L Subject: RE: NBC claims ' Is this attributable to you by name? And. are you saying you h ave found noth ing to in dicate he went to the Office of Compliance? Also, have you spoken to all his sup eriors about concerns he says he rai sed verbally? Thanks, Elle n From: Green Miller, Ma rci L Sent: Thursday, May 29, 20141:01 PM To: Nakashima, Ellen M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: NBC claims Hi Ellen, Understa nd that you were asking a bout the email in question from last night's NBC interview. We have the below. -..... ·--------------- .. -------------------NSA has 1101• expl aine d t hat t hey have found one email i nquiry by Edward Snowden to t he office of Gener al Counsel asking f or an explana tion of some materia l that ,,as i n a t r aining course he had j ust complet ed. The e - mail a id not r aise allegations or concer ns about ,.irongdoing or abu se , but posed a lega l question t hat the Office o f General Coun sel addr essee/. The r e •·1as not additional follow-up noted. The e - mail will be r eleased later t oday. There are numerous avenues t hat Mr. Snowden could have used to rai se o th er concerns o r whi st le.b lower allegations. He have searche d for additional indications of outr each from him in those areas and to date have not d iscovered any engagements relatea t o .his claims. #1:t# 1 ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813~ DOCID: 4228691 v/ r Marci Green Miller NSA Public and Media Affairs Office 443-634-0721 Marci Green Miller Public Af fairs Specialist NSA Public & Med ia Affairs Media line: 443 -634-0721 Direct line: 443-634·0695 Follow @NSA PAO o n Twitter like the National Cryptologic Museum on Facebool; nsapao Subject: RE: NBC NEWS/ EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY Let's Sta rt with this one, but I will StflJneed to ha~e a follow up phone conversation. Can the NSA and/or DNI ~onfirn') o r d;·n y that Mr. Snowden sent emails to the NSA's OGC or any other internal/agency legal compliance body°> · ·, NBC News is aware that i~ the past NSA ha$ denied that they can find any such emails . .. - -·-··- ----·- ·-.. --·-··-~-,.·.. J .....____ _' ---··--- -. ~.._ ..... _ ·- ····· ··- ···- ·- . . - . --··· ....,.......... . ..... From: Vines, Vanee M [mailto:vmvine3@nsa .goY] -.._ ~ - - ~ To: Cole, Matthew (NBCUriiversal); ·s~awn.Turne1 Cc: DL PAOMedia; 'DNI-Media@dni.gov'; nsapao '-.. _ ___, Subject: Re: NBC NEWS/ ~DWARD SNOWDEN INQUI RY Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 8:52 AM',, Will call. But can you also J,u t it in writi~g now so that we can w ork i t faster? Wri ting is easier. Thx. V -··- - ··-- -·-·-·-·-·-··-- ··-··-·-··· ···- ·-·· ··,-··----···-·· - --··--·····- From: Cole, Matthew (NBCUniversal) [mailto:Matthew.Cole@nbcu11i.com] Sent: Friday, MaY. 23 2014 '08:42 AM '. · To: h w n.Turne viable job of checking the veracity of said claims. Is ii possible to discuss by phone at your earliest convenie nce. I have initial inqu iry, then, by mid day, I should have the final 3 or 4. Regards, Matthew Cole Investigative Producer NBC News 30 Rockefeller Plza New York, NY 10112 0: 212-664-2047 cj (b) ( 6) I· .- --····· l\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 78137 - DOCID: 4228696 ~I~~I-From: Sent: To: Subject: (b) (3·J-P.L. 86- 36 Cox, Oliver (NBCUniversal) [Oliver.Cox@nbcuni.com) Friday, May 30, 20 14 5:44 PM nsapao RE: NBC Nightly News - looking for a statement. Also, If yo u had someone who can talk to Andrea Mitchell before 6:30 - she can be reached at 202-885-4835 ---·-·-·--·---- ..··-·----.---·---·---·---~-- - -----~............ ,.,.... - -··..·-·-·- ·--·..-·-·· ····--From: Cox, Oliver (NBCUniversat) . Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 5:30 PM To: 'nsapao@nsa.gov' Subject: NBC Nightly News - looking for a statement. · ---------··- To whom it may concern. My name is Oliver Cox I am working with Andrea M itchell o n a spot for Nightly News TONIGHT. we are on deadline and we go to air at 6:30pm. NBC obtained a letter from Edward Snowden {Below) and we wanted to get your reaction before Nightly News. Here's Edward Snowden's letter: "The NSA's new discovery of written contact between me and its lawyers - after more than a year of denying any such contact existed· raises serious concerns. It reveals as false the NSA's claim to Barton Gellman of the Washington Post in December of last year, that "after extensive investigation, including interviews with his former NSA supervisors and co-workers, we have not found any evidence to support Mr. Snowden' s contention that he brought these matters to anyone's attention." Today's release is incomplete, and does not include my co rrespondence with the Signals Intelligence Directorate's Office of Compliance, w hich believed that a classi fied executive order could take precedence over an act of Congress, contradicting what was just published. It also did ·not include concerns about how indefensible collection activities such as breaking into the back-haul communications of major US internet companies - are sometimes concealed under E.O. 12333 to avoid Congressional reporting requirements and regulations. If the White House is interested in the whole truth, rather than the NSA's clearly tailored and incomplete lea k today for a political advantage, it will require the NSA to ask my former colleagues, management, and the senior leadership · team about w hether I, at any time, raised concerns about the NSA's improper and at t imes unconstitutional surveillance activities. ft will not take long to receive an answer. Ultimately, whether my disclosures were justified does not depend on whether I raised these concerns previously. That's because the system is designed to ensure that even the most valid concerns are suppressed and ignored, not acted upon. The fact t hat two powerful Democratic Senators - Ron Wyden and Mark Udall - knew of mass surveillance that they believed was abusive and felt constrained to do anything about it underscores ho"'. futile such internal action is -- and will remain·· until these processes are refor med . Still, the fact is that I did raise such concerns both verbally and in writing, and on multiple, continuing occasions - as I have always said, and as NSA has always denied. Just as when the NSA claimed it followed German laws in Germany only weeks before it was revealed t hat they d id not, or ,vhen NSA said they did not engage in economic espionage a few short months before it was revealed they actually did so on a regular and recurring basis, or even when NSA claimed they had "no domestic spying program" right before we learned they collected the phone records of every American they could, so 100 are today's claims that & quot;this is only evidence we have of him reporting concerns" false. · ~pproved for Release by NSA on b?-28-20 15. FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228696 Now that they have finally begun producing ema ils, I am confident that truth w ill become clear rather sooner tha n later." ### Oliver Cox Researcher NBC "!ews 0: 202-885-4271 cj I (b) (6) 2 DOCID: 4228697 I From: Sent: To: Cc : Subject: (b) (3 ) - P . L . 86-3 6 Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:22 PM Vines, Vanee M; "Sullivan. Eileen' 'kdilanian@ap.org'; nsapao RE: NSA/today's release The email is on the b elow website now http ://ico nth e record .tumbl r. com/ And will be availab le on w ww.nsa.gov shortly. From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:47 PM To: 'Sullivan, Eileen· Cc: 'kdilanian@ap.org'; nsapao Subject: NSA/today's release Please see the item below. Also, we'll post more soon. Please stand by. NSA has now explained that they have found one e-mail inqui ry by Edward Snowden to the Office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some materia l that was in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or co ncerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additionai follow-up noted. The e-ma il w ill be released later today. There are numerous avenues that M r. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not d iscovered any engagements related to his claims. ##II Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW......, ....Media line: 443-634-0721 I ;1\pproved for Release by NSA on h?-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228698 - (b) (3)- P.L. 86-3 6 I I From: Sent: To: Green Miller. Marci L Thursday, May 29, 201 4 2:25 PM 'Brett LoGiurato'; Vines, Vanee M nsapao RE: Quick question Cc: Subject: The email is on the below website now http://icontherecord. tum bl r .com/ And will be available on www.nsa.gov shortly• ..... __________.. . . ..... .......... ··- _ ,, .. ··-- ·. ·------ ..... - ..... From: Brett LoGiurato [mailto: bloqiurato@businessinsider.co'I!] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:22 PM To: Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao Subject: Re: Quick question __,_ ,,_ .. .·- ____.. .. .._____ .. -- -------,_ Thanks. On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Vines, Vanee M w rote: Start: NSA has now explained that·they have found one e-mail inquiry by Edward Snowden to t he Office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that M r. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not aiscovered any engagements related to his claims. 111111 1 ~pproved for Release by NSA on h?-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228698 Vanee· Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW' ..........Mec'ia line: 443-634-072 1 From: Brett LoGiurato [mailto: bloqiurato@businessinsict'er.com J Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:13 PM To: nsapao Subject: Quick question Hi·· My name is Brett, and I'm a reporter with B usiness Insider. Could I get your statement re: Mr. Snowden's email he discussed last night on NBC? Also wanted to be sure I was,on your list to receive the actual email when it is released. Thanks! Brett LoGiurato Political Reponer I Business Insider ____.I- -.. . (bl (6) L . . __ _ www . busi nessinsider .c.o mi politics wrote: Start: NSA has now explained that they have found one e-mail inquiry by Edward Snowden to the Office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that t he Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted . The e-mail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that M r. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional fndications of o utreach from him in those areas and to date hav e not discovered any engagement s related to his claims. V.anee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW"'........Media line: 443-634-072 1 1 ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case # 78137 DOCID: 4228699 From: Brett LoGiurato [mailto :blooiurato@businessinsider.com) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:13 PM To: nsapao Subject: Qukk question Hi -- My name is Brett, and I'm a reporter with Business Insider. Could I get your statement re: Mr. Snowden's email he discussed last night on NBC? Also wanted to be sure I was on your list to receive the actual email when it is released. Thanks! Brett LoGiurato Political Reporter I Business Insider ._______JI - ... (b) (6) www.businessinsider.com/politics @ BrettLoGiurato Brett LoGiuraio Pofitjca) Rc;pprter I Business Insider .______.I ·- - - (b) (6) www.bosi nessi nsider. comi politics (ii;B,·et tLuGiuralo 2 DOCID: 4228700 ·- (b) (3 )- P.L . 86- 36 IFrom: Sent: To: Subject: Vines, Vanee M Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:16 PM 'Brett LoGiurato·; nsapao RE: Quick question Sta rt: NSA has now explained that t hey have found one e-mail inquiry by Edward Snowden to the Office of Genera l Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had j ust completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question t hat the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additiona l follow-up noted. The e-ma il will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistle blower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. ### Vaoee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW ..... , .....Media line: 4-1 3-634-0721 .. ... .... . . . . . ...-·- ---------·--··· ·-----·--··-···-···--·- -·. ···-·--··--·- .. From: Brett LoGiurato [mail~QJQgjyrato@businessinsider.comJ Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2: 13 PM To: nsapao Subject: Quick question Hi-· My_name is Brett, aitd I'm a reporter w ith Business Insider. Could I get your statement re: Mr. Snowden's email he discussed tast night on NBC? Also wanted to be sure I was on your list to receive the actual email when it is released. Thanks! Brett LoGiurato Political Reporter I Business Insider l proved for Release by NSA on 7-28-2015. FOIA Case # 78137 nnTn' 4?28?99 u. . j" - 'm?mh fil'Br?an?iumm DOCID: 4228701 I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: (b) (3)-P.L. 86-36 Dana Liebelson [dliebelson@motherjones.com] Thursday, May 29. 2014 1:50 PM Green Miller, Marci L; Vines, Vanee M nsapao; OL PAOMedia RE: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Additionally, could I receive a copy of that email when it is released, or be notified> What time do you expect it to be released> Thanks, Dana From: Dana Liebelson Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 10:03 AM To: Green Miller, Marci L; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: RE: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Thank you Marci! . From: Green Miller, Marci L (m1gree3@nsa.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:59 AM To: Dana liebelson; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: RE: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Hi. We have the below in response to your query. · NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for .an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise al legations or concerns about ·wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a lega l question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not addi tional follow-up noted. The e - mail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr . Snowden · could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched f or additional indications of outreach from hi m i n t hose areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. v/r Marci. Green Ni /.ler NSA Public and Media Aff airs Office 443-634-0721 From: Dana Liebelson [mailto:dliebelson@motheriones.c.Q!lJ) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:54 AM To: Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao Subject: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) l l\pproved for Release by NSA · :m 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# !78137 DOCID :. 4228701 Good morning! In the NBC interview last night, Mr. Williams said that the network had confinned "with multiple sources" that before Snowden went _to the press, he repo1ted the surveillance that he believed to be problematic internally with intelligence agency supervisors. In the past, Mr. Clapper has denied this is the case. I haven't heard anyone report the NSA's side on tliis appare11t coniradiciion, and I'd like to do so. Does the NSA deny that Snowden filed c-0ncems with intelligence agency superv.isors internally, in writing, before g-0ing to the press? Why or why 1101? If not, why did M1. Clapper say so previously':' Thank you for your time. Best, · Dana Dana Licbelson Staff Reporter: Mother Jones Freelance: The Week Phone: (202) 347-2397 EX 3007 Twitter: @dliebelson 2 DOCID: 4228702 I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: ( l:,) (3) - P.L. 86-36 Dana Liebelson [dliebelson@motherjones.com1 Thursday. May 29, 2014 1:03 PM Green Miller. Marci L; Vines, Vanee M nsapao; DL PAOMedia RE: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Thank you Marci! From: Green Miller, Marci L [mlgree3@nsa.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:59 AM To: Dana Liebelson; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: RE: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Hi. We have the below in response to you r query. NSA has now explained t hat they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanat i on of some material that ,,as · in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations .or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that t he Office of General Counsel addre ssed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released· later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise ot he r concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from hi m in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements rel ated to his claims. ff #r. v/r Marci Green Nil Ler NSA Public and Media Affairs Office 443-634·0721 Froin: Dana Liebelson [mailto:dJiebelson@mcthertones.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:54 AM To: Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao Subject: Quick. question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Good morning! In the NBC interview last night, Mr. Williams said that the network had confirmed "with multiple sources" that before Snowden went to the press, he reported the surveillance that he believed to be problematic internally ,vith intelligence agency supervisors. In the past, Mr. Clapper has denied this is the case. I haven't heard anyone report the NSA's side on this apparent contradiction, and I'd like to do so. Does the NSA deny that Snowden filed concerns with intelligence agency supervisors internally, in. writing, before going to the press? Why or why not? If not, why did Mr. Clapper say so previously? ~pproved for Release by NSA on b7-28-20t5. FOIA Case# 78 137 DOCID: 4228702 Thank you for your time. Be~t, Dana Dana Liebelson Staff Reporter: Mother Jones Freelance: The Week Phone: (202) 347-2397 EX 3007 Twitter: @dliebelson 2 DOCID: 4228703 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: I ····· ·- . - .. (b J ( 3 J -P. T.,. 8 6-36 Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, May 29, 2014 12:59 PM 'Dana Liebelson'; Vines. Vanee M nsapao: DL PAOMedia RE: QuicK question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Hi. We have the below in response to your query. NSA has now explained that t hey have found one email inquiry by Ed~1ard Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a traini ng course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail ,,,ill be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indicat ions of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any.engagements related to his claims. v/r Marci Green Nil Ler NSA Public and Media AHairs Office 443-634- 0721 From: Dana Liebelson (mailto:dliebelson@.[11otherjones.com J Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:54 AM Vines, Vanee M nsapao Subject: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) To: Cc: Good morning! In the NBC interview last night, Mr. Williams said that the network had confirmed ' 'with multiple sources" that before Snowden went io the press, he reported the surveillance !hat he believed to be problematic internally with intelligence agency supervisors. In the past, Mr. Clapper has denied this is the case. I haven't heard anyone 1·eport the NSA's side on this appare~t contradiction, and I'd like to do so. Does the NSA deny that Snowden filed concern~ with intelligence agency supervisors internally, in\vriting, before going to the press? Why or why not? If not, why did Mr. Clapper say so previously? Thank you for your t.ime. Best, Dana Dana Liebelson A.pproved for Refease by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228703 Staff Reporter: Mother fones fre.elance: The Week Phone: (202) 347-2397 EX 3007 Twitter: @cll iebelson 2 DOCID: 4228704 .. .. (b l ( 3) - P.L . 86- 36 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Green Miller. Marci L Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:21 PM 'Dana liebelson'; Vines, Vanee M nsapao; DL PAOMedia RE: QuicK question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) The er'hail is on the below website now http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/ And will be .available. on www.nsa.gov shortly. From: Dana Liebelson [mailto:dliebelson®motherjon~ com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:SO PM To: Green Miller, Marci L; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia . Subject: RE: Quick question.about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Additionally, could I receive a copy of that email when it is released, or be notified' What time do you expect it tci be released? Thanks, Dana From: Dana Liebelson Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 10:03 AM To: Green Miller, Marci L; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia , Subject: RE: QuicK question about NBC inte1View last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Thank you Marci! From: Green Miller, Marci L [mlgree3@nsa.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:59 AM To: Dana Liebelson; Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: RE: Quick question about NBC interview last night (Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Hi. We have the below in response to your query. NSA has no•1 explained that they have found one email i nquiry by Edward Sno•1den to the office of General Counsel aski ng for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just comp l eted . The e-ma i l did not raise allega t ions or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a l egal question that t he Office of General Counsel addr essed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be rel eased later today . There are numerous avenues t hat Mr . Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or •1histleblower allegations . We have searched f or addit i onal indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. L A..pproved for Release by NSA on t17-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228704 ### v/r Narci Green i'IHler NSA Public and Media .A.Hairs orFice 443-634-0721 From: Dana llebelson [mailto:dliebelson@motherjones.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:54 AM · To: Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao Subject: Quick question about NBC interview last night {Deadline: 2 PM EDT) Good morning! In the NBC interview last night, Mr. Williams said that the network had confirmed "with multiple sources" that before Snowden went to the press, he reponed the surveillance that he believed to be problematic internally with intelligence agency supervisors. In the past, Mr. Clapper has denied this is the case. I haven't heard anyone report the NSA's side on this apparent contradiction, and I'd like to do so. Does the NSA deny that Snowden filed concerns with intelligence agency supervisors internally, in writing, before going to the press?° Why or why not? If not, why did Mr. Clapper say so previously? Thank you for your time. Best, Dana Dana Liebelson Staff Reporter: Mother Jones Freelance: The Week Phone: (202) 347-2397 EX 3007 Twitter: @dJiebelson 2 DOCID : 4228705 1...._ _ __ __ From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: _J1-I·-· ______..._ ... _-_-_._ · -_____________ wrote: The email is on the below website now - http:ljicontherecord.tumblr.com/ And will be available on www.nsa .gov shortly. ·-···--·-···-- -- - - -··-·······-·-··-···- ·- -----·- · -- - - - - · - -· •.- - - - · -- -- -'--~-· - From: Brett LoGiurato [mailto:blogiurato@businessinsider.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:22 PM To: Vines, Vanee M Cc: nsapao Subject: Re: Quick question Thanks. On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2: 15 PM, Vines, Vanee M wrote: . Start: NSA has now explained that they have found one e-mail inq uiry by Edward Snowden to the Office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training covrse he had just completed ..The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released lat er today. ti.pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228705 There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns·or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indicatio.ns of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. 1111# Vanee' Vfr1es Public Affairs Specialist' NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW"........'Media line: 443-634-0721 From: Brett LoGiurato [mailto:blogiurato@businessinsider.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:13 PM · To: nsapao Subject: Quick question Hi·· My name is Bren, and I'm a reporter with Business Insider. Could I get your statement re: Mr. Snowden's email he discussed last night on NBC? Also wanted to be sure 1.was on your list to receive the actual email when it is released. Thanks! Brett LoGiurato Political Reporter J Business Insider 2 c._..r.....n.,_,:~~ 2 2 a7 os .... Ij)o...... . I .... (h) (6) I www .bu~i ness ins idcr.com/no Ii tics (ii1BrellLoGi urn to Brett LoGiurato Political Reporter I Business Insider ...... (!>) (6) www.businessinsider.co rn/pol il ics ll°ilT3rctt LoGi urato (b) (6) www.l1Slness111s,dcr.c-Om/poli tics 0)13rcttLoGiurato 3 DOCID: 4228706 I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: (b) (3 ) - P . L . 86-36 Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:12 PM 'Marie Tanao' nsapao RE: Request for Snowden Email to Office of ·General Council The e-mail and statement are Here: on IC on the Record and wiH soon be posted to nsa.gov. http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/ ... M•-4•"' •- •---•'" - - - - • • •• • - - • ·- - • - w••- • ·o • ::.. • (b) ( 6) From: Marie Tanao [mai!tof Sent: Thursday, May 29:W:,,.,.14.,....,3"":fMf"'"P"'M..-----..J To: nsapao Subject: Request for Snowden Email to Office of General Council Dear Sir or Madam, I hope this mess.age finds you well. Jam ,vriting ou helm If of Japan's daily '·The Maioichi Newspapers" (ivtainichi Shimbuu). l'rcs.s Sett'<'hlry Jay Carney conrirmetl today at the i :hite House press- hriefiug that the email of Ectw3rd Soowden ro the Offi<'e of General Counsel will be- 1·clcascd toJay. \Ve would n.'ry much appreciate it if )'OIi could sh,,re a l'Opy of the <"mail with us upon its r'clc:tst.·. Please let me know if you require further information for this request. Tlrnnk you very much for your auenlion to this mauer. I Jook lbrv,.ard w hcuring. from you soc.m. B~st Regards. Marie A rcher 1 ~pproved for Release by NSA on b7-28-2015, FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228707 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: I (b) (3) - P. L. 86- 36 (b) ( 6) f-·· Marie Tanad Thursday. 29, 2014 3: 11 PIVI Green Miller, Marci L nsapao Re: Request for Snowden Email to Office of General Council May Ms. Miller, Thank you very much for your prompt response. Twill direct my correspondent to the link. Best Regards, Marie Archer On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 3: 12 PM, Green Miller, Marci L 30)nsa.~ov> wrote: The e-mail and statement are on IC on the Record and will soon .be posted to nsa.gov. Here: hllp ://iconthe record.tum blr.com/ 2 From: Marie Tanao [ mailt~1._ _ _ _ _· _ _ ·_ · _ __J, - ------- · ··· ·- - - · · - -· - - -- -·· · · -· ·-·······-· (b) (6 ) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:11 PM To: nsapao Subject: Request for Snowden Email to Office of General Council Dear Sir or Madam, I hope this message finds you weJI. I ain wriling on bchalr of Japan's daily '·The Muink:hi N¢wspaptrs" (Mainichi Shimbun). Press S,•crcta ry Jay Carney confirmed today al the Whit.e I louse press briefing that the e mail or Edward Snowden lo the Office nrGc.•nC'ra l Counsel will bl' r('lcascd today. \Ve wou ld very murh appretiate it ir you could share- a copy of the ema il with us U()On i ts rctl(';tSC. Please let me know if you require further information for tbjs request. A.pprov€d for Release by NSA on n7-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228707. ·11uulk you very much for your a1ton1 mn to this ma1ter. I look forw,ird to hearing froin you soon. Best l{egards, Mari~ Archer Marie Tanao-Archer · (b) (6) Correspondent Assistant Washington D.C. General Bureau THE MAIN!CHI NRWSPAPERS #340 National Press Building 529 14th St. N.W. Washington D.C. 20045 Tel: 202(737)2817 Fax:202(549)2309 Cell! -· ·· 1 -- FYI: The Mainichi Newspapers was founded in 1872 as the oldest national daily newspaper company in Japan. Mainichi is currently recognized in Japan as one of the leading national daily newspapers, and has garnered a reputation as a provider of unbiased reporting, poignant editorials and other information vital to a modern society. Mainichi has a nationwide circulation of 3 .5 million copies. -2 DOCID: 4228708 ~i--, From: Sent: To: Subject: (b) (3) - P. L . 86- 36 Vines, Vanee M Thursday, August 07, 2014 11:14 AM 'Ed': nsapao RE: Request from a writer from the Wall Street Journal Hi. Given the ongoing f ederal investigation, we cannot comment on many of the issues t hat you raised. Below are some of your questions and a few citat ions/responses that you and ,your r esearch assistant may want to review. Thanks! .. vanee' *** Q: Snowden claimed i ~ his June 9 video f or the Guardian that he could do the following: "sitting at my desk I certainly had t he authority to wiretap anyone, f rom you or your accountant to a Federal j udge to even t he President. i f I had a per sonal e-mail. Question: Oid he have the authority to tap the a) the President of the US b) a Federal judge 3) anyone at all? Mr. Ledgett responded to this allegation.in t he May 2014 Vanity Fair story. Q: In same video, Snowden says "I witnessed systemic violations of law by my government that created a moral duty to act." Question: Oid Snowden ever report a violation of t he law.to the IG or. anyone else? In May we released t he statement be l ow; t he ema i l can be found on nsa.gov. "NSA has now explained that they have found .one e-mail i nquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of t he General Counsel asking f or an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not ra i se allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal .question t hat the Off i ce of the General Counsel addressed . There was not additiona l follow-up noted. The e-mail •iill be released later today. "There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used t o raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations . We have searched for additional indications of outreach f rom him i n those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements re l ated to his claims." ### --YOU MAY W ANT TO CLOSELY REVI EW THE "TED TALK" TRANSCRIPT: http: //www .ted.com/ta l ks / ri chard_l edgett_the_nsa_responds_to_edward_snowden_s_ted_talk Best, 4.pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228708 Vines Public Affairs Special ist NSA Public & Media Affair s NHJ******-••••Media l ine: 443-634-0721 Vanee ' -----Original Message-- -- From: Ed [mailto:.eje@nyc.rr.com] Sent: l~ednesday, July 30, 2014 10: 13 AM To: nsapao Subject: Request f rom a writer from the Wall Street Journal N.S.A Office of Public Affairs RE: Request from a writer from the ~lall Street Journal / (b)_(6 ) . Dear Public Affairs Officer I am writing an article for the Wa ll Street Journal on the cre.d·itability of Edward Snowden. My deadline is August 21, 2013 It was be the thir d o:.,,.a ·series .. . My last two pieces in WSJ can be found: June 30, 2014 . http: I /on line. wsj . com/ artic l es/edward- jay-epstein- r.evisi ting-snowdens -hong- kong-getaway 1404075875 ?KEYWORDS=Ed~ard+Jay+Epstei n . May 14, 2014 . . http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/S810001424052702304831304S79542402390653932?KEYWORD5=Edwa rd+Jay+Epstein&mg=reno64 -wsj · .,,.,,· · Nh;it I am trying to clarify i s·'the various clai ms made by Snowden. I realize t he NSA has already addressed some of my.·ciuestions in the past, but as over a year has gone by, I wou ld like to answer then anew ../ t t might also be helpful to speak on the telephone. My phone number is ··· Any such conversat i on, if you prefer, can be off-the record. Bel ow are my questions. I tried to be as specific as possibl e. Please feel free to point out anyt hing I may have missed, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS . 1. Snowden claimed in his June 9 video for the Guardian that he could do the following: "sitting at my desk I cert ainly had t he au t hority to wiretap ·anyone, from you or your accountant to a Federal judge to even t he Pre sident if I had a per sonal e-mail. Question: Di d he have t he authority to tap the a) the President of the US b) a Federal judge 3) anyone at all? 2. If he, or anyone else, did not have such authority, 010uld it be a crime at the NSA to hack into the phone of the President or a f ederal Judge. ) . I n same video, Snowden claims he worked un.der "cover" for NSA. · Question: tvas he ever directly employed by the NSA as opposed to an outside contr actor? Does ,1orki ng for an outside contractor such as Dell or Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH], constitute working under recover, I) 4. In same video, Snowden says he was a" senior adviser for t he Central Intelligence Agency." was he a senior advisor to the CIA? 5. In same vi deo, Snowden says "I witnessed systemic viol at i ons of law by my government that created a mor al duty t o act." Question: Did Snowden ever repor t a viol ation of the law to the IG or anyone else? .2 DOCID: 4228708 6. Sn01sden signed Standard Form 312, the ?classified-information non-disclosure agreementwith BAH. Question: Did he sign a similar classified- information non-disciosure agreement with the NSA? 7. Snowden said in an interview with Barton Gellman in the Washington Post on 12/23/13 that he brought his misgivings to two superior s in the NSA's Technology Direct orate and two more in the NSA Th reat Operations Center's regional base in Hawaii in Oct 2012. Question: I°s this true, according to your investigation? Question: Did Snowden 01ork for the Technology Direc torate in ·2012? Question Did Snowden ,oork for NTOC in 2012? 8. In same Gellman interview, he Snowden says opened a data query tool called BOUNDLESS INFORMANT, t o show extent of NSA i nterceptions, for the 2 employees at the NTOC, his 2 superiors at the Technology Directorate, and 15 ot her people at the NSA in 2012. Quest ion: l1ere any of t hese putat ive 19 people found by the NSA? Question: Was Snowden in a position to open this file in 2012? 9. In same Gellman interview, Snowden says in 2009 he 01as sent by the NSA's Technology Directorate to support operations at a listening post in Japan as a system administrator and pointed out serious flaws •,iith information security first to his supervisor in Japan and then to the directorate's chief of operations in the Pacific. Question : was Snowden sent to Japan by the NSA's Technologica l Division in 2009- or, if he was sent by Dell, did he work for· that Divis ion in 2009? Question" What he .working at NSA as a system administrator in 2009? Question: Is there any record of Sno1sden pointing out flaws to his supervisor or t he directorate's chief of operations? 10. Snowden claims in an intervieo1 with James Risen in the Neis York Times on 10/18/ 13 that he decided to act when he discovered a copy of a classified 2009 inspector general's report on the N.5.A.'s warrantless wiretapping program through a "dirty word search," which he described as an effort by a systems administrator to check a computer system f or t hings that should not be there in order to de lete them and sanitize the system. Questil>n: Did Sn01sden in his positions at Dell have the authority to perform such a sear.ch? Question: If Dell found a document as he described. Did he have the authority (or even t he ability) to open it in as an unencrypted document? 11. Snowden, after he so1it ched from Dell to BAH 'in March, took an orientation course in Maryland in April 2013. Question. Did Snowden sign a non-d is closure agreement with the NSA? Did Snooiden provide any untrue information in order to .complete his training? 12. Snowden reportedly informed BAH in late April that he needed to take a medical leave in May. Question: Did Sn01,den also report to the NSA he would be taking a medical leave? If so, dia he specify either where he was going for treatment or when he 1sould be return ing to Hawa ii? '-------'' Thank you so much for kindly considering this request as ever Ed1sard Jay Epstein .. 430 East 86 Street New York, NY 10028 •MW. edo,ardjayepstein. com ......_.. .. ... -. .. .. _ .. ... . -. (b) (6) 3 DOCID: 4228709 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: I· ..... ··-- - . .. (b) (3) - !?.L . 86-36 Vines, Vanee M Thursday, August 07, 2014 12:03 PM 'Ed' nsapao RE: Request from a writer from the Wall Street Journal I ' m not s ure how you're conducting your research, but B. Wittes at Brookings has written about many of the related issues. ADM Rogers was also interviewed at length by Reuters (in May). And you may want to review the intervie1~s that GEN Alexander granted to FOX Ne•1s' Bret B. in March/April. Best, Vanee· Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW**.*****'***Media line: 443 -634-0721 -----Original Message----From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 11:14 AM To: 'Ed'; nsapao Subject: RE : Request from a writer from the Hall Street Journal Hi. Given the ongoing federal invest igation, we cannot comment on many of the issues t hat you raised. Below are some of your questions and a few citations/responses that you and your research assistant may •1ant to review. Thanks! -vanee' Q: Snowden claimed in his June 9 video for the Guardian that he could do the following: "sitting at my desk I certainly had the authority to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant to a Federal judge to even t he President if I had a personal e-mail. Question: Did he have the authority to tap the a) the Pres ident of the US b) a Federal j udge 3) anyone at al-1? Mr. Ledgett responded to this allegation in the May 2014 Vanity Fair story. 1 t\pproved for Release by NSA Jn 07-28-2015, FOIA Case# 7 8137 DOCID: 4228709 Q: In same video, Snowden says "I i;itnessed systemic violations of law by my government that created a moral duty to act." Question: Did Snowden ever report a violation of the law to the IG or anyone else? In May we released the statement below; the email can be found on nsa.gov. "NSA has now explained that they have found one e-mail i nquiry by Edward Snowd.en to the ·office of the General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had j ust completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdo i ng or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of the Gene ral Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released later today. "There are numerous avenues t hat Mr. Snowden could have used to ra ise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional i ndi cations of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims." ### --YOU MAY WANT TO CLOSELY REVIEW THE "TED TALK'' TRANSCRIPT: http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_ledgett_the_nsa_responds_to~edward_snowden_s_ted_talk Bes t, Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW*********.,Media line: 443-634-0721 - - -·- -Original Message- - - - From: Ed [mailto:ej e@nyc.rr.com) Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 10:13 AH To: nsapao Subject: Request f rom a .iriter from the wall Street Journal N.S.A Office of Public Affairs RE: Request f rom a writer from the Wall Street Journa l Dear Publ ic Aff airs Officer I am writing an article for the Wall Street Journal on t he creditability of Ed•1ard Snowden. My deadline is August 21, 2013 It was be the third of a series •. My last two pieces in WSJ can be found: June 30, 2014 2 DOCID: 4228709 http:iionline.wsJ.com/arncles/edward-jay-epstein·revisiting-snowdens-hong-kong-getaway· 1404075875 ?KEYl,l()RDS=Edward+Jay+Epstein . (b) ( 6) May 14, 2014 .. http:/ /online. •isj. com/news/ articles/SB1000142405270230483B0' wrote: Hi. We have the below in response to your query. NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of Gcriera! Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a trai ning course he had just completed. Theemail did not raise allegations or concerns about· wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be relea5ed later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. #II# V/ r' r•iarci Green Miller NSA Public and Media Affairs Office 443-634-0721 1 :£1.pproved for Release by NSA on h7-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228710 ~- ··- - . ·- ···--- --·-·· ·----··- - --------,--·· - - - · ·- -··· •+o ••· - -·· · .. -·- - ·-·-~·-··-· ......~·- ··-"' ---· -· ---·- -- - From: Julian Hattem [mailto:jhattem@thehill.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:31 AM To: nsapao Subject: Snowden complaint? Good morning In the interview with NBC last night, Edward Snowden said that he had filed formal complaillls about his work up the chain of the agency, and NBC claims that there is at least one email that seems to confim1 that. According to their reporting, he asked a question about how the agency had interpreted the law. Is that correct? Does that disprove the NS A's earlier claim that he had never brought the matters to anyone's attention? Thank you Julian Hattem Staff Writer The Hi ll @jmhattem Office: ?02.628.8568 (b) (6) ce11:._!______, Julian Hattem Staff W1i ter The Hill @jnihattem Office: 202.628.8568 Cell:j i (b) ( 6) 2 DOCID: 4228711 ,-------....:.., t I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: . (b) (3) -P. [, . 86-36 Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, May 29, 2014 12:58 PM 'Julian Hattem' · nsapao: DL PAOMedia RE: Snowden complaint? Hi. We have the below in response to your query. NSA has now explained t hat they have found one email i nquiry by Edward Snowden to the offi ce of General Counse l asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had j ust compl eted. The e -mai l did not raise a l legations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. Th.ere was no t additional fol101~-up noted. The e-mail vii ll be released la ter today. There are numerous av~nues that Mr: Snowden could have used t o raise other concerns or wh i stleblower allegations. We have searched for add itional indications of outreach f rom him i n those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. ttnn V/ r Marci Green Miller NSA Public and Med i a ·Affairs Office 443-6 34 -6721 From: Julian ·- --···-- -- ·- -··»---·-- ··- ···-·-··--··--·---···-·Hattem [mailto:jhilttem@thehill.cqm] - ·-·· . - - - ·- - ---··---·- ·· Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:31 AM To: nsapao Subject: Snowden complaint? Good morning In the interview with NBC last night, Edward Snowden said that he had filed formal complaints \lbout his work up the chai n of the agency, and NBC claims that there is at least one email ihat seems.to confirm that. According to their repon inc:, he asked a questi'on about how the agency had interpreted the law. ls that correct? Does that disprove the NSA's earlier claim that he had never brought the matters to anyone's attention? . ' Thank you . Julian Hanem Staff Writer The Hill @jmhattem Office: ,202.628.8568 l ~pproved for Release by NSA on b.7-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 4998711 [leiDOCID: 4228712 . ...J------··--··-··-------------···_<_b_)_{_3_) -_ P_.L_._8_6_--36_ _ _ __ L I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ From: To: Cc: Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, May 29. 2014 2:21 PM 'Julian Hattem· nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: RE· Snowden complaint? Sent: The email is on the below website now - I i I,. I I http:ljicontherecord.tumblr.com/ And will be available on www.nsa.gov shortly . . ······---·----.....~- ----·-·--.. - ~.......... ----·~·-·--·--«------ - ····--·-~----.....___.._..._____ ___________,.,__.., _____ ___ From: Julian Hattem [mailto:jhattem(a)theh ill.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:20 PM To: Green Miller, Marci L Cc: nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: Re: Snowden complaint? Thank you very much On Thu, May 29, 2014 ill 12:57 PM, Green Miller, Marci L wr(lte: Hi. We have the below in response to your c1uery. NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General of Counsel asking for an explanation some material that was in a training course he had just completed. Theemail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. · ~pproved for Release by NSA on f'J7-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228712 v/r Narci Green Nil ler NSA Public and Media Affa i rs Office 443-634-0721 ·-- ··- -- - - - -·-·-· - - ····- -- - ·--From: Julian Hattem [ mailto: ihattem@thehill.com) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 20M 9:31 AM To: nsapao Subject: Snowden complaint? Good morning In the interview with NBC last night, Edward Snowden said that he had° filed fom1al complaints about his work up the chain of the agency, and NBC claims that there is at least one email that seems to confirm that. According to their report in!!, he asked a question about how the agency had interpreted the law. Ts that correct? Does that disprove the NSA's earlier claim that he had never brnught the matters to anyone's attention? Thank you Julian Hattem Staff Writer The Hill @jmhattem Office: 202 628.85~ Cell:._ l _ _ _ _ _1-- ..~- ..... ' 2 DOCID: 4228712 Ju.lian Hattem Scaff Writer. The Hill .. (b) (6) @jmhallem omr Cell:. 202 6'8 8"68 I· .. - ........ .. . 3 DOCID: 4228713 Froin: Sent: To: I Cc: Subject: (b) (3)- P .L. 86-36 Vines, Vanee M Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:55 PM 'Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai': Green M iller, Marci L nsapao RE: Snowden email Hi. The statement was provided to the Washington Post in response to the writer's questions. Excerpt from the story: i: I· I·; ')' By last December, Snowden was contacting reporters, although he had not yet passed along any classified infom1ation. He continued to give his colleagues £he "front-page test," he said, until April. Asked about those conversations, NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines sent a prepared statement to The Post: "After extensive invesligation, including interviews with his former NSA supervisors and co-workers, we have not found any evidence to support Mr. Snowden's contention £hat he brought these maners to any wrote: The emai l is on the below website now - f\pproved for Release by NSA on b?-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228711 http :ljiconth ere co rd. tu mbl r. com/ And will be available on www.nsa .gov shortly. From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:56 PM To: 'Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai'; nsapao Subject: RE: Snowden email Hi. The item i s below. We'll post more soon. Please stand by. -----------------·-·······--------------------... . --------------·- NSA has now explained that they have found o ne e-mail inqu iry by Edward Snowden to the Office of General Counsel asking for an expla nation of.some materi al that was in a training course he had just completed . The e-mail did not rai se allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted . The e-mail w ill be released later today. There are numerous avenues that M r. Snowden could have used to.raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have sea rched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. #1111 Venee' ViJ1es Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs 2 DOCID: 4228713 i\iEVv'" '""'''·'·"Media line: 44J-6'.j4-.0721 · -· · · -, - . - • • -,. -- - · - - - ,- ....-- - - - ..- · · - ~,...- - -· · - - - - - -.. ·- ··· - - - . ....... . . . .. . . ··· · - · · - - · · - - - - · · - ·· - · · - _ ....... * • • ~. • .. _ , __ _ _ - - -- From: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicctiierai [mailto:lorenzo@mashable.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:55 PM To: Vines, Vanee M; nsapao · Subject: Snowden email Hey Vanee, I saw someone tweeti.n g an alleged statement from the NSA regarding an email Snowden sent to the agency's General Counsel. Could you send me the statement as well? Just checking if the one being circulated is true. Will you release the email? Thankst Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Mashable US & World Reporter lorenzoi11)mashable.com I lorenzotb8((1)email.com .. __ .. .. ·~·-· .. ·--···" Twitter: @lorenwFB Skype !- I _....... . .. _.,,•. .. -· I________.I Encrypted Phone: .. "' OTR: lorenzofhi'a>.jabber.ccc.de ,. ,,,, •' Wickr:~j---~ www.lorenzolb.com 3 .... ..- •-. :::::.: ·.. ..... ...... ,, .. .,...... • ·;c-:.-::, ;:,;cc.. ,... (b) (6) DOCID: 4228713 Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Mashablc US & World Reporter lorenzo@mashable.com I lorenzo tl)8criiumail.com I Twiner, w.!lor ·~ I-- ,FB Skype:L....,-=-- ....__ _ _ _ 1 1 Encrypted Phone OTR: I ~.,..,..---,.---.,...,.J ..... Wickr: ....................::--. ·:;:_;:.. ; ;:~;'\'.:;<. ·'""""" ( b ( 6 ) .. _.. ·•• ..- .. .. .--··"· ... _....... 4 DOCID: 4228714 I I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: - (b} (3 )- P . L. 86-36 Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai [lorenzo@mashable.com] Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:30 PM Green Miller. Marci L Vines. Vanee M ; nsapao Re: Snowden email Thanks! Any comment on the NSA's previous statement from December? The one sent to Washington Post: "After extensive. inve~tigation, incl uding interviews with his former NSA supervisors and co-workers, we have not found any evidence to support Mr. Snowden's contention that he brought these matters to anyone's attention." Did you not find the email then? If so, why? On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Green Miller, Marci'L wrote: The email is on the below websi te now - http://icontherecord.tum blr.com/ And will be available on www.nsa.gov shortly. ' - ·-·-----...... ··- ·- · - ..-··- --From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:56.PM To: 'Lorenzo Franceschi·Bicchlerai'; nsapao Subject: RE: Snowden email ···-·--··----- - ·----·-·- -.-- ,-.- -· .,..............--- - ·--·- - -- - - --·-·--··- ... Hi. The item is below. We'll post more soo n. Please stand by. NSA has now explained· that they have found one e-mail inquiry by Edward Snowden to the Office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that wa·s in a t raining course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise 1 l\pproved for Release by NSA on n?-28-2015, FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228714 aiiegati ons or concerns about wrongdoing o r abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him In those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. ii## Vanee· VilleS Public A/fairs Specialist · NSA Public & Media Affairs NEw---···••m Media line: 443-634-0721 From: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai fmailto:lorenzo@mashable.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:55 PM To: Vines, Vanee M; nsapao Subject: Snowden email Hey Vanee, I saw someone tweetin!! an alleged statement from the NSA regarding an email Snowden sent to the agency's General CounieI. Could you send me the stacement as well? Just checking iftbe one being circulated is true. · Will you release the email? T hanks! 2 DOCID: 42287 1 4 Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Mashable US & World Reporter lorenzo(c'.iimashablc.com I lorcnzo fb8((1.\!.!mai I.com ____,, : ..__ . ._.......... .. . T witter: ((uforenzoFB Skype:! !- Encrypted Phone:._!_ _ __ _ ___,, .....,....... ........ OTR: lorenzo fb/(1Jjabber.ccc.de ...-:-.:. .. ..·. -- Wickr:~!_ _ __, www. lorenzolb.com '. ..·· / Lorenzo Franccschi-Bicchierai Mashable US & World Reporter· .:. , .·· . lorenzol@,mashable.com j loreiizo·lb!Vii)gnii1il.c.om . I I / Twitter: (allorcnzoFl3 Skype:! I/ / .· .· ~I Encrypted Phone:~!..,...,.._ _ _ _ _ OTR: lore11m lh(r1)jabbe,,:ccc.de Wickr:J www.lorenzolb ..:om !' 3 DOCID: 4228715 (b) (3) - P . L. 86-36 I· . From: Sent: To: Subject: Green Miller, Marcil Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:22 PM Vines. Vanee M; 'Capra, Tony (NBCUniversal)'; nsapao RE: Snowden Email The email is on the below website now http://icontherecord. tum blr.com/ And will be available on www.nsa.gov shortly'. From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:06 PM To: 'Capra, Tony (NBCUniversal)'; nsapao Subject: RE: Snowden Email Hi. The item is below. l~e' 11 pos t more soon. Please stand by. t-lSA has no,, explained that they have found one e-mail inquiry by Ed01ard Snowden t o the Office of General Counsel asking f or an explanat ion of some material that was in a training course he had j ust compl eted. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additiona l fol low-up noted. The ~-mail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden cou l d have used to r aise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for addit iona l i nd ications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims . ### Vanee' v;nes Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW ........, •• Media line: 443-634-0721 From: capra, Tony (NBCUniversal) [mailt0:Tol}y.C.a2ra@nbcuni.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:03 PM To: nsapao Subject: Snowden Email Hi, Can you please send me anything you have on the release of an Edward Snowden related email. Thanks, 1 ~pproved for Release by NSA on n?-28-2015, FOIA Case # 78137 DOCID: 4228715 Tony Tony .Capra Senior Assignment Manager NBC News Washington (202) 885-4200 Tony.Capra@nbcuni.com 2 DOCID: 4228716 I· From: Sent: To: Subject: ;: Green Miller, Marci L Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:22 PM Vines, Vanee M; 'Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai'; nsapao RE: Snowden email ! I· The email is on the below website now http ://icontherecord. tu mbl r .com/ And wiJI be available on www.nsa.gov shortly. I ! From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:56 PM To: 'Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai'; nsapao Subject: RE: Snowden email Hi. · The item is below. We'll post more soon. Please stand by. --·····----------·-····--------------------------------------NSA has now explained'that they have found one e-mail inquiry by Edward Snowden to the Office of General Counse l asking for an explanation of some material that was in a t raining course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel .addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or w histleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those area s and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. ### Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public & Media Affairs NEW".."'"''"Media line: 443-634-072 1 From: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai [mailto:lorenzoCromashable.coml · Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:55 PM To: Vines, Vanee M; nsapao Subject: Snowden email Hey Vanee, 1 saw someone tweeting an al leged statement from the NSA regarding an email Snowden sent to the agency's General Counsel. Could you send me the statement as well? Just checking if the one being circulated is true. I @.pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015. FOIA Case# 7813J1 DOCID : 4228716 Will you release the ema,il? Thanks! Lorenzo Franccschi-Bicchierai Mashablc US & World Reporter lor n7. n mashable.com I lorcnzofl)8(<1).1rmai l.con1 Twitter: @h,renzo 'B Skype:! Encrypted Phone:._!,,__ __ _ !- .... -- ... . .... ··~-·· .. .. . ...... ......_...... .- - .. --······ ·· . __,! · ~- · · · OTR: lorcnzoJb(pffl,.,~~~~~~~_J To: nsapao Subject: Snowden email to NSA ! (b) {6) I understand that the NSA is planning to release today the email that Edward Snowden says he sent to the NSA Office of Legal Counsel raising concerns about its legal interpretations for NSA spy programs. I'd like to receive the email and speak with someone there to get more information about . it, when someone is available. Kim Zetter Senior Reporter Wired (b) (6) Sent from my iPhone f\pproved for Release by NSA on b?-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228722 I From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: (b) (3) - P . L . 86 - 36 Green Miller, Marc, L Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:44 PM 'kcollier@dailydolcom' nsapao RE: Snowden email today The e-mail and statement are on IC on the Record and will soon be posted to nsa.gov. Here: ht t p: // icontherecord.tumblr.com/ v/r Marci Green Miller NSA Public and Media Affairs Office 443· 634-072] - - - -- From: kcollier@dailydot~Qffi[mailto:kcollier@dailydot.!;X)m) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:44 PM - - - - . -- - To: nsapao Subject: Snowden email today Bi. Seen reports that WH will today release Snowdcn's email to NSA. If so, can I be on whatever list it'll go out 10? Thanks! ~pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015 . FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228723 (b) ( 3 )- P . L. 66 36 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Vines, Vanee M Thursday, May 29, 2014 12:27 PM 'Nakashima, Ellen M' nsapao RE: Snowden emails I'll be right there. Jay's 12:30 gaggle, too. Vanee' Vines Public Affatrs Specialist NSA Publtc & Media Affairs NEw···........Media line 443-634-0721 From: Nakashima, Ellen M [mallto:Ellen.Nakashima@washpost.com] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 201'! 11:53 AM To: Vines, Vanee M Subject: Snowden emails Hi Vanee, Just called. Several US officials have described the April 2013 email that Snowden sent to OGC after he took his USSIO 18 training and inquiring about whether exec orders trump statutes. They described the reply from the attorney as no, EOs do not trump statutes. Can you release. the emails? And were there any other emails from Snowden to compliance officials or anyone else raising questions? Can you call back as soon as you're able? I'm on my cell phone J...._____. (b) ( 6 ) Thanks, Ellen l ~pproved for Release by NSA on b7-28-2015. FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID: 4228724 I From: (b) (3)-P . L. 86- 36 Gorman, Siobhan [Siobhan Gorman@wsj.com] Thursday, May 29. 2014 1:50 PM Green Miller. Marci L Vines, Vanee M ; nsapao; DL PAOMedia Re: Snowden interview Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Thanks very much. -----===========-==========:;==== Siobhan Gorman Intelligence Correspondent The Wall Street Journal. l202) 862-9234 (w) JF!""---~,(c) (b) (6) On May 29, 2014, at 1:06 PM, "Green Miller, Marci L" <111 lgree3@nsa.gov> wrote: Hi Siobhan, Separate from your questions but see the below regarding the email claim. NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a t raining course he had just compieted . The e-mail did not r aise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional fol low-up noted. Thee· mail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden ·could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allega tions . We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims. v/r Marci. Green Miller. NSA Public and Media Affairs Office 443-634·0721 From: Vines, Vanee M Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11 :57 AM To: 'Siobhan.Gorman@wsj.coni'; nsapao Subject: Re: Snowden interview I don't have anything for you at this point, 'w,11 keep you posted. 1 ~pproved for Release by NSA on b7-28-2015 FOIA Case # 78137 DOCID: 4 22 8724 From: Gorman, Siobhan [Jlli!ilto:Siobhan.Gorman@)wsj.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, .Wl4 11: 51 AM To : Vines, Vanee M; nsapao Subject: Snowden inte,view HiVanee, I realize it's a bit difficult to gauge because only bits of this NBC interview with Snowden have been released, but seeking any reax you have to his discussion about his role working as a contractor for NSA) He's pushing back on what he sees as a government effort to downplay his responsibilities. I understand DIA is issuing a denial, so we wanted to check in with the other agencies he's said he's worked for/with. Thanks, Siobhan ---=-------====----========----Siobhau Gomrnn lntflligcm:c Cott'C'Spomlcn{ 'fbe \\l.tJ.I Street JcHmml. 1112~ L1mm•i:un11 \, L',, \'(-', Sn1h. St.ti • \'X .•1t!hi.ugw11. D C 20(,..:• 3,:. r' - - - --, l~n~· &·~~')l.\-1 ,,,) 11 ~.,; f wiv,:c (((,gorm;111_s.,ohn:;11 (b) ( 6) 2 DOCID: 422872 5 I From: (b) (3)-P. L . 86-36 Green Miller, Marci L Thursday May 29, 2014 2:21 PM 'Gorman, Siobhan' Vines, Vanee M; nsapao; DL PAOMedia RE: Snowden interview Sent: To: Cc: Subject: The email is on the below website now http://icontherecord. tum blr.com/ And will be available on www.nsa.gov shortly. From: Gorman, Siobhan [mailto:Siobhan.Gorman@wsj.com) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:50 PM To : Green Miller, Marci L Cc: Vines, Vanee M; nsapao; DL PAOMedia Subject: Re: Snowden interview Thanks very much. Siobhan Gorman Intelligence Correspondent The Wall Street Jour;:n,:;al".-- - - --, (202) 862-9234 (w) j(c) I (b) ( 6 ) On May 29, 2014, at 1:06 PM, "Green Miller, Marci L" wrote: Hi S10bhan, Separate from your questions but see the below regarding the email claim. NSA has now explained that they have found one email inqui ry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed. There was not additional follow-up noted. Theemail will be r,eleased later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegati ons. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagement s related to his claims. V/r• Marci Green Mi Ller NSA Public and Media .