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National Security Agency//CSS, NSA/CSS FOIA release. Any and all records about the NSA 'search be it manual or electronic, for emails written/sent by Edward Snowden, April 29, 2016

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 The information coni ai ned in th is em ail and any accompanying att achm ents constit utes attorney work product and or 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Blaskowski Paul J NSA·D 4 USA q Srcroao David J De N A-DJ USA CIV I Cc Phillips Pamela N NSA-DJ4 USA av SA· D28 USA av Blacker Ondy S NSA-DJ4 'l 1$A CIV Subject RE U NBC News Fr om of I nformation Act Request SA-D23 USA av Classification UNCLASSIFIEDl FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY -· Attorney Litigation Practice Group Office of General Counsel 028 Rm 286106 OPS2B Suite 6278 ib 3 - P L 86-36 b 5 @i pproved for Release by NSA on 02-05-2016 FOIA Case# 7813£ DOCID 4272115 V R Paul U • •••• Paul J Blaskowski Deputy Chief DJ4 Freedom of Information and Privacy Office r -24 8 ------- 0 PS2A 2All18 Suite6 Personal 966-4072s i _ _ _ _ _ Office 963-5827$ SIPRNet Emailr - ' - - - - - - - r ' Internet Email FAX -··· I if b 3 -P L 86-36 ' ·•• · ' • '• '·· ·• • ' •• - · ·T· ··C f i U _ ···· i ltl' From NSA·D28 USA CI I ···· Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 6 PM To Sherman David J Dr NSA DJ'USA CIV I · - CC Pbi lios Pamela ll SA'DJ4 USA av Blaskowski Paul J°NSA-DJ4 USA avl · SA·D28 USA CIV NSA-D23 USA CIV NSA·D28 USA CIV Blacker Cindy S NSA·DJ41 USA CIV Subject RE U NBC News Freedom of Information Act Request Classification UNCLASSIFIED lFOR OFFICIAL USE O JLY Dave -I ···· v r J b 3 - P L 8 6-36 Deputy Associate GC Litigation NSA Office of Genera l Counsel b 5 ' r Jre unclassified · STE ' ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT ATTORNEY CLIENT COMM UNI CATlON PRIVILEGED COMMUJ HCA TION Not to be relt•ascd w ithou t OCC approval '- b ' -3 P_ L 86-36 ··--- ··-· 'From Sherman David J Dr NSA·DJ USit°ClV· Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 15 PM To NSA-D28 USA ClV Cc Phillips Pamela N NSA-DJ4 USA ClV Blaskowski Paul J NSA·DJ4 3 ------ INSA·D28 USA CIV usi c 1vj DOCID 4272115 ISubject RE U NBC ll'lsA-D23 USA CIV SA-D28 USA av Blacker Cindy s NSA-DJ41 USA av News Freedom of I nformation A c t Request Classification UNCLASSIFIED FEll JG • -- U ff0 19 I take it you m ean·our initial written confirm ation t hat the NBC request has been received and we are working on it I'll need DJ4 to ecute · U tfOl IElj I al so would 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f9U9 You asked whether NBC has filed a FOIA w ith NSA with regard to M r Snowden's communications w i th NSA U FOt 19 It has Specifically one w as filed Monday via the FOIA page on the NSA publi c website by Matthew Cole of NBC News It seeks Any and all emails document s or any other form of communication sent by or from EDWARD SNOWDEN to the Oifice of General Counsel or equivalent or to any lawyer or legal office w ithin the agency during the years 2012 and 2013 as well as any communication in response to Mr Snowden U fF91 J9 We have been in telephonic cont act w ith Mr Co le to confirm receipt of this request We will follow up with w ritten ac nowledgement within a few days The next st ep will be t o t ask out a for mal search for responsive documents I am aware that one has been surf aced separately Dave Davi d J Sherman Associ at e Director for Policy and Records National Security Agency Room2A0858 969-2850 secure J - ·- V commercial ···· -- -------- Cl ass i f i cation 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GC D GC g pprov ed for Release by NSA on 02-05-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 ---- DOCID 4272116 LAO D LAO Uh'FOUOl This Thursday Vanity Fair plans to publish in its May issue a long anticipated article on the Edward Snowden case DDIR Ledgett is among government officials interviewed for the article The preview informat ion is attached NSA has not seen the full article and doesn't expect to before it is published U FOUOl The preview quotes Snowden responding to statements that he made no formal complaints about his concerns regarding NSA activities The N S A at this point not only knows I raised complaints but there is evidence that I made my concerns known to the N S A 's lawyers because I did some of it through e-mail I di rectly challenge the N S A to deny that I contacted N S A oversight and compliance bod ies 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 C fPon Lu E1 foreemeAt Se1 sithe All of NSA's forensic analysis and multiple interviews of personnel ave f iiled to produce any evidence of Snowden's claim that he reported concerns to anyone The cl sest t hing to arw engagement by him on this topic was a webbased query to the OGC submitted in April 2013 while he·v iisatNSAWashington - __ training for his National Threat Operations Center NTOC job b 3 • P L 86-36 q 7 E U FetJOl Here is his request submitted on 5 April Message Hello J have b 7 A a que lion regarding the mandatory USSID 18 tra ining The Lraining states the following ll The Hierarchy of Governing Au thorities and Documents is displayed from the highest authority to the l owest authority as follows lJ S Constitution Federal Statutes Presidential Executive Orders EO Department of Derense DoO and Office of the Director of National rntelligencc ODNI Regulations NSA CSS Directives and Policies USS Ds SID Management Directives and Pol icies Office 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Maryland submbs found himself alone in a Hong Kong hotel room releasing some of America's most carefully guarded secrets to the world Snowden writes to Vanity Fair about the N S A 's allegations that he never filed a formal complaint and directly challenges it to deny he contacted internal oversight ahout why he's not a spy about what he calls the post-terror generation views on defending the Constitution about the crucial ways in which he differs from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange about his amusement at being labeled a right-winger and more - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - DOCID 4272116 Among the highlights of Snowden's re 5ponse Snowden challenges allegations that he never rued a formal complaint about the N S A to inte1·nal oversight and compliance bodies N S A deputy director Rick Lcdgett who led the internal investigation of Snowden claimed Snowden made no formal complaints And ifhe complained personally to anyone Ledgett tells Vanity Fair he or she has not acknowledged it In re 5ponse to this claim Snowden replies The N S A atthis point not only knows I raised complaints but that there is evidence that I made my concerns known to the N S A 's la't yers because I did some of it through e-mail I directly challenge lhe N S A to deny that 1 contacted 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 vvritten answer to this question from the N S A When asked about his initial reaction to the revelation that Snowden was the leak Ledgett Lelis Vanity Fair there was a personal sense of betrayal stating ''It was like getting kicked in the stomach On using his personal credit card in Hong Kong to prevent spy accusations Snowden tells Vanity Fail· that when he checked into the Mira a hotel in Hong Kong's Kowloon district he used his personal credit card so the government could immediately verify he was entirely self-financed was independent and had over time thdrawn enough financial resources to survive on his ovm thout assistance He writes vly hope was that avoiding ambiguity would prevent spy accusations and create more room for reasonable debate Unfortunately a few of the less responsible members of Congress embraced the spy charges for political reasons as they still do to this day Bnl I don't think it was a bad ide a because cv-en if they won't say il in p11blic intelligence -community officials are regularly confirming to journalists off the record that they know with a certainty that I am not an agent of any foreign government On rumors concerning the number of documents he has Snowden cautions about some of the numbers that investigators have publicized especially Lhe 1 7 million figure which he tells Vanily Fair is simply a scare number based on an intentionally crude metric everything that I ever digitally interacted wilh in my career He adds Look at the language officials use in sworn testimony about these records 'could have ' 'may have ' 'potentially ' They're prevaricating Every single one of those officials knows J don't have 1 7 million files but what are they going to say What senior official is going to go in front of Congress and say 'We have no idea what he has because the N S A 's auditing of systems holding hundreds of millions of Americans' data is so negligent that any high-school dropout can walk out the door 1 lith it ' I know e xactly how many docmnenls I have Snowden continues Zero '' But for the other players involved I'm not sure we'll ever know who has what The Guardian's U S editor Janine Gibson says On what he calls tl1e post-terror generation's views on defending the Constitution What we're seeing today in America is a new political movement that -- ---- -- ---- -- - - -- - DOCID 42'72116 crosses party lines This post-terror generation rejects the idea that we have to burn down our village in order Lo save it-that the only way to defend lhe Constitution is to tear it up On allegations that he has a doomsday cache in his possession In response to whispers in the intelligence community that Snowden has a doomsday cache in his possession Snowden retorts v lho would set up a system that incentivizes others to kill them '' On the crucial ways he differs from 'Vil lLeaks founder Julian Assange 'Ne don't share identical politics I am not anti-secrecy I'm pro -accountability I've made many statements indicating both the importance of secrecy and spying and my s upport for the working-level people at the N S A and other agencies It's the s nior officials you have to watch out for 'Why he admire c WikiLeaks They run toward the risks everyone else runs away from No other publisher in the world is prepared to commit to protecting sources-even other journalists' sources-the way VikiLeaks is On how he's amused by reports of his right-wing poHtics and would describe his political thought as moderate Snowden tells VanittJ Fair he's amused by reports of his right- ng politics based on what seem to be Internet rumors and third-hand information He continues I'd describe my political thought as moderate Sources close to the situation discuss Snowden's living arrangements in Moscow and his desire to be granted asylum in Germany or another democratic state One source close to Snowden tells Vanity Fair that he and WikiLeaks staffer Sarah Harrison moved multiple times and at one point lived with an American family outside Moscow Snowden and Harrision's time together was a little bit of a Jove-hate thing says a person close to WikiLeaks They were stuck in close quarters there for a long time Snowden is fastidious and Harrison is not this person says Harrison moved to Berlin in November but shortly before she did a Ge1 man politician had dinner th her and Snowden who expressed a desire to be granted asylum in Germany or another democratic state Mostly the politician says Snowden wished he could go home For the full 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' - i Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1-2 56 PM ·· - -· ·· ···· 1 ' To NsA DS4 USACIV DL PAOMe dia AUAS DfllitDl OG C MedJaleaks ALIAS D23 0DOC Medialeaks ALIAS 04 _ - • r·' ' Cc I_ NSA· FlY USA fSA-so12 1-os rv SA-D28 USA SubJect RE U ACTION Reque5 t for Informauon in S_9jjpo of Media LeaK s··Act on i i ot I crvf - · Classification UNC ASSIFIED tFOR OFFIGIAL • ______ I - USE Ol LY av - Attached is the email Office Manager to the Deputy Genei'al Couns els Office of General Counsel D2 · 963-5548 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_Me lialeaks ALIAS D4 Cc NSA·DS4 USA av _NSA-FlY USA OVj Subject U ACITON Request for I nformation in Support of Media Leaks Action NSA-S0121 USA CIV Importance High Classification UNCLASSIFIED fFOR OFFICIAL USE OfllLY All U ff91 18 The Media Leaks Outreach team has been tasked t o do a fact check of the 28 May 2014 N8C interview transcript In the interview Mr Snowden st ated that he sent emails to the OGC and Oversight and Compliance raising concerns about the NSA's interpretation of i ts legal authorities Respectfully request a copy of the email We will not release the information without permission 3 DO'CID 4272117 Thanks --· ·· -·· ·· b 3 -P L 86- 36 I -·· Deputy Chief DS4 Detailed to the Media Leaks Task·force Room 2A1034 I 963-7763s - PRIVACY SENSITIVE - any misuse or unaut horized access m ay lead to disciplinary act ion Classification UNCLASSIFIED IFOR OFFICIAL USE 01 lb 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 egards ' _ From 'il Sent Thursday May 29 2014 12 '26 P M · ·· -- '9G ·- - -··-· ·----·------·--·----· To Rogers Michael · - - -·-·-··· -·--·---··· s ADM Cc - -- -- -- - --- -- - --- -- - - -- - --r------------lt L PAOMedia Ledgett Richard H Flelsch Frances J Stone Corin R De Rajesh LMLTF_core Subject FOLLOW-UP PER YOUR REQUEST Transcript ' - - - - - - - - - - - - '1 1 Sir eference the request from the White House we just provided the following ' •·-' b 3 - P L 86- 36 ··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 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 Pproved for Release by NSA on 02-05-2016 FOIA Case# 78131 ----- -- -- DOCID 4272118 0 • tc raise ether 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 h ··How do you plan to respond to the FOIA request We received t he req uest from NBC and are following normal procedures for processing the request NOTHING FOLLOWS 2 ---- ---- -- DOCID 4272119 '·· I From Sent II 1esdav f ll'arcb 10 20IS·4 40 PM To L __ Subject ___ t· · ·· _ ' '• FW NBC email ·• ' b ' ·· - ·· - -- i -P L 86-36 - - -Deputy Associate General Counsel litigat ion Practice Group Office of General Counsel Na t ional Security Agency Tel LI_ _ __ __ _ -------lj From L J Sent Saturday May 24 2014 1 15 PM l To Subject Re NBC email That's what I said For what it is worth I was at t he movies this m orning Enjoy the game _ _ __ From LI_ -- 1f· ___ sent Saturday May 24 2014 01 13 PM Eastern Standard Time Toj I · bl 3 - P L 86-36 b 5 Subject Re NBC emai l ········ ······ At Orioles game but can do more substantive analysis thi s evening -- From j Sent Saturday M ay 24 2014 0 1 05 PM ···· · ·- ··· _ b 3 -P L 86-36 pproved for Release by NSA on 02 05-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 DOCID 4272119 To _ - Subject Fw NBC email b 3 - P L 86- 36 ···· From __ __ ___ Sent Saturday May 24 2014 01 01 PM Eastern Standard Time To De Rajesh Subj ect Re NBC email ·• b -t3 - P L 86-36 b 5 • I have no idea I -now at an appt - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - 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· ·· · 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 ui nem Classification CON FIDErqTIAL ftqOFORM Va nee for clarity I am not suggesting cutting OOJ out of the coordination §proved for Release by NSA on 02-05-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 -- -- ----- DOCID 4272120 • '' ·· 3 P L S 38 -····· -· · ' · ·· ·· - I-· --- ···· Principal Deputy General Co unsel ···· Office of General Counsel ····· OPS828 Room 28 131 40 j ·· · tuYi963 -5548 s From Vines Vanee M NSA-DN GsAciV sel t Eti ay May 23 OH 2 29 Pl'i Civ j I NsA-D2 USA CIV Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA NSA-D28 USA CIV l'JSA-D USA av DL PAOMeoia ALIAS DNl ·- - - - - Cc De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA av Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA av Sherman David J Dr NSA-DJ USA av Subject RE U PAO RESPONSE RE U ttem To Classification CO JFIQE JTl ' L JOFOR J Roger that ma'am I'll ask the NSC and ODNI on the High a11d share the document now Best vanee' I From INSA -D2 USA CIV Sent Friday May 23 2014 2 2 PM To i l'J A-D2 US av Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIVj iNSA·D28 USA av Vines Vanee M NSf DNl USA CIV j SA-D USA CIV DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl ··· · Cc De Rajesh NSA·D2 USA CIV Bauman Ethan L NSA -DL USA CIV Sherm David J Dr NSA·QJ USA CIV l'JSA-D2 USA IV · Subject RE U PAO RESPON2 E RE Uj tern i ·· Classification CONFIDEt TIAU P OFOR ·· - 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 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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 medialepl s_coll AL AS D Brooks Elizabeth rll JJ l l 1 1 u _ Cl soule Truml5ull D NSA-DC USA CIV DL cos_siaff ALIAS DC Bauman Ethan L NSA DL USA CIV - -r-- N ·4l USA t V Grimes Arlene U N_$A-DN us b v DL p o ALIA$ DN3· Rjrhf rds Retiecca J NSA·DS NSA·D5 USA · · - • USA av t ' NSA 04 US I av _ _ _- - r N 'SA - so2 USA a v ' SA-502 USA av De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA '----J NSA-D USA crv· USA a vj jNSA-D23 USA NSA-D28 USA C V NSA-D28 USA av Subject RE U Addit ona FOIA equest s for Snowden Email Related Internal and External Deliberations CTV ' I ' ---- I crv I Classification UNCLASSIFIED F OR orFlCl l USE ONLY David Where are w e on this one 2 I DOCID 4272122 ir MSR ADM Michael $ Rogers USN Commander U S Cyber Command Director NSA Chief css FT George G M eade MD - JJI NSA NETj SIPR Jr __ _ _ _ _ _ ' ' ·· Comm _l_ _ _ _ l ··· ' From Sherman David J Dr NSA-DJ USAGV -- ···· Sent Tuesday June 03 2014 4 S·l' PM • ' To Ro 9ers Michael SA OM NSA-unknQ wn U A XISN Ledgett Rfchard H Jr' NSA-0 USA CIV ston Corin R USA CTV 1 ' EXDIR_STAF DL medialeal s_core AL ·o Brooks Elizabeth R -0 av SO tile T lJ l bdfi D NSA-DC USACIV Di cos_staif AUAS DC Bauman Ethan L tiisA DL USA CIV l r r---- ' - - ·· U SA'CiV Grimes Arlene ·li NSA'DN USAtiV DL pao ALIAS DN3 Richards Re ca J NSA-05 u NSA-DS USA CIV· Delori John M N A-Ci4 USA CIV NSA·D I USA OV r - - - t - - - J' NSA-S02 USA IV· • SA-S02 USA av De Raj esh NSA-02 usA9y'i-l - 'NSA-02 CIV· · A OV J NSA-023 USA CIV l NSA-028 USA OV SA-028 USA CIV ' A Cc D u1R SIAFF ND5 '- ir sj 'f ' l Subject U Additional FOIA Requests for Snowden Ema ii Related Internal and E xternal Deliberations Cl assification UNCLASSIFIED '9 JO -· - INFORMATION ONLY NO ACTION REQU lRED ADM Rogers Rick Corin anQ · U 'FGl IOj Si nce Brian Williams' interview w it h Mr Snowden ran last week we have received a series of requests under t he Freedom of Information Act from major media ou tlet s seeking addit ional informat ion about the latter's email activi ties during his peri od of association w ith t he agency UjfFOl '8 Many of these simply repeat NBC's request for correspondence bet ween Mr Snowden and OGC We will respond by providing t he requesters w ith t he email released publically last week U F0 18 I lowever we also have a separate set of requests which collectively are seeking t he following All of Mr Snowden' s classified and unclassified email from eit her 2006 or 2009 to 2013 Information describi ng h ow NSA searched for purp orted emails which Mr Snowden claims document his concerns about our operations and practices Our exchanges wi th NBC News regarding M r Williams' interview with Mr Snowden Any and all media inquiries to us regardi ng purported emails involving Mr Snowden and our responses to t hese inquires Our exchanges on t his matter with the SSCI and particularly Senator Feinst ein Our internal deliberat ions regarding t he rel ease of t he email made public last week and Talking points prepared in connect ion w ith tha t release 3 DOCID 4272122 iui 1 t 11 11 1 I hese requests were made by The Washington Post al·Jazeera Business Insider a website specializing in business news which has run occasional stories on NSA The Examiner which I would charact erize as a non ·traditional citizen media site and an independent journalist who has published in various outlets but most recently in The Guardian Uf 'FOl J O As requests for Mr Snowden's emails more generally potentially involve information associated with an ongoing investigation OGC and Securi ty will be consulted regarding the appropriate course of action in responding to them U FOl Jel I also will discuss with OGC how to address the requests enumerated in the above bullets Responses to them would require considerable assistance from OGC PAO MLTF LAO and others I do not expect a quick turnaround on any of the requests U 'FOl JOj Separately I regret that we have received some unfavora ble media coverage attached regarding a series of internal emails released under FOIA last week dealing w ith our initial response last June to a surge of requests from individuals seeking records of NSA surveillance directed against them U ifelUB We GLOMAR i e neither confirm nor deny we have such records all such individual request s as to respond in one instance - say to tell your typica l law·abiding citizen that we understandably have no surveillance records on him or her·· would require us for reasons of equit able treatment to respond similarly in all cases and thus enable an actual or potential foreign intelligence target i e a t errorist to file a FOIA request and receive confirmation as to whether he or she is a subject of surveillance or has successfully evaded it We now include this explanation in our GLOMAR response to individuals seeking records on themselves in order to provide them w ith the reasons for our position However by focusing on our internal back· and·forth as we worked through this issue - which also needed to be heavily redacted to protect classified information The Guardian does not report the outcome of that discussion which was to provide the public more information in the form of a reasoned explanation of the rationale why we cannot be more for thcoming Dave « File Surge in FOIA Requests pd » David J Sherman Associate Director for Policy and Records National Securi ty Agency --· Room 2A0858 969·2850 secure j - ·· co'ii'iinercial - - - - - Classifica t ion UNCLASSIFIED FOUO Classification UNCLASSIFIED fr OR OFFICIAL USE ONLY -- - - -- -- -- - Class i f i cat i on lll-JCLASSIFIED FOUO Classification UNCLASSIFIED fF OR OFFIGl i L USE ONLY 4 DOCID 4272127 From To 1 SA-O f'SA A·D A SA av Cc '' Subject Date Attachments U INFORMATION OM Y· Upd•t re Post NBC Foilow f p Thu1sdoy May 29 2014 2 09 05 FM Soor -de J US$1P 18 ge 1 ig Q Qd Classification UNCLASSIFJEDHFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY TO Admiral Rogers DDIR EXDIR cos ADS CI Ge LAO SID IAO M LTF NTOC NSOC oooc CLPO FAD NCSC TD U - F01 10 j I w anted to provide you with a quick update regarding the actions we've taken today An lnteragency decision was made to release the redacted email attached and the following press statement both of which will be posted t o IC ON THE RECORD and nsa gov shortly BEGIN STATEM ENT NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden t o 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 The e-mail will be released later today Fi-oproved for Release by NSA on 02-05-2016 FOi A Case # 7813 1 DOCID 4272127 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 relat ed to his claims ll#U U fF91 J9j We've provided responses to the following media outlets that have submitted queries thus far this afternoon ABC BNO News The Hill Huffington Post Mother Jones National Journal NBC Reuters U S News and World Report Washington Business Journal Washington Post and Wall Street Journal Thank you U FSi 101 Arlene Arlene U Grimes Chief NSA Media Leaks Public Affairs Office 285053 Personal 969-7505s PAO Office 969-7499s J Blackberry external email LI- ------ -' After -hours media queries j I _______________ ------- My dropbox for large files _ Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE O iLY TO Admiral Rogers DDIR EXDIR cos ADS CI I DOCI D 4272127 GC LAO SID IAD MLTF NTOC NSOC ODOC CLPO FAD NCSC TD U ff91 J9 I wanted to give you a quick perspective about actions following last night's NBC interview with Edward Snowden so that you and your leadership teams have information to share with your respective work force U ' 'F91 9l NSA was not made aware of this story by NBC until commercials began running late last week NSA personnel were engaged through the weekend with the ODNI and the National Security Council Staff to see what we could learn about the focus of the planned program We received a few fact-check inquiries from the network but they provided no discernible insight and requests by us for more information went unanswered The Inquiries seemed more about solidifying their story and given the lack of prior engagement with the government about the interview an interagency decision was made to not comment prior to last night's airing U F91 0l As the story aired and overnight there has been an active dialog between and amongst multiple agencies the National Security Council Staff and the ODNI Public Affairs This morning we will be focused on a detailed fact-check of the transcript and interagency engagement about possible follow-ups today Thus far related media inquiries have been light but we expect that may change later in the morning One area of current focus is whether or not to rebut Snowden's clalm which he has made before that he had expressed his concerns about NSA activity to officials on multiple occasions A question and answer set on that issue will be developed today and various stakeholders-particularly the Department of Justice-will be consulted to determine the downstream implications of any actions in this regard U f01 J8 We will endeavor to keep senior agency leadership informed on key developments Thank you U Jf0l J8 Arlene Arlene U Grimes Chief NSA Media l eaks Public Affairs Otfice 285053 r r---- - Personal 969-7505s PAO Office 969-7499s1L --- - - --'-- - - Blackberry external ema --- - - --- tb 3 P l 116-38 DOCID 4272127 After-hours media queries My dropbox for large files __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Classification UNCLASSIFIEDNFOR OFFICIAL lJSE O JLY Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID 4272127 Classification UNCLASS1FIED f6I 0FHEIAt l lSE 911L¥ ·-·--Original From Sent Monday April 08 2013 1 37 PM To Snowden Edward J NSA-FHV USA CTR Subject RE U Question for OGC re OVSC1800 Course Content - U FW Comments from the 02 General Counsel Email Us Form Classification UNCLASSIFIED 'FQR 9FFIEI t L l jS 9ULV Hello Ed Executive Orders E O s have the force and effect of law are correct t hat E O s cannot override a statute That said you In general DOD and ODNI regulations are afforded similar precedence though subject matter or date could result in one having precedence over another Please give me a call if you would like to discuss further - Regards Office of General Counsel 021 963-3121 NSTS 301 688 - 5015 Commercial OPS 28 288134 Suite 6250 --- - · 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 D2 Cc Snowden Edward J NSA- FHV USA CTR Subject Comments from the D2 General counsel Ema i l Us Form Classification lINCLASSIFIEO 'FBR 9FFIEIAb l J§ '2 ow Y SID ejsnowd fullname Ed Snowden Org FHV Affiliation Contractor Secure_Phone N A Message Hello I have a question regarding the mandatory ussro 18 training DOCID 427 212 7 The training states the following U The Hierarchy of Governing Authorities and Documents is displayed from the highest authority to the lowest authority as follows U S Constitution Federal Statutes Presidential Executive Orders EO Department of Defense DoD and Office of the Director of National Intelligence ODNI Regulations NSA CSS Directives and Policies USSIOs SID Management Directives and Policies Office Policies I'm not entirely certain but this does not seem correct as it seems to imply Executive Orders have the same precedence as law My understanding is that EOs may be superseded by federal statute but EOs may not override statute Am I incorrect in this Between EOs and laws which have precedence Similarly between DOD and ODNI regulations which has greater precedence Could you please clarify Thank you very much Ed Classification UNCLASSIFIED j QR oi i tcro L Pf F ON' y Classification UNCLASSIFIED 'F6t JB Classification UNCLAS5IFIEO ' f 8R 9FFIEL% u OW Y D O_C I D_ '--'4 2 7 214 8 I I From Sent -- · - _ • ••• - · b 3 -P L 86-36 •' 0 - -- -- -- 2 4 1 - To Cc Subject I've iust been added to t his t hread so I anoloeize if I am 2oin2 over old £ round Raj if you are looking for 100% assurance there isn 't possibly any correspond_ence t hat may have been overlooked I can't give you that If you asked me if I think we've _done responsible reasonable and thoughtful searches I would say yes and would put_ -·my name behind sharing t he e-mail as the only thing we've found that has any relationship to his allegation · Give Snowden's track record for truth telling we should be prepared -t hat he could produce falsified e-mails and claim he sent them The burden then fal H to us to prove he didn · t you know how t hat will end -· b 3 -P L 86 36 b S _ From ' - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Sent Saturda 2014 09 ss· AM Easte r 11· Standar Time To Cc O s e e below· · _ -_ __ -•· -- ····- SubJ e-c- t- -F w- -- N B 'c e-m-a- i l- - - - - - ' - - - - - - - -- · ·· -······ ··· -· _' ' 2 '·• b 3j-P L - •e -···· From De Rajesh Sent Saturday May 24 2014 09 40-·M · Eastern Standard Time To Cc - - - - - - - - - ' Subject Fw NBC email - _ _ - b 6 i-'-1 _ i b 3 · OGA OONl · I need very senior confirmation Kemp Moultri e O hat all i o'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 DNI ·Media@dni gov ····· 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' Dinext eowis Media@dni gov 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 ·tt r ftilh ·sp Jn1 Ir Jr hrn 1 ·' - qu st 1 T dn nil Hldn· - s lw r qi1 ·s1 1· -- p d1 d i ts - rn 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 ww v oc ni go · as well as on the IC on the Record website IContheRecord tumblr com Finally appeal rights are provided fnr r I i1 ·d n u tior1 U FOUOI l I Ci1Hh f U pnphill 6 3 14 r·kn IDJ41 966-4075 2 June 2014 - Juiw I b 3 -P L 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID 4294467 UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY FOIA Case 7812 lA b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 M R U FINAL RESPONSE NO RECORDS U fFOUOI The attached letter responds to Mr MAITHEW J WIECEK's FOIA request of 29 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 U For the purposes of this request and based on the information provided by the requester he has been placed in the all other fee category Since there are no documents responsive to this request no fees were assessed U ' T r I -'- '--'JI U I I r r T tr I '--'I I V UNCLASSIFIED POR OPPICIAL use ONLY bl 3 -P L 86-36 Fi pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 DOCID 4294467 UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY FO IA Case 7 812 1A b 3J-P L 86-36 b S u -- - I i'JV'- IJI u I I I I n T T ' - ' '- I' I U FOUO The requester is advised of his all other fee category and that there are no assessable fees for this request Appeal rights are provided along with our no records response I _______ IU FOUO jDJ41 966-4073 1 July 2014 b 3 -P L 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED 'FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DOCID 4294469 UNCLASSIFIED 'FOR OFFICIAL USE ONI l b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 FOIA Case 78115A M R U FINAL RESPONSE - PARTIAL DENIAL OF DOC AND FULL DENIAL OF REMAINING EMAILS U fFOUO The attached letter responds to Mr Evan Hill's FOIA request of 29 May 2014 for Copies of any and all emails or messages sent to or from the following National Security Agency e-mail address ejsnov d@nsa ic gov U Mr Hill who is affiliated with Al Jazeera America was granted expedited processing on 6 June 2014 We also advised him that he was considered a media requester and that there were no assessable fees for his request U f QU9ll U I - n n1 I _ _- b 3 -P L 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED POR OPFICIAL USE ONLY pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813' 1 DOCID 4294469 UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USB ONI l lb 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 FOIA Case 78115A U 1 r T r '-JV JJ I I U I I I IT 'r T 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 D9e tm1rRsrole fc e1e 21 is a body of knowledge upon which we can and have drawn some defendable conclusions lSh' tJB What we know about Edward Snowden's official and even unofficial en this a •re ate set of insi ht This insi ht includes ' I OUR INTEREST IN HIS ALLEGATIONS Ch'tff From his first public claims The Guardian 10 June 2013 that he engaged officials to express concerns we have sought to account for an ossible en a ements ur foe s re crystallized around the April to May 2014 timefram o counter Mr Snowden's assertion in a Vanity air mterv1ew n t at mterv1ew he is quote as saymg The NSA at this point not only knows I raised complaints but that there is evidence that I made my concerns known to the NSA 's lawyers because 1 did some of it through e-mail I directly challenge the NSA to deny that I contacted NSA 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 NSA Although we already had conducted a number of previous checks for responsive material in the interest of due diligence we issued in April 2014 a task for an e-mail search by NTOC OGC the Inspector General SID Oversight and Compliance and the Office of the Director of Compliance All of them responded saying that no additional contacts from Snowden had been uncovered UHFOUO One final note during the NBC interview with Brian Williams the following exchange transpired with respect to Snowden's claims b 3 -P L 86-36 WILLIAMS What did you report What was the response b S 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 bureaucratic 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 communications exist that I have called on congress to write a letter to the NSA to verify that they do Write to the office of general counsel and say did Mr Snowden ever communicate any concerns about the NS A's interpretation of its legal authorities The e 1 elihood we would have a credible reflection of an assertion made in one of his final acts in government is high but no examples have been found that rise to the level of his claims 3 b J -P L 86-36 b 7 A b 7 E DO I J'h110 - 4 - 4 - 9 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - U FOUO The information compiled in this document was done so with the support and assistance of the Media Leaks Task Force the General Counsel D2 and the Office of Counterintelligence Q3 UHFOUO Once again my apologies for not having provided this level of detail and context previously If you have further questions or concerns please don't hesitate to have your staff contact me b 3 -P L 86-36 b 7 A b 7 E s b 3 -P L 66-36 ____ --------I Media Leaks Task Force National Security Agency Central Security Service OPS 28 2B l6 1 BLACK _ -' Attachment A Redacted E-mail Publically Released After the 28 May 2014 NBC Interview From Sent Monday April 08 2013 1 37 PM To Snowden Edward J NSA-FHV USA CTR Subject RE U Question for OGC re OVSC1800 Course Content - U FW Comments from the D2 General Counsel Email Us Form Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Hello Ed Executive Orders E O s have the force and effect of law That said you are correct that E 0 s cannot override a statute In general DOD and ODNI regulations are afforded similar precedence though subject matter or date could result in one having precedence over another Please give me a call if you would like to discuss further Regards 4 DOCID 4294494 11111 Office of General Counsel D21 963-3121 NSTS 301 688-5015 Commercial OPS 28 268134 Suite 6250 -----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 D2 Cc Snowden Edward J NSA-FHV USA CTR Subject Comments from the D2 General Counsel Email Us Form Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE OP L1 SID ejsnowd fullname Ed Snowden Org FHV Affiliation Contractor Secure_Phone N A Message Hello I have a question regarding the mandatory USSID 18 training The training states the following U The Hierarchy of Governing Authorities and Documents is displayed from the highest authority to the lowest authority as follows U S Constitution Federal Statutes Presidential Executive Orders EO Department of Defense DoD and Office of the Director of National Intelligence ODNI Regulations NSA CSS Directives and Policies USSIDs SID Management Directives and Policies Office Policies I'm not entirely certain but this does not seem correct as it seems to imply Executive Orders have the same precedence as law My understanding is that EOs may be superseded by federal statute but EOs may not override statute Am I incorrect in this Between EOs and laws which have precedence Similarly between DOD and ODNI regulations which has greater precedence Could you please clarify 5 DOCID 4294494 Thank you very much Ed Classification UNCLAS5IFIED 7'F0R OFFICIAL USE ONLY Attachment B Agency All Message Soliciting Individuals to come forward with information • M 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_ __ KOL NSA V2 USA USAF Thursda A From Sent To Cc 1----- ' Wf' D USA CIV DL med1aleaks core ALIAS D ___ _ _ _ _ _ N SA V 2 U SA CIV NSA V USA CIV NSA·V USA CIV SA V USA CIV __ _ _ __ SA FHV USA CIV 1----- ------' SA V2 USA CIV I NSA V2 USA C Vj ___ __ NSA D USA CIV SA·D USA CIV _ _ _ _ ___ _ COL NSA·V2 USA USAF RE U ML TF 1549 · Vanity Fair Search of Correspondence Subject '4 · 1 • D _____ r ' I I b 3 -P L 86-36 _______ h ' · ·' j l· ' I 1 ' i 1 ' 1 ' di 1 J •· ' I I l'i i i ' ' l'--_ __ From Sent Thursda To· Cc SA-0 USA CIV A ril 10 2014 9 29 AM L NSA-V2 USA USAF· DL rnedialeaks core ALIAS _ _ _ ____ NSA-V2 USA CIV SA-V NSAr '· V U S A C IV __J NSA-V USA CIV SA-FHV USA CJV· A-V2 USA CIV NSA·V2 USA CIV A- USA CIV SA-D USA CIV ___ _ _ _____ I____ Subject RE U MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair Search of Correspondence D f pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 b 3 -P L 86-36 DOCID 4294509 i _ __ b 3 -P L 86-36 __ l 't i From COL NSA-V2 USA USAF Sent Wednesday April 09 2014 5 13 PM To DL med1aleaks core ALIAS D Cc NSA-V2 USA CIV ___ _ _- - ' - i t '------ 1NSA -V u - - _ ___ NSA-V USA CIV SA-FHV USA CIV· SA-V2 us A ac 1 v · - - - - - - - SA-V2 USA CIV NSA-0 USA CIV SA-D USA CIV OL NSA-V2 USA USAF Subject FW U MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair Search of Correspondence Importance High ' j ' • t ' 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 J FIDE TIAL OFOR d Arlene U FOUOl Thanks If we get any inquiries about that specific issue I assume we will use the same language we have previously used with Bart Gellman on that topic Ethan B LAO U FeUO Based on our conversation I am deferring entirely to LAO uny action format with respect to communicating with the Hill either proactively or in response to outreach from them I ask only that you please keep us in the loop in the event any of that engagement circles back in the form of media inquiries PleJse deal directly with OGC and Q31 if you need any version of the April 2013 e-mail exchange involving Snowden and an OGC attorney Regards 1---- ___ _ I '' b 3 -P L 86-36 Media Leaks Task Force National Secunty Agency-'Central Security Ser 1ce OPS 28 268090 JWICS UNCL '-·_ _ _ _ ___ I NSTS 969-501 j BLACK __ _ __ From Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV Sent Thursday April 10 2014 3 11 PM To SA-0 US _A _C I__ V_ _ _ Cc DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNlj NSA-Q CIV DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D De Rajesh NSA-D2 rl ' - ll 11 --- ___--1 SA-D2 USA CIVJ _ _INSA-DL USA CIV Ensor Leoine K NSA-Q USA CIV ____ _ _ _----iNSA-Q USA CIV NSA-D USA CIV j NSA-Q31 USA CIV _ __ -NSA-Q3 USA CIV Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV Subject U FINAL PAO REPLY RE U UPDATE U FORWARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP U FYSA Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Importance High _ Classification CONFIDENTIAL 40FOR pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 1 FOIA Case# 7813' l DOCID r-42 94833 LJ 1 1-'AU does not recommend releasing a statement in response to the Vanity Fair article We released a stz1ternent on 30 Oeceniber 2013 and we simply Hen't able to prnvide anything new or substantive at this time The good ne vs is that this article has not received any bounce and there have been no media queries today Thank you U l 'CUOJ Arlene Arlene IJ Grimes NSA Public Affairs Off ce Lead 285053 Perso11al 969- 7505s PAO Office 959 7499 __ ---- '---- Blackberry external email _ _ _ _ _ _ __ A ter-hours media queries nsapao G nsa qov b l -P L 86-36 r ____ _ My dropbox for large files From Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV Sent Thursday April 10 2014 11 25 AM To NSA-D U i 1 ----- Cc DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl NSA-0 USA CIV DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV· NSA-D2 USA CIV· SA-DL USA QV Ensor Leoine K NSA-Q USA CIV - - - - - - SA-Q USA CIV A-D USA CIV l SA-Q31 USA CIV ___ _ _ _ ___ NSA-Q3 USA CI auman an -DL USA av Subject 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 FIDENTIAU 4QfORN U c o r r e c t this statement would be for release in addition to the CN and only after the CN is released today If OGC and Security approve we will seek NSC and ODNI approval Thank you U FOUOJ Arlene Ar'lene IJ Gmnes NSA Public Affairs Office Lead 2B5053 Personal 969 7505s PAO Office 969 7499 _s i _ _ _ _ l b J -P L 86-36 l i Blackberry external email ___ _ _ _ _ After-hours media queries nsapao@nsa gov My dropbox for large files From NSA-D USA CIV Sent Thursday April 10 2014 11 12 AM To Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA r -CIV ------ Cc DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl SA-D USA CIV DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D De Rajesh NSA-02 USA av SA-D2 USA CIV· NSA-DL USA CIV Ensor Leoine K NSA-Q USA CIV _ _ _ _ _ _ NSA-Q USA CIV NSA-D USA CIV I NSA-Q31 USA CIV ___ _ _ _ __ NSA-Q3 USA CI auman t an -DL USA av Subject U REPLY U PAO REPLY U UPDATE U FORWARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP U FYSA Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article 2 DOCID 4294833 Class1f1cat1on COMl' UtttjTIAL NOFOR tj Arlene U FOUO Is it yout- recommendation thJt we do so in addition to the CN for the purposes of addressing u factuJi error published by Vanity Fair- Is so I'd like to see the CN go first so we provide the Hill the courtesy of awareness In the meantime you can run the necessilry trcips to cleilr langu ige f we're satisfied that the e-mail searches have come up empty handed Thanks I r I ' b 3 -P L 86-36 Media _eaks Task Force National Security Agency'Central Security Service OPS 28 268090 I J' VICS UNCL NSTS 9 '69 - 'so 1 1_ _ ___ BLACK I __ _ _ __ From Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV Sent Thursday April 10 2014 11 07 A M_ _ _ _ _ To Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV NSA-0 USA CIV Cc DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl SA-D USA CIV DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D De Rajesh NSA-02 USA CIV S NSA-DL USA CIV Ensor Leoine K NSA-Q USA CIV __ _ _ _--iNSA-Q USA CIV NSA-0 USA CIV NSA-Q31 USA CIV __ --- -- -- NSA-Q3 USA CIV Subject U PAO REPLY U UPDATE U FORWARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP U FYSA Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Importance High Classification C O J FIDE J TIA L J OF OR J U for your reference there was a previous NSA statement released on 30 December 2013 in response to a query from Bart Gellman 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 Uh'FOUO Does OGG and Security want PAO to release an updated statement today Here is a proposed draft for internal review The Vanity Fair article 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 Thank you UitfOUOi-- Ar ene Adene U Grimes NSA Public Affairs Office Lead 285053 b J -P L 86-36 I_ __ Persorial 969- 7505s 11 _______ PAO OH1ce 9697499s 1 ____ 3 b 3 -P L 86-36 DOCID 4294_83_3___ -- Biac berr re rlcli t rnd i I _____ _ ____ nsaoac cvnsa qoJ After-hours medin _________________ My dropbox for large files __ ___ From Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA av Sent Thursday April 10 2014 10 26 AM To NSA-D USA av· Grimes Arlene u NSA-DN USA av Cc DL PAOM ALIAS DN1 NSA-D USA CIV DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D De Rajesh NSA-D2 g i w __-- _ _ --- NS SA-DL USA CIV Ensor Leoine K NSA-Q USA CIV 1------__ NSA-Q USA CIV NSA-D USA CIV lNSA-Q31 USA CIV ___ _ _ __ NSA-Q3 USA CI Subject RE U UPDATE U FORWARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP U FYSA Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Classification CO FIDE IAL l OF OR Understand however that anything we provide to Congress which will be unclassified will immediJtely be leaked to the media I'm not sure where thJt le ives the DOJ position but that's the reality here From NSA-D USA av Sent Thursday April 10 2014 10 22 AM To Grimes Arlene u NSA-DN USA av Cc DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl USA av Leoine K NSA-Q U NSA-Q31 USA CIV Subject U UPD ------- NSA-D USA CIV DL medialeaks core ALIAS D De Rajesh NSA-D2 Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV JNSA-DL USA CIV Ensor NSA-Q USA CIV l NSA-D USA CIV SA-Q3 USA CIV FOR FOLLOW-UP U FYSA Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Bauman I Classification CO JFIDE JTIALH OFOR TO b 3 -P L 86-36 ML PAO Arlene U FOUO It is my understanding that DoJ prefers that any information refuting Snowden's assertions i e the April 2013 e·rnail not be released so if we are going to pursue a public response we will need sorne help to re-engage DoJ do not believe this should in c Jnyway preclude a Congressional notification once we've achieved the right level of confidence about any actual correspondence r -- 1e d-1a ' L-ea ks ' 'T ' 'a ' 'sx ' ' F 'o-rc · e National Security Agency 'Central Security Service OPS 28 2B8090 b 3 -P L 86-36 I I ______ JWICS UNCL NSTS c R f' i-$ 11 Jj_ _ _ __ BLACK l From Sent Thursday April 1NSA-D USA CIV 10 2014 7 43 AM To Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN US A_CI __ V_ _ ___ Cc DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl NSA-D USA CIV DL medialeaks core ALIAS D De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA av SA-D2 USA CIV Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV j rsA-DL USA OV Ensor 4 DOCID 4294 83 3-- ovd crv j crvd Leoinei K i- JSA-Q USA NSA-Q USA 'NSA-D USA NSA-Q31 USA CIV NSA-Q3 USA CIV ___ _ ___ Subject U FORWARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP U FYSA Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Importance High Classification GO JFIDENTIAU OFORt TO ML PAO b 3 -P L 86-36 Arlene Good Morning O's BeiJt Yanks Again · U l CUO TiJking into account the Director's expectations below what we now know about the final article and the update I provided Jst night t1ttached pleuse huddle with your team and the relevant stakeholders this morning t1nd provide your recommendt1tion for the best way forward I think one of the key issues in any response will be the degree of certJinty we express on the specific issue of outreach by Snowden to express concerns Plet1se tJp any JssistJnce you need to accomplish this task and l e O o r I know how we can help ThJD '' 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 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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 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response to #6 - Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns Subject Classification UNCLASSIFIED '01 10 ---- ---------------- ----------------------- These are good responses j Deputy General Counsel Litigation and Management NSA Office of General Counsel 963-5548 secure · b 3 P L 86-36 unclassified ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OGC approval ____ _ __ NsA-D23 USA c1v p li l l L 1 M 1 1 au s 29 2014 1 29 PM 1o------- A-D28 USA CIV _ _ _ _ __ sA-023 usA crvj sA-02s usA CIV sA-D23 usA crv SA-D28 USA CIV __ __ Subject U UPDATED VERSION 2014_05_29 - ACTION SEEKING INPUT on strategy about specifics- PROPOSED response to #6 - Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns I Classification UNCLASSIFIEDHFOR OFFICIAL USE O LY This is updated withOcomments-this version is timed at 1325 « File OGC Comments Email Q and A 1325 DOCX » Just FYSA---1 suspect you already had this conversation or know this---after speaking withr-lt does not appear the Agency would protect the content of this message in response to the pending FOIA reque'rr --1 Thanks all pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 DOCID 4294890 b 3 -P L 86-36 ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OGC approval From lNSA-D23 USA CIV Sent Thursday May 29 2014 12 53 PM To SA-028 USA CIV Cc NSA-D23 USA CIV l NSA-D28 USA CIV rsA-023 USA CIV Subject U 2014_05_29 - ACTION SEEKING INPUT on strategy about specifics- PROPOSED response to #6 Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY OGC Answer due by 1400You can see in here that after working with MLTF---they have asked us to fashion a proposed response to 3 of the questions Obviously we will still review all the Q and A before it goes final I have put together a response in here Obviously we could stick with just whatOproposed and has been sent to the WH just a few moments ago for the 1230 Briefing My draft is more 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you can see thaJ have also received this Thanks b 3 -P L 86-36 ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OGC approval A CIV Senf' Ib ur a v May 29 NsA-S3M2 usA c1v 2014 11 25 AM NSA-Q USA CIV DL d_ig_tasker ALIAS D DL ODOC_Medialeaks ALIAS r D41 ______ 0231 Cc DL OGC_Medialeaks ALIAS NSA-D23 USA CIV DL ssct ALIAS 51 DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl DL Q_REGISTRY NSA-Q31 USA CIV Subject U ACTION Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns Importance High text below is duplicated in DOCID 4249209 300 D 4294890 @0019 4294890 pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4294751 I 6sA-DJ09 usA CTR ___ _ _ __ NSA-Q31 USA CIV Friday May 23 2014 11 01 AM -------DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl From I_______ Sent To Ensor Leoine K NSA Q___ US_A_C_IV_ l_ _ _ I NsA r r------ _ NSA-Q3 USA CIV SA-Q USA CIV __________ NSA-Q3 USA CIV Cc I f USA er U NBC Story - Email with OGC Subject Classification C0 4FIDE JTIALN OFOR All Given the NBC story and recycled claim that Snowden contacted NSA OGC to raise concerns I wanted to remind everyone that we went rrough n exhaustive exercise for the Vanity Fair article in Ap1 ·il 1 vhich resulted in the below note from · •' b 3 -P L 86-36 FromJ INsA-D USA av Sent 'Tuesday April 08 2014 3 35 PM To Rogers Michael S NSA-D USA USN Led9ett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV Fleisch Frances J N A-D USA OV De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV jNSA-D2 USA CIV Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV L SA-DL USAaV Cc NSA-Q3 USA av Ensor Leoine K NSA-Q USA CIV SA av NSA-Q3 USA av DL medialeaks core ALIAS D DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl · SA-D USA CIV NSA-D2 USA CIVl IN -D21 USA CIV USA a_v _____ 1------- ' A-Q31 USA qy·_ NS NSA-D USA CIV· _________ -- rv NSA-D usA av NSA-D usA av USA a SA-D USA CIV Bauman Ethan L NSA-D SA-0 _L_ U I V - I I I Subject U FYSA Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Text below du licated in DOCID 4272116 mm75'i Eggq751 DOCID 4294752 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NSA-1 USA CN From Sent Wednesday April 09 2014 5 26 PM Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV To Cc DL PAOMetjja ALIAS DNl Subject QL medialeaks_c ore ALIAS D I INSAJNSA-D USA CIV ------ U ACTION Way Forward for Vanity Fair Article Follow Up Flag Flag Status Follow up Flagged D USA CIV I b 3 -P L 86-36 Classification UNCLASSIFIED fFOR OFFICIAL USE Of LY Arlene Uf FOUO Presuming the following conditions are met We get word from the organizations asked to revisit their e-mail for any evidence of the outreach claimed by Edward Snowden in the Vanity Fair teaser AND no additional information has surfaced MLTF Core on the hook to verify this for you AND We have affirmed from hhat DoJ doesn't have any hold on the one exchange we have of Snowden asking a generic authorities question of OGC in April 2013 Please engag copied to coordinate an outreach to Vanity Fair indicating that our efforts to substantiate Mr Snowden's claim in this regard has produced one barely relevant e-mail and we intend to challenge the veracity of that point if if is published in the final article and point out that we brought it to the attention of Vanity Fair U IFOUO Let me know if you have any questions concerns Regab I r Media Leaks I ask Force National Security Agency Central Security Service OPS 28 288090 JWICS -j UNCL NSTS 9' 59 _5 n 11--- BLACK -----w- I I ____ b 3 OGA b 3 -P L 86-36 Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE Ot LY F pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 1 FOIA Case# 7813 1 ODNI DOCID 4294906 I NSA-Q31 USA CIV Tuesday March 18 2014 9 40 AM I FW U Snowden Claims I From Sent To Subject b 1 b 3 -P L 86-36 Classification SECRET __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ Both of the answers are captured in the below The direct quote that addresses both of these points is all the way at the bottom Let me know if you need anything else · b 3 -P L 86-36 _ Ii_ d ' l From NSA-02 USA av Sent Tuesday March 11 2014 1 26 PM To Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA av· Alexander Keith B GEN NSA-0 Cc Ensor Leoine K NSA-Q USA CIV NSA-Q3 USA av p lJSA CIV' DL dd lr_sta ALI D DIR _NSA-028 USA CIV Subject RE U Snowden Claims I u s__A U' 'S 'A · _ _ _ ___ NSA-Q31 USA CIV NSA-Q USA CIV SA- LUSA I A CIV Fleisch Frances IV l NSAAFF De Rajesh NSA-02 USA av SA-02 OsKdV · - aVJ I Classification SECRET --------- I b 1 b 3 -P L 86-36 Sir The Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998 and Presidential Policy Directive PPD-19 provide a mechanism for both employees and contractors to report alleged wrongdoing Whistleblowers can report matters of urgent concern to the NSA IG and DoD IG Whistlebiowers to include contractors can report matters of urgent concern to the intelligence committees after notifying the NSA IG or DoD IG of the intent to do so and obtaining direction from the IG on how to contact the Intelligence Committees The Whistleblower statute provides an avenue to report concerns related to classified matters without improperly disclosing classified inforrn ition D pproved for Release b 3 -P L 86-36 by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813n DOCID 4294906 Pnnc1pai Ueputy lJenerai Lounsel b 3 -P L 86-36 Office of General Counsel OPSB2B Room 288140 ________ 963-5548 s From Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV Sent Tuesday March 11 2014 12 58 PM To Alexander Keith B GEN NSA-D U SA-Q31 U SA C I V_ _ __ Cc Ensor Leoine K NSA- USA av SA-Q USA CIV l SA-Q3 USA av NSA-Q31 USA av Fleisch Frai n-c-es- J- - N-S A - D-__ -u s A c 1v · __ J D USA CIV DL ddir_staff ALIAS S D DIR STAFF De Rajesh NSA-02 USA CIV Subject RE U Snowden Claims '---------' I b 1 Classification SECRET it _ _ _ _ _ _ _____ b 3 -P L 86-36 Sir It's not the recentlv enacted Whistleblower Protection Act but there are previous laws that protect contractors Cc ing RaJ and who c n pmvide that info vIr b 3 -P L 86-36 Rick Rick Ledgett Deputy Director From Alexander Keith 8 GEN NSA-D USA USA Sent Tuesday March 11 2014 11 41 AM _ _ _ _ __ To Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV· SA-Q31 USA CIV sor Leoinel K NSAA v NSA-Q USA CIV NSA-03 USA av NSA-Q3 USA av N A- 1 U A CIV Fleisch Frances J NSA-D USA CIV ACIV DL ddir_staff ALIAS S D DIR STAFF Subject RE U Snowden Claims O 9s I b 1 Classification 3ECRET 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ b 3 -P L 86-36 Rick I believe there is also a Whistleblower methodoiogy for contractors Do we h ive that Thanks GEN A From Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA av Sent Tuesday March 11 2014 11 28 AM To NSA-Q31 USA CI_v_ _ _ __ s o r Leoine K NSA- USA av SA-Q USA CIV NSA-Q3 USA av l__JNSA-Q3 USA CIV· NSA-Q31 USA CIV Alexander Keith B GEN NSA-0 USA USA Fleisch Frances J NSA-0 USA av N A-D USA av DL ddir _staff ALIAS S D DIR STAFF Subject RE U Snowden Claims I I I _ __ b 1 b 3 -P L 86-36 ----------' Classification 3ECRET f Excellent - thanks 1 2 b 3 -P L 86-36 DOCID 4294906 V f Rick b 3 -P L 86-36 Rick Ledgett Deputy Director From 1NSA-Q31 USA av Sent Tuesday March 1l 2014 11 27 AM To Ledgett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA --------- Cc Ensor Leoine K NSA- USA OV NSA-Q3 USA CIV Subject U Snowden aims NSA-Q USA CIV NSA-Q3 USA OV A CIV __ _ _ __ D b 1 Classification SECRET - - - - - - - - - b 3 -P L 86-36 Rick U fFOUO As requested we ADS CI and FBI have conducted extensive research into the belovv statement which Snowden has invoked on multiple occasions This included a review of all interviews and case material to include all paperwork and interviews collected conducted with contractors Dell and Booz Allen Hamilton I had reported these clearly problematic programs to more than ten distinct officials none of whom took any action to address them As an employee of a private company rather than a direct employee of the US government I was not protected by US whist eblower laws and I would not have been protected from retaliation and legal sanction for revealing classified information about lawbreaking in accordance with the recommended process REL Our findings are that we have found lQ evidence in the interviews email or chats reviewed that support his claims Some coworkers reported discussing the Constitution with Snowden specifically his interpretation of the Constitution as black and white and others reported discussing general privacy issues as it relates to the Internet Not one mentioned that Snowden mentioned a specific NSA program that he had a problem with Actually many of the people interviewed affirmed that he never complained about any NSA program We also did not have any reflection that he asked anyone how he should could report perceived wrongdoing U FOUO Please let me know if you have any additional questions Thanks b 3 -P L 86-36 Gleggified By I ____ Derived F1c111 P SfodCSSM 1-52 3 DOCID 4294906 Dated 20070108 Declassify On 2039030 l Classification SECRET '------------Cla sificd By l Derhtcd FroR i JS GS5 A 1-52 Dated 20070108 Declassify On 20'390301 Classification 51 Ct tET _ _ _ _ _ _____ Cle sified By _ _ ___ De1 ived F10111 SA CSSM 1-Sz Deted 20070108 Decle sify On 20390301 Classification gECRE __ _ _ _ _ _ ___ b 1 b 3 -P l 86-36 b 3 -P L 86-36 4 DOCID 4294814 INSA-028 USA CIV ___ _ ____ NSA-028 USA CIV From Sent Tuesday March 10 2015 4 27 PM _ _ _ _ _NSA-028 USA CIV To Subject FW U REPLY APPROVED RESPONSE U OGC draft answers Importance High Classification UNCLASSIFIEDNFOR OFFICIAL USE Ot JL'r' 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 From NSA-D USA CIV Sent Thursday M 29 2014 12 16 PM To· NSA-D28 USA CIV Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl isA-D28 USA CIV Sherman David J Dr NSA-DJ USA CIV l NSA-D23 USA CIV DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D Subject U REPLY APPROVED RESPONSE U OGC draft answers Importance High cd Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY TO Ml PAO Please push these responses to the WH for the 12 30 event OGC has chopped b 3 -P L 86-36 Media Leaks Task Force National Security Agency Central Security Sefllice OPS 28 298090 JWICS UNCL _ _ _ _ _ ____ I NSTS 969-5011 BLACK I _____ From NSA-D USA CIV Sent Thursday May 29 2014 11 55 AM To NSA-D28 USA CIV Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl NSA-D28 USA CIV Sherman David J Dr NSA-DJ USA CIV rsA-D23 USA CIV Subject U REPLY U OGC draft answers Cc pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case # 7813 DOCID 4294814 Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY b 3 -P L 86-36 U FOUO I think we need to be more explicit as relates to Snowden's comments and the specific WH questions 1 Did Snowden raise concerns with NSA as he said he did We have 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 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 2 How do you plan to respond to the FOIA request We received the request from NBC this week and are following normal procedures for processing the request _ --- -- - -I Media Leaks Task Force National Security Agency Central Security Service OPS 2B 288090 JWICS UNCL NSTS 9 6 9- 50 1 1 --' b 3 -P L 86-36 I BLACK From INSA-D28 USA av Sent Thursday May 29 2014 11 41 AM To Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl _l_ _ _ _ __ l N SA__- D__U'-'S 'ACIV SA-D28 USA CIV Sherman David J Dr NSA-DJ USA CIV SA-D23 USA CIV Subject U OGC draft answers Importance High Cc Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOUO 1 There are numerous avenues that Mr Snowden could have used to raise whistleblower allegations We have searched those avenues and have not surfaced any complaints with those offices 2 With respect to the FOIA we will process this in accordance with our normal procedures and have only surfaced one email communication between Mr Snowden and OGC On item 2 since OGC has already performed a search which was as extensive as one would have been done under FOIA no new search would be required by our office One document was identified and that document was redacted and provided directly to Dave Sherman earlier in the week Deputy General Counsel Litigation and Management NSA Office of General Counsel 963-5548 secure unclassified b 3 -P L 86-36 2 DOCID 4294814 ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OGC approval Classification UNCLASSIFIED POUO Classification UNCLASSIFIEDh'FOR OFFICIAL USE O LY Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE OrcJtY Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 3 pproved for Release by NSA on 4-27-2016 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4294815 I I b 3 -P L 86-36 Rogers Michael S ADM From Sent To Cc u 11 1 w 11 1 11 gJ1 w -4-014 5 49 PM Subject PAQMeciia· I ecioett Bi ard H Fleisch Frances J Stone JDL MLTF _core Bauman Ethan Re FOLLOW-UP PER YOUR REQUEST Transcript I Corin R De Rajesh Sherm an- - - Coriy alOAs we discussed as long as we don't endanger any follow- Jn legal action we should be proactive and transparent with the public SEN Feinstein adding her thoughts would also be of value to the public I believe r MSH b 3 -P L 86-36 I Frotn Sent Thursday May 29 2014 12 11 PM To ih Cc Richard H Fleisch Frances J Stone Corin R De Rajesh Ethan Sherman David J Subject FOLLOW-UP PER YOUR REQUEST Transcript Below DL PAOMedia Ledgett L MLTF_core Bauman text IS exactly duplicated at 1 11 PM 111 DOCID 4272118 m 4294 315 DOCID 4294817 From I Sent Thursday May 29 2014 8·23 AM To Subject FW REPLY Follow-Up 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 Sent Thursday May 29 2014 8 08 AM To De Ra esh I Cc I SubJect I R I PLY Follow-Up Raj We searched what we have but as you know that is an imperfect data set in some cases recollected in retrospect The search for e-mail within the OGC was undertaken by individual OGC employees of their personal holdings D -----Original Message----From De Rajesh Sent Thursday May 29 2014 7 19 AM To I Cc - b 3 -P L 86-36 I SubJect Re Follow-Up c JI'm open to any suggestions you might have I was told that the I I and mltf teams did searches as with Is that not the case Adding I I who was tracking this I also think this should be framed as everything we've b e e n find If you are still against releasing because of concern about risk please also weigh in with leadership and interagency ------Original Message-----From I I To Rajesh De Subject Follow-Up Sent May 29 2014 7 14 AM b 3 -P L 86-36 Raj Given your engagement last night on this topic the fact that the protagonist specifically pointed to e-mail's sent to the OGC and your expectations expressed in the note below I would encourage you to work with your staff to give yourself confidence that requests of your folks to check for records are were sufficiently robust to underpin your personal level of confidence I am not in any way suggesting that people did not take the requests seriously-they did but they did so under time pressure 1 pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813j1 DOCID 4294817 Mcr c r r k c that as a career intel professional asking 5 talented people to research a topic can lead to 5 different methodologies and 5 different results Very respectfu From De Rajesh Sent Saturday May 24 2014 09 40 AM Eastern Standard Time - - I Subject Fw NBC email I need very senior confirmation Kemp Moultrie that all possible steps have been taken to ensure there are no other emails from S to OGC b 3 -P L 86-36 2 DOCID 4294818 I Thursday May 29 I2014 12 26 PM From Sent To DL Cc PAOMedia Ledaett Richard H Fleisch Frances J Stone Corin R De Rajesh I Subject PL MLTF_core FOLLOW-UP PER YOUR REQUEST Transcript Sir Reference the reqtJest from the White Hollse we just provided the following _ _ __ b 3 -P L 86-36 --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 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 --How do you plan to respond to the FOIA request We received the request from request NBC and are following normal procedures for processing the NOTHING FOLLOWS b 3 -P L 86-36 _______ From Sent Thursday May 29 2014 11 39 AM To Ro ers Michael S ADM C c L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 r - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' f L PAOMedia Ledgett Richard H Fleisch Frances J Stone Corin R De Rajesh DL MLTF_core Subject PER YOUR REQUEST Transcript Sir As requested below is a transcript of the NBC program we obtained from the White House in support of attribution work Since it was not acquired for a fee we're meant to limit our use I believe it was generated off a CLOSED CAPTIONING system so there are a few text garbles In response to a request we received 30 minutes ago Media Leaks Public Affairs and OGC are at this time preparing information for the White House press office in support of the daily press engagement by Jay Carney at 12 30 EST Specifically answers to two question --Did Snowden raise concerns with NSA as he said he did --How do you plan to respond to the FOIA request The FOIA request reference is highlighted in the transcript below We do not know if the White House plans to present this information proactively or have it in reserve if they receive a specific question We will make certain you receive what is sent to the White House Please advise if you have any questions concerns Respectfully F pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 1 FOIA Case # 7813 DOCID 4294818 I b 3 -P L 86-36 I BEGIN TRANSCRIPT 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 came 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 camera 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 that 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 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 2 DOCID 4294818 ' N LL l S pecp e 3re gc - tc 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 soi could give them mothing WILLIAMS you say you're not carrying around any ofthe 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 11 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 really describe what he did for a living VIDEO BEGINS WILLIAMS how do you define yourself are you -- were you trained 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 undercover 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 what did 9 11 mean to you 3 DOCID 4294818 SNO NDEN h vc r cvcr tc d r ybody 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 way 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 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 4 DOCID 4294818 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 in 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 then change it it's this extraordinary intrusion not just into your communications your finished messages but your actual 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 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 5 DOCID 4294818 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 individuals 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 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 communications exist that i have called on congress to write a letter to the nsa to verify that they do write to the office of general counsel and say did mr snowden ever communicate any concerns about the nsa's interpretation of its legal authorities 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 COMMERCIAL BREAK 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 6 DOCID 4294818 WILLIAIVi what didn't you grab was there a threshold SNOWDEN right i didn't want to take information that would basically be 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 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 was 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 documents 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 7 DOCID 4294818 V' 'iLL J ' S tc ye l r c · - cdgc 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 public importance 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 alt 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 advising 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 else it doesn't hurt anybody else if you are volunteering yourself to be used as a negative example 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 government's lawyers but negotiations have t begun 8 DOCID 4294818 a c y0 00kiiig fo cicmciiCY 0 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 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 constantly 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 9 DOCID 4294818 1 111 I I 11 a ar_ L - - · · -- l YV ll l ll-'IIVJ I IUVV 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 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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 J iXJ 1 - I ______ From NSA-S3M2 USA av Se · o ---- - TT -- 2014 11 25 AM To SA-Q USA CIV DL d_ig_tasker ALIAS D DL ODOC_Medialeaks ALIAS D4 _ _ _ _ _ __ NSA-T USA av Cc DL OGC_Medialeaks ALIAS D23 SA-023 USA OV DL ssct ALIAS 51 DL PAOMedia ALIAS DN1 DL Q_REGISTRY NSA-Q31 USA av Subject U ACTION Snowden's 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---------------------Please see small chJnges below This is a consolidated OGC response b 5 b 3 -P L 86-36 Deputy General Counsel Litigation and Management NSA Office of General Counsel b 3 -P L 86-36 963-5548 fser-ure ___ _ _ __ unclassified ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT AHORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OGC approval From I NSA-D2 USA CIV Sent Friday May 30 2014 2 51 PM pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 D qin IO b 3 -P L 86-36 42 - -A av N 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 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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 JFIDE JTIALH JOFOR J b 3 -P L 86·36 We'll get it reviewed for you if you like From Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV Sent Thursday April 10 2014 11 25 AM To Cc DL P NSA-D U - ir ----- Nl SA-D USA CIV DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D De Rajesh NSA-D2 1Q w xJ ----- _ ___iNS NSA-DL USA CIV Ensor Leoine K NSA-Q USA CIV _ SA-Q USA CIV SA-D USA CIVJ NSA-Q31 USA CIV __ _ _ _ __ NSA-Q3 USA OV Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV Subject U FOLLOW UP RE U REPLY U PAO REPLY PDATE F RWARDED F RF LL W- P FY A Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article Below text du licated in DOCID 4294833 ______ ELJijl-u DQQEE 3 2 4 4902 neg 9% $0131 9 4 2 9 4 962 DOCID 4294904 4 pproved for Release by NSA on 4-27-2016 FOIA Case# 78137 INSA-D28 USA CIV I From Sent To I Cc I Subject SA-D23 USA CIV Thursday May 29 2014 4 08 PM NSA-S3M2 usA NSA-D14 USA CIV CIV crv l_____ NsA- D4_u s__ A__c__ rv NSA-Q USA CIV I _____________________ SA-D USA ____ NSA-D usA c_rv -'NSA-D USA CIV DL ODOC_Medialeaks ALIAS D4 fJsA-E92 USA CIV DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D DL ssct ALIAS Sl U 2014_05_29 OGC to MlTF No changes- U SECONDS -- FW U Your question on Snowden and Authorities Classification TOP SECRET 81 l JOFORN b J -P L 86-36 D I concur-there are obviously lots of contacts Snowden had with folks in various organizations of NSA while he was in access So long as the Q and A remain fashioned about correspondence regarding his concerns ---i e reporting of violations questions of lawfulness etc then it seems like the planned approach will still be accurate The additional interactions noted below do not change OGC inputs to #6-8 U feU0 --------------------------- 1 b 3 -P L 86-36 I Deputy Associate GC Administrative Law and Ethics NBP1 Rm 3A-67 Phone--1STS· 99 -3930 ou e I I ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OGC approval Best DOCIB 42 94904 mm 2 9 4 E5 i3 DOCID 42 94 904 pproved for Release by SA on 04-27-2016 FOIA ase # 78137 DOCID 4294905 iNSA-028 USA CIV From ___ _ __ SA-Q311 USA CIV Sent I Ib1 csdav Mav To 9 2014 3 13 PM t'JSA-D23 USA CIV RE U SECONDS ' -- FW U Your question on Snowden and Authorities Subject Classification TOP SECRET SIH JOFORf 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 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questions about it Office of the Inspector General No documents Office of General Counsel 7 documents 5 emails were wit regarding the ability to open certain documents Strictly a technical trouble shooting email thread 1 email about FAA for 9 August 2012 regarding a document that was TS SI 1 email generated through the OGC web form about questions for OGC On 5 April 2013 Snowden asked about a slide in the USSID 18 training program OVSC1800 that listed United States legal authorities Constitution at the top office policies at the bottom Snowden argued that Federal statutes should not be on the same level as i e equivalent to Executive Orders Snowden also asked which has greater precedence ODNI or DOD regulations also listed on the same line On 8 April 2013J esponded that E 0 s have the force and effect of laws but cannot override federal statute DOD ODNI conflicts would be settled by date of issuance and subject matter It should be noted this is four months after contacting Glenn Greenwald according to Greenwald and three months after contacting Laura Poitras according to Poitras and Greenwald So this email is not evidence that he tried to raise concerns about NSA procedures through official channels before turning to the media b 3 -P L 86-36 pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 b 1 DOCID 4294909 b J -P L 86-36 SID Oversight and Compliance 19 documents 17 emails dealt with the trouble ticket regarding opening certain documents the 5 emails involving OGC 1 email about FAA for 9 August 2012 regarding thel Jdocument same thread as the one involving OGC 1 email about 5 April 2013 the OGC web form submission OGC contacted SV to get their input Security 31 documents Mostly blast emails from o the HSOC_AII alias to which he belonged 1 thread about his partner being invited to the 6th annual pole-dancing competition in China _ _ _ __ replied and counseled against them goinij ' __ or_s_e_nd_i_ ng _a_n_ y_m_o_n__e y _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - irf N 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IFOR OFFICIAL USE O LY I ___ gave me a heads up on this tasking U tFOUO Below are my suggested Q input to the questions Respectfully b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 I pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 DOCID 4294915 S __ _ _ __ kFE CISSP b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 Q311 Counterintelligence Investigations - ____ Assigned to Q3 FANX 2 Room A2A048 Suite 6832 Office 968-3373 s Frcim1 _____ rsA-D23 b b 3 -P L 86-36 USA QV 2 DOCID 4294915 Ji Tnursdo ' c f J 6 b 3 -P L 86-36 cct A-D23 USA CIV Subject U 2014_05_29 - ACTION Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns Importance H i g h s -e- lo_w_t_e-xt_d u_p__l i-ca_t_e d i-n ' 'o o -c I0 4--2--94-8--9 -o -a 42 94315 UGCID E293915 DOCID 4294915 From Sent To Cc Subject ejsnowd@nsa ic gov Friday April 05 2013 4 11 PM DL gc_web ALIAS D2 Snowden Edward J NSA-FHV USA CTR Comments from the D2 General Counsel Email Us Form rr ext below is duolicated in DOCI D 42289261 DOCID 4294915 From Sent To Cc Subject ___ _ _ _ SA-D2 USA CIV Friday April 05 2013 4 34 PM DL SV_Training ALIAS SV2 Snowden Edward J NSA-FHV USA CTR U FW Comments from the D2 General Counsel Email Us Form b 3 -P L 86-36 Below text duplicated in DOCID 4228926 amt-5m 4294915 DOCID 4294915 From __ _ _ ____ NSA-D21 USA CIV Sent To Cc Monday April 08 2013 1 37 PM Snowden Edward J NSA-FHV USA CTR NsA-sv2 USA c1vJ ------ jNsA-sv21 LJNsA-021 usA CJV NSA- 02 usA CJVI L b 3 -P l 86-36 usA cw 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 s e lo-w-te_x_t_d u-pl ic-a-te_d _i n D O C-----10--42--2 8__9___2_6 E35512 4294-915 DOCID 4294915 From Sent To Cc Subject I b 3 -P L 86-36 I2014 Thursday May 29 I 7 57 AM FW REPLY DNI and WH Status Below text duplicated in DOCID 4294513 DOETE 4294515 ngl I13001133 4294915 magma #294915 DOCID 4294502 b 3 -P l 86 36 Brooks Elizabeth R NSA- DC USA CIV From Sent To Cc Subject importance ' I ' __ _ ___ NSA-SV USA CIV Tuesday June 03 2014 9 18 AM Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA CIV Ensor Leoinel K NSA-0 USA CIVI· Delong John M NSA- D4 USA CIV Delong John M NSA -D4 USA CI _NSA-D USA CJV Shea Teresa H NSA-S U A IV· M ultrie Ronald S NSA-S USA CIV DL s_exec ALIAS S SA-SV USA CIV FW U Snowden question or re OVSC1800 Cou rse Content High Classification SECRETHt OFORt b 3 -P L 86-36 Liz sv had three interactions related to Snowden U FOUO The email exchange regarding hierarchy of authorities actually came into OGC initially and theoffice manager there forwarded it to the SV training team It apP ears to be from a link he clicked on from the OGC web page Our training person said that while she knew the answer she thought it would more appropriate coming from OGC as it involved legal authorities and sent it back to OGC for response SV did not directly engage with Snowden in this instance See below for email I sent to Kemp last June before standup of media leaks task force I will forward a second email trail separately that provides Ms summary of this situation and the next one • I • U FOUO While TOY to NSAW Snowden made an in person visit to Ms ___ ___ to discuss OVSC 1203 the FAA 702 online training course Hewas agitated and said he had failed the course aod camnlained that the questions were difficult and included trick questions Ms lprovided our standard response that the test is open book and all the questions can be answered from the material • U tFOUOr--The only other exchange with Snowden was in his official capacity as a system administrator second attachment NSA H had forwarded some evaluated minimized FAA 702 traffic to SV for a standing DOJ 60 - day review SV was unable to open the file and a help ticket was put in to solve the problem Snowden responded to the ticket Will send email separately as is also encrypted U FOUO b 3 -P L 86-36 Chief SID Oversight and Compliance SV pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 Secure 966 - 2479 b 3 ·P L 86·36 Unc l assified __ --- - -Original Message----From I NSA -SV USA CIV Sent Monday June 10 2013 10 02 AM To Ensor Leoine K NSA- Q USA CIV Cc Shea Teresa H NSA- S USA CIV Moultr ie Rona l d s NSA-S USA Civ l ---'MG NSA- S USA USA DL s exec ALIAS s NSA-SV USA civ l -' NSA-F6 USA CIV I _ INSA- S1N USA CIV l NSA-S203A USA CIV Subject U Snowden quest i on for OGC re OVSC1800 Cou r se Content Importance High Classification SECRET NOFORN Kemp Here ' s another data point on the Snowden situation If you have a POC you'd prefer I send t hese to pl ease l et me know Thanks U FOUO b 3 ·P L 86-36 Chief SID Oversight and Compliance SV Room 3W160 Suite 6476 Secur e 966-2479 Unclassified ' --- - -Original Message --- -2 Sent Monday June 10 2013 9 17 AM To __ NSA-SV21 USA CIV Cc SA- SV21 USA CIV Subject FW U Question f or OGC re OVSC1800 Course Content - U FW Comments from t he 02 General Counsel Email Us Form 3 of 4 emails Importance Hi gh Classification UNCLASSIF IE D FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY U OGC Attorney r esponse to Mr Snowden's question D U FOUO I - - - - b 3 -P L 86-36 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4294506 Blacker Cindy S NSA-DJ4 USA CIV __ _ _ _ INSA-1423 USA IV From Sent To Subject Signed By Tuesday M arch 03 2015 10 12 AM NSA-0 USA CIV FW RE U MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair Search of Correspondence 1012am Classification TOP SECRET Slm OFOR From b 3 -P L 86-36 NSA-SV USA CIV - - Sent Tuesday June 03 2014 3 18 PM To SA-0 USA CIV DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D DL SV _Medialeaks ALIAS SV43 Cc DL ssct ALIAS 51 Subject RE RE U MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair Search of Correspondence Classification TOP SECRETh'Sl f OFORN D UHFOl JO The Information was p rovided to Kemp Ensor on J provided to and discussed with senior leadershi p this morningu h 2013 A summary of all t he infor mation was was in attendance U fFOUO The April request was a repeat action Regards U fFOUOI I b 3 -P L 86-36 0 Ch SID Oversight Compliance OPS 1 Rm 3W l60 963-8174 sl I ----- FrorJ INSA-D SA C IV Sent T uesday June 03 2014 2 50 PM To DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D DL SV_Medialeaks ALIAS SV43 Cc DL ssct ALIAS 51 Subject RE RE U MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair Search of Correspondence Importance High Classification TOP SECRET Sl f OFORN SSCT SV We have an urgent fo llow-up question regarding action MLTF 1549 that you answered in early April The action was to search for and report any interactions between Snowden and a var iety of organizations including SV Below and attached is what SV reported E pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 DOCID 4294506 Our follow -up is we need to confirm whether the information provided back in early April was discovered as part of that MLTF action or sometime prior to that If prior to the MLTF action at roughly what date estimate is fine and under what circumstances were these discovered Thanks in advance Need this asap please Regards Media Leaks Task Force 969-5008s b 3 ·P L 86-36 L---- 1 OPS 28 · Rm 288090 -Fr - i NSA-SV3 USA civ ____ -···-· -- --- ·--- -··· Sent Thursday April 10 2014 8 37 AM To DL medialeaks_core ALIAS D Cc DL SV_ Medialeaks ALIAS SV43 Subject RE U MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair Search of Correspondence Classification TOP SECRET Slh'NOFOR Attached are two documents we discussed The emails reference the following interactions between SV and the leaker 1 OVSC1800 Issue regarding ranking of Authority Documents Used in Course Content OVSC1800 2 OVSC1203 Issue Regarding Course content and trick questions 3 An SV Analyst unable to open EMT files forwarded to NSAW from NSAH Please let me know if you have any questions Thanks I b 3 ·P L 86-36 I sight c mpliance SVJ Compliance Verification SV3 OPS1 Room 3W145 Sujte r76 966-1833 s JI b Do you have a large file to send me Please put it in my dropbox I UJI FOt 10 - Classified 2 Byf _ ___ DOCID 4294506 b 3 -P L 86 36 Der ived Ftortl t ISAJCSSM 1-52 Dated 20070108 Decl assify 8 11 20390401 Cl assification TOP SECRET Slm OFOR dM1 I j I s Derived Fr 1•52 D ted 200701 08 Decl ssify 011 20390601 Classificati on TOP SECRET 181 NOFORN Clc ssified By Deri ·cd Frmtt NSA CSSM 1-52 Dated 20070108 Decl 55ify 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on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 b J -P L 86-36 b S DOCID 4294588 I b 3 -P L 86-36 Deputy General Counsel L t gation and Mani'lgement N5A Off ce of General Counsel 963·5548 secure unclassified ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT ATTORNEY CLIENT COM MUNICATION PRIVI LEGED CO M MUNICATION Not to be I elcased without OGC approval SA-021 USA CIV Sent _W e ' d ne-s- da- June 04 2014 6 13 PM To SA-022 USA CIV Cc SA-028 USA av SubJect 1tional Snowden Context - Congressional Notification Fromj b 3 -P L 86-36 b S Classification SECRET qQfOR q Thanks' b 3 -P L 86-36 Deputy General Counsel Operations 963-5548 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 NSAIOGC -· From Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV Sent Wednesday June 04 2014 12 58 PM To Ensor Le V De Rajesh N NSA-D21 USA avl NSA022 USA CIV NSA · 3__ U SA a a V u · - ------1 SA-Q USA av r 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sure anyone has officially asked you to search your emails like you would a FOIA type request---does anyone have any emails from Edward Snowden Obviously these would have occurred prior to May 17 2013 Affirmative Negative responses required Please cc- me an __ _ ___ Thanks b 3 -P l 86-36 ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released w ithout OGC approval pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 1 FOIA Case# 7813 DOC ID 429 47 09 b 3 ·P L 86 36 From NSA-02 USA CIV Sent We nes ay pri 09 2014 3 54 PM To OL Ops_Tasker ALIAS 02 1 OL GC_IA_Tasker ALIAS 024 DL gc_leg ALIAS D2 OL Lit_Tasker ALIAS D OL ART Tasker ALIAS D25 OGC_AdminEthics NSA-02 USA c1v Subject FW U MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair Search of Correspondence Importance High cd I Classification CO FI DENT IAL NOFOR Please see action be low and respond back to me an __ best to send a consolidated response to the MLTF _ _ _ ith any exchanges as soon as possible It would be Office Manager to the Deputy 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rf pproved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case# 7813 4294742 Ltigat on does not have my exchange with Snowden with the caveat lha pndj ma ·ls were not seMcheci is they are on le we I believe that 1f they h id some contact with Snowden they would have raised 1l prior to this t isk111g 1n response to the upcoming Vanity Fair article Attorney Litigation P1 actice Group Office of General Counsel D28 Rm 286106 OPS2B Suite 6278 _________ Secure· 963-2374 5047 Outside __ ATIORNEY CON FIDENTIALITY l iOTICE The information contained in this ema1 and any accompanying attachments constitutes attorney work product and or client advice which are legally privileged NsA-D2s usA CIV Sent Thursday A rril 10 2014 12 34 PM I I NSA-D28 USA CIV NSA-D28 USA a v Subject FW U MLTF 1549 -- Vanity Fair Search of Correspondence - ACTION RESEND - LAST CALL To I Classif i cation UNCLASSIFIED Feuo Is this done b 3 -P L 86-36 Deputy Genera l Counsel L1t1giltion ilnd Manilgement NSA Office of Genera Counsel 963-5548 secu re unclassified ATIORNEY WORK PRODUCT ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGED COM MUNICATION Not to be re leased w i thout OGC approval SA-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 Below te xt uplicated in OCID 2947 12 M7712 DOCID 4294742 DOCID 4294920 I Wedoesdav I SA-Q31 USA CIV April 9 2014 1 01 PM JNSA-1 USA CIV RE U REPLY U FYSA Snowden Allegation in Pending Vanity Fair Article From Sent To Subject C lassification COt Jfl DE TIAU NOFOR d FY I I have al ready asked Doj if this is goi ng to be an issue wai ti ng to hea r back • -· ' b 3 -P L 86-36 Fro NSA-D USA av Sent Wednesday April 09 2014 12 59 PM To Rogers Michael S NSA-D USA USN Ledqett Richard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV Fleisch Frances J NSA-D USA av De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA crvj SA-D2 USA av Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA av I SA-DL USAaV - aL __ __ JNSA-Q3 USA CIV Ensor Leoinel K NSA-Q USA 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content U 'fOUGt- On Friday S April 2013 4 11 pm Eastern time Snowden submitted a question to the Office of the General Counsel OGC via the Email Us form on their internal website This form generated an email to OGC and copied Snowden a copy of which remained in Snowden's email lnbox when the investigation obtained it and is marked as having been read but not forwarded or responded to The question concerned the precedence of Executive Orders and Federal Statutes as well as precedence between DOD and ODNI regulations • 1· 111· ll J1 i lk 1 1' 11 1 1 u 1· 11• U FOUO Less than a half hour later at 4 35 pm an Office Manager for OGC forwarded the email to the SID Oversight and Compliance training group and CC'd Snowden indicating the question might be better answered by that office A copy of this email was fi led by Snowden in a folder within his lnbox The email is marked has having been read but not been forwarded or responded to o D j11 I 11 ' rd · r 1 i lil1 r 1ll 1 1v U fFOUO The next working day Monday 8 April 2013 at 1 37 pm Eastern t ime a lawyer with OGC responded to Snowden's questions A copy of this email was filed in a folder within his lnbox The email is marked has having been read but not forwarded or responded to pp roved for Release by NSA on 04-27-2016 FOIA Case # 7813 DOCID 4295018 G I 'J i' liJ ' l I c·l l 11 b 1 r 1 1 I 1 1r •• I U fiOU j All three emails are attached Were his inquiries responded to If so how and when U FOUO See above for the emailed correspondence ADS CI has spoken with the lawyer who responded to Snowden's inqui ry and she remembered considering calling Snowden since the inquiry was out of the ordinary However she decided not to and instead in her email invites him to call her if he wanted further discussion She does not recall any actual telephonic contact by Snowden How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted U frt U We have reviewed all of the email belonging to Edward Snowden which we have been able to obtain 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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 DNI-Media@dni gov 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 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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 DNI-Media@n1 gov 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' DNI -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 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4294921 emails Importance High 9501's DOCID 4295078 7 3 IOCID 4295078 DOC ID BATES NO 1 4 2 4 91 7 5 ''jlb 3 -P L 86-36 hsA-bio9 USA CTR ___ _ _ _ NSA-D28 USA CIV ' Tuesday May 27 201412 29 PM Vines Vanee M N$NDN1 USA CIV · fNSA-D USA CIV DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl · NSA-Q31 USA CIV CIV _ _ ___ NSA-D USA CIV De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV· NSA-D2 USA CIV _ _ _ _ ___ NSA-D21 USA CIV SA-D28 USA CIV RE U FYSA U NBC's note today leaker From Sent To Cc P Subject Classification · · ·· · UNCLASSIFIED POUO b 3 -P L 86-36 Deputy General Counsel Litigation and Management NSA Office of General Counsel b 5 I%3-$548 secre unclassified ji 11' b 3 -P L 86-36 ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMllNI ATION PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION Not to be released without OG approval From Vines Vanee M NSA-DN1 USA CIV a Ma 27 20 412 27 PM To NSA D USACIV IA$ DN1 I 1 NSA-D2 USA CIV SA-D28 USA CIV CIV ______ _ ____ Se t Tu Subject RE U FYSA U NBC's note today leaker Classification GECRETh'NOFOR q Thanks sir From NSA-D USA CIV Sent Tuesday May 27 2014 12 25 PM To DL PAOMedia ALIAS DN1 Ccf INSA-031 USA CIV NSA-031 USA NSA-D2 USA CIV NSA-D28 USA CIV CIV I I -----INSA-D USA CIV De Rajesh INSA-D2 USA CIV SA-D21 USA · crv Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID BATES NO 2 4 249175 Subject U FYSA U NBC's note today leaker Importance High Classification SE CHET NOF-OR Va nee U FOUO Here are some of the facts for background if we end up actually engaging NBC Regards - 1- - - - 1 _ M-ed ia Le_a ks- r -as k' F-orc-'e National Security Agency Central Security Servlc OPS 2B 2B8090 Nsrs Iaso-so11 BLACK tI···· From SA Q31 USACIV Sent Tuesday May 27 2014 12 20 PM iJs ilf 11 ··· b 3 -P L 86-36 g0 Subject RE U NBC's note today leaker Importance High b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 Classification SEGR THNOFOn J -------1···· b 3 -P L 86-36 2 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID BATES NO 3 4249175 CllieC 031 Cl Investigations Division 968-4802 NSTS I b 3 -P L 86-36 unclass 'This email contains information subject to the Privacy Act·· From Vines Va nee M NSA-DNl USA CIV · ··· · · Sent Tuesdayr May 27 2014 12 08 PM · To NsA D USA cry l ·· · IN5A-Q3 USA CIV DL medi eaks core CALI D Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV PL PAOMedia CAI TA$ QN1 · DeRajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV NSA-D28 USA CIV I lM N5A-D2 USA CIV NSA-D21 USA CIV Subject U NBC's note today leaker I Classification UNCLASSIFIED Hren OFFICIAL USE Qttjt Y _____________________________ ALCON NBC's latest note is below We have previously avoided talking about the leaker's specific assignments duties __ b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 From Cole Matthew NBCUniversal mailt Q _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Sent Tuesday May 27 2014 11 27 AM To Vines Vanee M Subject More Requests for Information b 3 -P L 86-36 Vanee Per our conversation last Friday I have further requests for comment and or response from the NSA What units groups directorates did Mr Snowden serve in during his various time employed with NSA via Dell BAH or any other capacity Did Mr Snowden ever attend a meeting or meetings with the Director of Technology Directorate or where dir Tech was present Did the NSA adopt a systems information program to protect NSA facilities the data and systems in the event of a disaster Was Mr Snowden assigned to do work on identifying China's cyber espionage efforts Was Mr Snowden asked or tasked to help identify areas in NSA's network infrastructure that were vulnerable to hacking Did Mr Snowden keep his CIA PSEUDO while employed with NSA Generally speaking does someone coming over from CIA keep their PSEUDO or does NSA give them a new one 3 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO 4 DOCID 4249175 Thank you in advance for your attention to these questions Respectfully Matthew Cole Investigative Producer NBC News 30 Rockefeller Plza New York NY 10112 b 6 O 212·664·2047 cJ I ·•·· ·· ' 'ib 3 -P L 86-36 U FOUO · --Vanee' Vines NSA Public Affairs Office Is · PersonalL 969 7509 S NEW PAO Office ls 969·7499 s NEW Media 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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 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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 ate and Chris b 6 From Sen _t· J 2 IJ Iill z I ' mI J J I ' J _-- r----- ----ai--- To C ___ __________________________ _ Su ject Re NBC emai 9 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID • b 3 4 249177 BATES NO 15 OGA ODNI DOJ's response is being formulated and I hope to have it shortly spokesrnan National Security DivisionJ _ _ _ _ __ • · · • -_ • • •' ' b 3 -P L 86-36 A · · · · · · 'DNI-Media@dhl ov' DNI-Media OPA Cc Grimes Arlene U Subject Re NBC email _ I __ _ _ _ ___ DL PAOMedia I I -- • -- ·F om -· R b rt Litt --------- - • b 6 b 5 b 3 -P L 86•36 ___ _ _ _ _ ___ ___ ········ ·---······ b _@ _ - ·_····_·· - OGA Sent Saturday May 24 2014 12 0 _0 PM _E a _s1t er n s t__ an__d__ 1a__rd__ _Tim ___ 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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' 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' DNI-Mediaca drn 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 y to any further issues on this release and to create a living document should there be any further queries on the release or any potential discoveries of similar evidence as the investigation continues We will post this paper in the appropriate MLTF action folder MLTF 1602 as well as the talking points areas of the M LTF web site to make it more accessible to Agency employees _ U Attached please find the reference document for your review It incorporates your most recent updates and corrections as well as some structure for readability for anyone who might follow us in the world of Media Le·aks « File FINAL Q A_archive doc_20140406 docx » U Would appreciate one last look by your offices before we post this on the MLTF web site Thank you again I 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 ·sJ illset and training record see action I lror more information · I · U In OVSC I000 sghidents are familiarized with the major tenets of core IO documents including Directive Type Memorandum DTM 08-052 DoD Guidance for Reporting Questionable Intelligence Activities and Significant 01· Highly Sensitive Matters The following are examples of guidance provided within GV8C I000 ili £ _course isM 3 Berl eel F 1 I Si Bated 28878188 Bcclassify On 163 HlJOI I -- b 3 -P L 86-36 COPIFIBEPITIALff llOFORI l 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 COI l lr t 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 A OUO 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 Uh'f10UO 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 info1mation we undertook would have uncovered evidence of assertions that rise to the level of outrea_ch and protestation claimed by Mr Snowden They have not - b 3 ·P L 86 36 b 5 Uh'FOU0 1 8 b 3 -P L 86-36 Bntctl ' i 0070188 Becl issiF Oa 20399691 CO lFlBE lTIAL NOFOR 11 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCIB BATES NO 34 4249179' COHFIDEtffIAU 'l' OFOR I 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 f -l'E Et fE f H ffi 5 -flF-IJhe stipulations of their controlling contract U Students are familiarized with the major tenets of fJ2J £ L IO documents including Dir § ti ' D l'tillL fviemsmmsium DTMJ 08-052 ' DoD_ Guidance_for Reporting Questionable • lntelligence_Activities and _____ • -· J'ormatted Font Not Bold Significant or Highly Sensitive Matters The following are examples of guidance provided within 1 OVSC 1000 course ·--··--- U Jf you become aware of a violation of the authorities you should report it immediately IfJfJU _ •• · -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 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BATES NO 54 DOCID 4249194 I I NSA-QJ USA CIV NSA-D USA CIV Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA crv A NSA-DL USA CIV NSA f 32 USA CIV NSA-D USA CIV I JSA-D USA CIV I NSA D USA CIV DL medialeak _core ALIAS D · Subject RE U FORWARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP D 'REPLY SSCI Expectations Regarding NBC Snowden $tory Importance High · ·· · · · Classification GO r-lDENTIALH Of ORtq ·- I ·· · · - · · b 3 -P L 86-36 Sir Please let me know if you have any questions concerns Thanks Marci b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 U Marci L Green Miller NSA Public Affairs Office IB B9 6 9 o li Media Line 301-688-6524 BlackBerry I Unclass email · ----__ _ ·_·· _· _ ··· · I From 1sA D USA CIV Sent I uesday May 27 014 8 01 AM · To DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl · • Cc Fleis h Frances J NSA-D USA CIV Stone Corin R USA CIV De Rajesrn NSA-D2 USA CIV iNSA-D2 i iui -- - __··_ NSA-D28 USA CIV· Brooks Elizabeth R NSA DC USA CIV Eri$or Leoinel I NSA Q USA CIV i - -1r-----3--u___s A cIV NSA-D USA CIV Bauman Ethan 1 NSA-DL USA CIV r----- wi · NSA· NSA-D USA CIV l f'JS A--D-U_S_A_ CIV SA-D USA CIV DL medialeaks_core SubJect U F R ARDED FOR FOLLOW-UP U REPLY SSC Expectations Regarding NBC Snowden Story Importance High I Classification CONFIDE TIALh' JOFOf l J TO ML PAO C ii Barring further direction or insight that would cause us to revisit please take Admiral Rogers' guidance as the official NSA position in your approach to interagency and Washington Post engagement on this topic going forward Thanks 2 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 BATES NO 55 DOCID 4249194 r I I I····· · · Media Leaks Task Force National Security Agency Central Security Service OPS 2B W8090 I I· JWICS UNCL ·b 01 1--- NSTS 9 69 BLACK I I From Rogers Michael S ADM NSA-unknown USA USN Sent Tuesday May 27 2014 6 16 AM To Ledqett Richard H Jr NSA-D USACIV · SA D Cc NSA · · 1-r T·s' ' c F r9 nc e s r-Jrnf JSAr-D USA CIV Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DC USA Cl i Grimes ·• Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV NSA D USAC IV De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV NSA-D2 USA CIV Stone Corin R 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Classification GO JF IDaHIAL NOFOR b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 v r 3 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOC ID BATES NO 56 4 249194 • ·' '' b 3 -P L 86-36 Rick Rick Ledgett Deputy Director I From fN5A D USA CIV Sent Monday May 26 2014 8 0rAM To Ledgett Richard H Jr l lSA·-D· USA CIV Ced N$A-D28 USA CIV FleiscnPrances J NSA-D USA CIV Brooks Elizabeth R NSA-DCUSA CIV Grimes Arlene U NSA-DN USA CIV · NSA-D USA CIV De Rajesh NSA-D2 USA CIV ' M NSA-D2 USA CIV Stone Corin R USA CIV Vine Vanee M NSA-DNl USA CIV Ensor Leoinel K NSA-0 USA CIV j NSA-Q3 USA CIV jNSA-Q31 USA CIV Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIV I ' a__ __ l 'Ns A -D L U S A- J CIV Subject U REPLY SSCI Expectations Regarding NBC Snowden Story Importance High I Classification CO F IDE qTIAb' OFOH J p LAO Arlene Grimes Va nee Vines __ _ _ Rick C Pff There has been extensive dialog on this on the low side I'll try to capture the varied positions below welcome corrections from others if they feel I have not accurately captured positions as extracted from the e·mail train Point of clarification in the thread below the outreach by Snowden was to an W m Jitjffi « tt t Jt iff jj C ff Context NBC did not contact USG about this story until they started promoting it publicly Friday 23 May and as of today have not shared any specifics beyond the one question for which they are seeking comment per NBC to DNI PAO Turner and NSA PAO Vines 23 May 8 42 AM low side NBC has a working relationship with Glenn Greenwald per Vines 23 May 6 40 PM lowside Cognizent authorities have undertaken searches and analysis and have uncovered no additional contacts or evidence of contacts from Snowden in which he expresses concerns about the lawfulness or appropriateness of NSA activities Q QtioJl 1 • Engage NBC in dialog before their orogram airs about our factual understanding la single outreach noted barely relevant to his claims 4 b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 I p GG -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 s Tasl Force E r c b Ageocy Ceotrnl I '' ' s NSTS 69- 06 131 ACl l_ _ _ __ From SA-D USA CIV Sent Friday May 23 2014 12 38 PM To I I JSA-DL USA CIV Cc Bauman Ethan L NSA-DL USA CIVi DLmedialeaks_core ALIAS D DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl l NSA-D USA CIV ·· lNSA-D I ISA CIV Ledgett Ricrard H Jr NSA-D USA CIV Fleisc h Frances J NSA-D USA CIV Stone Corin R USA CIV NSA-D USA CIV _ NSA-D USA CIV NSA-D USA CIV SA-F32 USA CIV Subject U Rt PLY SSC Expectations Regarding NBC Snowden Story - ----- ---1 l I Classification CQ qr-lDE TIAL OFOR J D C M Re eived your note about SSCI Chair's expectations for a forceful NSA response to the NBC broadcast next week Thanks f6'r the heads up You can help temper expectations by making clear that we were not aware of this story before it was publicly adv rtised and until yesterday had not been contacted to respond to any issues We have not been and don't expect to be giv n much if any detail beyond the public teaser We can only crystal ball so much especially when the protagonist is rrotbound by facts or the truth Our intent will be to be as aggressive and responsive as we can be bearing in mind that ···· · ay have their own views about how much we'll be allowed to say do · Regards 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contained in this document was passed to public affairs offices and the White House Spokesperson for delivery to the press in the immediate hours after the email was released by NSA 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 issifietl HJ J Deii1Ctl Frnm N3A CSS1 f t- Dated 20071HQ 9eelnssit On 2039060 l C'Ol 'JiTllE NTl 4i 1Jl I0Ji'Olll1' Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249 204 COf fFIDENTIAL NOfORN BATES NO 127 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 How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted U WOUO As ofJUN 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 FOUO 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 Was it exhaustive and authoritative Ut1l'OU 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 Is it possible there is correspondence we overlooked didn't record U FOUOJ 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 would have uncovered evidence of assertions that rise to the level of outreach and protestation claimed by Mr Snowden They have not b 3 -P L 86-36 8 Ct mifitd BA De h et rt OIU mz CSf iM 1-52 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may be OK in the sense that more than one particular question may invoke a portion of more than one response As a reference guide to the reader or the speaker a little repetition may be helpful I have added a few of my own sentences based on some pointers from some of you as well as my own experiences In yellow hilite I'm not wedded to these items and consider everything in this draft open to comment and correction Please take a look tonight if possible so that we can support any last minute calls for background from downtown always a possibility If not first thing in the morning please asLJhas n 0900 THUR with ADM Rogers on this NBC interview and this information will be german Rgds bl 3 -P L 86-36 Media Leaks Task Force OPS 28 288090 969-5009 s _____l Ci Classification UNCLASSIFIEDf FOR OFF'ICIAL USE O JL Y Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249205 BATES NO 129 UNCLASSIFIE D FCf' OHIC AL U3E Ol Lf Framing questions Responses provided to the White House PAO the morning of 28 MAY 14 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 B How do you plan to respond to the FOIA request U We received the request from NBC this week and are following normal procedures for processing the request Potential Q A Responses 1 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 UHrn 110 -NSA encourages employees to report concerns regarding their work or work environment · · i i rJtfitt lf tififlif 8 e· f 1 Wf · · ftn Vj · 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 L USE 5MLi Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249206 BATES NO 137 UNCLASSIFIED ' FOR OfTICl L USE emu 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 OJ U DIRNSA is a so 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 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 cal Into question the propriety of an ntel gence 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 DIG b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 U Report questionable or significant and highly sensitive intelligence activities to the NSA OGC or NSA CSS DIG 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 mlsmanagem ent 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 peneralt_ _________ ·---··------- ·------ U Within the Agency and the Federal Government there are several avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of aw po Icy 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 $ 1 COl JO If you 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 GIG 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 Commu nlty Whist eb ower Protection Act CWPA 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 class fled information is protected ICWPA complaints are made through the NSA CSS 0 G or the Department of Defense IG J U I you have questions about how to report a concern go to the G Web site go IG or contact the IG Hotline ighotline@nsa ic gov on NSANet Contact the U S Cyber Command IG about problems involving that organization b 3 -P L 86-36 UNCL ASSIFI ED ff 191 OFFl€1 L USE 19MLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249206 BATES NO 138 UNCLASSIFIED FOR GfflEIAL l JSE 15Mt 2 What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur U 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 ii 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 · 3 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 Uh'FOlelO rhe 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 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 U Other than violations reported by OGC to the Department of Justice we are not aware of UNCLASSIFIED 1'rGR OFFICIAL l fiE ONLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4 249206 BATES NO 139 UNCl SSIFIED FOR OfflW L USE OPH Y 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 ' b 3 -P L 86 36 U b 6 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 UNCLASSIFIED J'FOH OFFIW L l JSE OPH Y Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249206 BATES NO 140 UNCLASSIFIED ff OR GfTIEli L USE OMLY 10 Q TD Was it exhaustive and authoritative U fFOl- 10 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 U FGUO We cannot completely _rule out the possibility that something_ ma' have been _overlooked --·--- - atted Font 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 protestation claimed by Mr Snowden They have not U ___---- -'·'UcCortiment ----- '- -· --1 U il 0 I I 6h Why -- -- --- b 3 ·P L 86-36 b 5 UNCLASS1F1EDh'F8H emw L l- ISE OPJLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID ' 424 920 9 ___ __ SA-D1 l A Jl l DL medialeaks core ll IAS Q ------- NSA·S3M2 USA £ JY From To FW U ACT10N · QLl Sli l Wdll 1 USA CIY $nowden s Claims of Voicing Concerns Cc Subjecti Date Atta chments Tht 1rsdaV May 29 2014 3 04 08 PM Z QtiQti lrumJowside - Soowqen Qdf n mil Q and A QOCK OIG respQnse t9 29 Ma MLTF Question clog_ High · tn1portance ' bi 3 -P L 86-36 BATES NO 141 -------------------------------Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOn OFrlCIAL USE ONLY · Joe attached is the OIG response approved by Dr Ellard Thank you 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 Medialeal s_core alias to keep our entire team in the loop Thank you b 3 -P L 86-36 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249 209 BATES NO 143 Rgds b 3 ·P L 86 36 i ----- 11 Media Leaks Task Force OPS 2B 2B8090 969-5009 s Classification UNCLASSIFIED fFOR OFFICIAL USE or L'y' Classification UNCLASSIFIED WOR OFr-lCIP L USE ONLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 ZBCECID $249299 2 90 W5 BATES NO 144 0 0 0 Appru v ed fur 9353353 by NQA nn 1 1 -19001' FOIA Case#78137 DOCID ' 112 - t· 49209 b 3 -P L 8 3 b 5 - 6 BATES NO 145 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOC ID 4249209 b 3 -P L 86 3 b S - 6 BATES NO 146 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249209 b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 BATES NO 147 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249209 BATES NO 148 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 corresponded from Edward Snowden about his concerns 7 OGC If 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 9 Q TD How was our search for any correspondence from him conducted 10 Q TD Was it exhaustive and authoritative 11 Q 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 4249209 BATES NO 149 UNCLASSIFIED FOH OFFICIAL USE OPJLY 1 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 U FOUO NSA encourages employees to report concerns regarding their work or work environment 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 FOUO 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 contracting The OIG issues agency-all messages covering policies and avenues for reporting suspected mismanagement and violations of law policy and regulations U FOUO The following is a recent 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 If you 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 2B7088 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 IG Web site go IG or contact the IG Hotline ighotline@nsa ic gov on NSANet Contact the U S Cyber Command IG b9ut problems involving that organization I Dr George Ellard NSA CSS Inspector General b 3 -P L 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE OPJLY Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4 249209 UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE omv BATES NO 150 b 3 -P L 86-36 1 5 2 What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur' U 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 DIG anonymously via phone the DIG 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 What is the process accountability for addressing such reports UffFOUO 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 lnvestigati ons 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 DIG may not have knowledge of such a request 4 Is there a record of these kinds of inquiries and responses U FOUO The DIG keeps a record of all inquiries and actions taken 5 Do we have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measures U IFOUO As previously reported to the intelligence committees the DIG is aware of thirteen instances of intentional misuse of the SIGINT system by individuals overthe last 10 years Other than violations reported by OGC to the Department of Justice we are not aware of any SIGINT programs or a ctivities 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 Did we receive corresponded from Edward Snowden about his concerns· U fFOUO The NSA CSS Office of the Inspector General has no evidence that Edward Snowden filed a com plaint with this office 7 If so in what form on what dates and with what specificity as to content na UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIJ L USE mm1 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOC ID 4 2 4 9 2 0 9 BATES NO 151 UNCLASSIFIEDf FOH OFTICl cl 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 A Snowden Concerns Wednesday June 04 2014 9 56 51 ElliAL Sngwclen concerns Subject Date Attachments Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOll OFFi61ALUSE ONLY I __ I U FOUO Executive Officer Office of the Inspector General D1 OPS2B8076 suite 6247 963-2978 S 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_ 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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 Q TD Is it possible there is correspondence we overlooked didn't record Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DO ID · 4249216 BATES NO 173 NSA-028 USA CIV _____ _ __ NSA-Q311USAGV· From Sent Thursday Mai 29· 201 1 9PM_ · I To Cc Subject • • r·· b 3 -P L 86-36 s £t A IV RE LI 2014_05_29 - ACTION Snowden's Claims of v oifing Concerns Classification UNCLASSIFIEDHFOR OFFICIAL USE Of ILY CFE CISSP S A Q311 Counterintelligence Investigations b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 b 7 E Assigned to 03 · TIKICUBE FANX 2 Room A2A048 Suite 6832 Office 968-3373 s from l Set To I Cc Jh INSA-Q311 USA CIV Ihursdav -ay 29 2014 12 07 PM NSA-D23 USA CIV NSA-D23 USA CIV Subject RE U 2014_05_29 - ACTION Snowden's Claims of Voicing Concerns emaining text is uplicated in OCI D 4249182 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 17 1 1 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case# 813 3 BATES NO 175 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 3 BATES NO 176 Approved Helease by on 1 1-12-2011 LlaSGF t d oqcro 42 49218 1 BATES NO 177 IG ODOC What is the training and awareness provided to gov't and contractor employees about report ng activities they perceive to be inconsistent with law or ethics 2 1G 0DOC What are the mechanisms by which that reporting can occur 3 G 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 G ODOC Do we have any examples of reported activity which resulted in corrective measures 6 OGC Dld we receive correspondenceee from Edward Snowden about his concerns A NSA Is unaware of any correspondence Edward Snowden l-as-had with the Inspector Genera the Office of General Counsel or his supervisors wherein he expressed constitutional concerns about NSA's Intelligence operations or NSA- authorities On Friday 5 April 2013 at about 4PM in the afternoon M r Snowden sent an email emailed questions to the Qeffice of g§eneral €ounsel questioning the hierarchy of several NSA authorities identified in a training course aboLJt the precedence of an Executive OrdeF a-s--Well as the Interplay of DoD and--OD JI regula-Ben r The inquiry did not raise any concerns with the substance of any particular Executive Order 5-flf-DOD QI---a-Aa DNI regulations Nor dld the Inquiry question whether NSA had the authority to conduct specific operations On Monday 8 April 2013 the next business day the Office of General Counsel responded to his question t rovided specific answers to the questions and the responding attorney offered to discuss the issue further if he desired to do so questie 1s fmther There is no evidence that any Ne--additional correspondence or contact occurred 7 OGC If so in what form on what dates and with what specificity as to content A 8 OGC Were his inquiries responded to7 If so how and when A 9 N A N A Q 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 4249219 b 3 -P L 86-36 BATES NO 178 From Sent To Cc Subject 1----1-- ' T - - -- - -- - --- i-- -- 1 1a l li J i li lii J L_ _ _ _ _ Beaghley Sina 1c ar s Reb 3 ' Ca J ate· Fonzone Christo her RE NBC email b 3 Here's second half b 6 OGA ODNI 10 33 PM ET NBC Brian Williams Reports Edward Snowden VIDEO http mms tveves com PlaybackPortal aspx SavedEditlD l82dd0 7-be50-4727-bdf2-f1ef76fb19df http mms tveyes com Play backPo rta I aspx 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' __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Evans Stuart· _ _ _ _ _- ---1 Beaghley Sina __ _ _ _ _ DNI-Media an Brian J · Heinzelman Kate· Fonzone Christo her· Cc Subject RE NBC email Rough transcript of part 1 - b 3 -P L 86-36 b 6 5 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249219 BATES NO 183 10 PM ET NBC Brian Williams Reports Edward Snowden VIDEO http mms tveyes com PlaybackPortal aspx Saved Ed itl D dc917 87 5-d a19-4 7ce-86be-8b0497 b521 b2 http mms tveyes com PlaybackPortal aspx SavedEdit1D dbc7c991-eeae-4489-8e6c-f5922443a522 http mms tveyes com PlaybackPortal asr2x SavedEditlD 4bae0cc2-8fd4-4e08-97af-05e6f8d4f09d 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 COMMERCIAL BREAK From Robert b 6 Litt · Sent Wednesday Ma 28 20 4 10 41PM l vans Stua·rt · · Egan Brian J Heinzelman Kate Fonzone Christopher · b 3 OGA ema1 L -_ _ _ ODNI b 5 b 3 -P L 86-36 ___ 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27 D pe-r 1- -4·2-4- 2-2-s---------------------BATES NO 210 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4249224 BATES NO 211 NSA-D28 USA CIV L From Sent To NSA-S3M2 USA CIV Thursday May 29 201411 39 AM I Subject NSA-0 JS A CIV DL d_ig_tasker ALIAS D DL ODO _Medialeaks ALIAS D4 _NSA-T USA t DL OG _MediaLeaks AllAS D23 SA CIV DL ssct ALIAS Sl DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl DL Q REG lSTRY T NSA-Q31 USA CIV RE U ACTION Snowden's Claims ofVoicing Conc rns Importance High Cc Classification UNCLASSIFIEDHFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Thanks ___ _ for thereminderl ©·· · b 3 -P L 86-36 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 ofthe press at 1230 today he will get the standard fair that we have used over the past few months we can't possibly pass anything useful to him by that time ADM Rogers has schedL1led a update on the NBC Interview in his office tomorrow at 0900 Our Info will be used there as well So we need to have our input written and ready by 1400 today b 3 -P L 86-36 b 5 Thanks Rgds I I I ______I ·· · ··· · ·· · · · b 3 -P L 86-36 Media Leaks Task Force OPS 2B 2B8090 969-5009 $ Ku - i rom l INSA-Q USA CIV Sent Thursday May 29 201411 29 AM 1 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 DOCID 4 2492 24 BATES NO 212 b 3 ·P L 86- To bNsA S3M2 USACtV subject RE U ACTION Snowden's Claims of Voicing q nq rns A DS Cl Chief o f Stqff 968-6ooar - I _ _ _____ From l NsA-s3MtusA crv se11t Thursday May 29 2014 11 2s AM To j rNSA Q USA CIV DL d_ig_tasker ALIAS D DL ODOC_Medialeaks ALIAS D41 NSA-T USA CIV ---··- - - - - Cc DL OGC_Med · ak A NSA-023 USA CIV DL ssct ALIAS 51 DL PAOMedia ALIAS DNl DL Q_REGISTRY _____ __ JNSA-Q31 USA CIV Subject U AC now en s Claims of Voicing Concerns b 3 -P L 86 36 Importance High b 5 AS Q2 l Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 I · DQCID BATES NO 213 Approved for Release by NSA on 11-12-2015 FOIA Case#78137 b 6 DOCID 4228926 Bauman Ethan L From Sent To Cc Subject Attachments o owup 1a o 1cat1on Snowden USSID 18_Redacted pdf Classification UNCLASSIE'IEon•rauo --- - - - - - - - All La st night Val provided a heads-up about an article in Vanity Fair As you may be aware excerpts of that article now appear on the web In them Edward Snowden is quoted as saying that he contacted NSA's lawyers and oversight and compliance authorities and raised complaints and specifically expressed concerns about interpretation of the law Against the backdrop of extensive searches supported by investigative interviews there was one brief email exchange between Mr Snowden and the NSA Office of General Counsel in April 2013 seeking generic clarification about the hierarchy of certain legal and policy documents governing NSA's mission activities The NSA Office of General Counsel responded promptly to Mr Snowden's inquiry provided clarification and proactively offered to discuss further if Mr Snowden desired This email was identified in the immediate aftermath of the unauthorized disclosures in June of 2013 A copy is attached The redactions are the names and identifying information of NSA personnel More generally investigations by NSA and FBI have not yielded any evidence that Mr Snowden expressed concerns or complaints in email or any other form about NSA's intelligence activities to anyone in a position of authority or oversight We will continue to investigate any credible suggestion that this occurred and will inform Congress of any additional information we find Please let me know if you have any questions Ethan Classification UNCLASSIFIED FOUO f pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015 FOIA Case# 7813a DOCID 4228926 Classification UNCLASSIFIED 1-61 6ff C IAL t J ONL't Sent Monday April 08 2013 1 37 PM To Snowden Edward J NSA-FHV USA CTR Subject RE U Question for OGC re OVSC1800 Course Content - U FW Connents from the 02 General Counsel Email Us Form Classification UNCLASSIFIEOI F6R 8FFIE1Al 1 1§1 9Plb¥ Hello Ed Executive Orders E O s have the force and effect of law are correct that E O s cannot override a statute That said you In general DOD and ODNI regulations are afforded similar precedence though subject matter or date could result in one having precedence over another Please give me a call if you would like to discuss further - Regards Office of General Counsel 021 963-3121 NSTS 301 688-5015 Commercial OPS 28 288134 Suite 6250 -----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-FHVUSA CTR Subject Co111111ents from the 02 General Counsel Email Us Form Classification UNCLAS5IFIED F8R 8FF1CIAl E 9Nl¥ SID ejsnowd fullname Ed Snowden Org FHV Affiliation Contractor secure_Phone N A Message Hello I have a question regarding the mandatory USSID 18 training ·- - - - --- - ------ - - -- - - --- --- ·-·-----·· - -· DOCID 4228926 The training states the following U The Hierarchy of Governing Authorities and Documents is displayed from the highest authority to the lowest authority as follows U S Constitution Federal Statutes Presidential Executive Orders EO Department of Defense DoD and Office of the Director of National Intelligence OONI Regulations NSA CSS Directives and Policies USSIDs SID Management Directives and Policies Office Policies I'm not entirely certain but this does not seem correct as it seems to imply Executive Orders have the same precedence as law My understanding is that EOs 11ay be superseded by federal statute but EOs may not override statute Am I incorrect in this Between EOs and laws which have precedence Similarly between DOD and ODNI regulations which has greater precedence Could you please clarify Thank you very much Ed Classification UNCLASSIF1EO F9R 9FFICIAL l ISE 9NLV a ·- Classification UNCLASSIFIEDI F8Y8 Classification UNCLASS1FIED i '9A QFHEIAb WSE 9NLV - - - -···-- __ _______ ___ ···----- DOCID 4228630 From Sent To b 3 -P L 8 6-36 donotreply@nsa gov Tuesday April 08 2014 5 40 PM donotreply@nsa gov jasonleopold@gmail com FOIA Request Web form submission ·cc Subject Name Jason Leopold Email jasonleopold@gmail com Company Investigative Journalist Postal Address 1669 Benedict Canyon Drive Postal City Beverly Hills Postal State-prov California Zip Code 90210 Country United States of America Home Phone 2132704334 Work Phone 2132704334 Records Requested Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts request To National Security Agency Attn FOIA PA Office DJ4 9800 Savage Road Suite 6248 Ft George Meade MO 20755-6248 This is a request for records under the Freedom of Information Act FOIA 5 u s c § 552 and the Privacy Act 5 u s c § 552a This request should be considered under both statutes to maximize the release of records REQUESTER INFORMATION Na e Jason Leopold Address 1669 Benedict Canyon Dr Beverly Hills 90210 Email jasonleopold@gmail com RECORDS SOUGHT I request disclosure of 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 ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION According to a report published on April 8 2013 by Vanity Fair Edward Snowden stated that he raised complaints to NSA pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 - --- - - ---------- ----- - -- - - - - - - - -- - DOCID 4228630 The N S A at this point not only knows I raised complaints but that there is evidence that I made my concerns known to the N S A 's lawyers because I did some of it through e-mail Mr Snowden said I directly challenge the N S A to deny that I contacted 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 A link to the report in question can be found here http www vanityfair com online daily 2014 04 edward-snowden-interview mbid social_twitter INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING SEARCH 1 Instructions Regarding Leads As required by the relevant case law the NSA should follow any leads it discovers during the conduct of its searches and perform additional searches when said leads indicate that records may be located in another system Failure to follow clear leads is a violation of FOIA 2 Request for Public Records Please search for any records even if they are already publicly available 3 Request for Electronic and Paper Manual Searches I request that searches of all electronic and paper manual indices filing systems and locations for any and all records relating or referring to the subject of my request be conducted 4 Request for Additional Filing Systems Indices and Locations Searches Please search all of your indices filing systems and locations including those I have not specified by name and those of which I may not be aware 5 Request regarding Photographs and other Visual Materials I request that any photographs or other visual materials responsive to my request be released to me in their original or comparable forms quality and resolution For example if a photograph was taken digitally or if the NSA maintains a photograph digitally I request disclosure of the original digital image file not a reduced resolution version of that image file nor a printout and scan of that image file Likewise if a photograph was originally taken as a color photograph I request disclosure of that photograph as a color image not a black and white image Please contact me for any clarification on this point 6 Request for Duplicate Pages I request disclosure of any and all supposedly duplicate pages Scholars analyze records not only for the information available on any given page but also for the relationships between that information and information on pages surrounding it As such though certain pages may have been previously released to me the existence of those pages within new context renders them functionally new pages As such the only way to properly analyze released information is to analyze that information within its proper context Therefore I request disclosure of all duplicate pages 7 Request to Search Emails Please search for emails relating to the subject matter of my request Regarding Destroyed Records If any records responsive or potentially responsive to my request have been destroyed my request include but is not limited to any and all records relating or referring to the d struction of those records This includes but is not limited to any and all records relating or referring to the events leading to the destruction of those records 8 2 ------·--- - - - - - - DOCID 4228630 INSTRUCTION$ REGARDING SCOPE AND BREADTH OF REQUESTS Please interpret the scope of this request broadly The NSA is instructed to interpret the scope of this request in the most liberal manner possible short of an interpretation that would lead to a conclusion that the request does not reasonably describe the records sought EXEMPTIONS AND SEGREGABILITY I call your attention to President Obama's 21 January 2009 Memorandum concerning the Freedom of Information Act in which he states · All agencies should adopt a presumption in favor of disclosure in order to renew their commitment to the principles embodied in FOIA • The presumption of disclosure should be applied to all decisions involving FOIA · In the same Memorandum President Obama added that government information should not be kept confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure because errors and failures night be revealed or because of speculative or abstract fears Finally President Obama ordered that The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption In the case of doubt openness prevails Nonetheless if any responsive record or portion thereof is claimed to be exempt from production FOIA PA statutes provide that even if some of the requested material is properly exempt from mandatory disclosure all segregable portions must be released If documents are denied in part or in whole please specify which exemption s is are claimed for each passage or whole document denied Please provide a complete itemized inventory and a detailed factual justification of total or partial denial of documents Specify the number of pages in each document and the total number of pages pertaining to this request For classified material denied please include the following information the classification confidential secret or top secret identity of the classifier date or event for automatic declassification or classification review or downgrading if applicable identity of official authorizing extension of automatic declassification or review past six years and if applicable the reason for extended classification beyond six years In excising material please black out the material rather than white out or ''cut out I expect as provided by FOIA that the remaining non-exempt portions of documents will be released Please release all pages regardless of the extent of excising even if all that remains are the stationery headings or administrative markings In addition I ask that your agency exercise its discretion to release records which may be technically exempt but where withholding serves no important public interest ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING REQUEST Please produce all records with administrative arkings and pagination included · Please send a memo copy to me to the appropriate units in your office to assure that no records related to this request are destroyed Please advise of any destruction of records and include the date of and authority for such destruction FORMAT I request that any releases stemming from this request be provided to me in digital format soft-copy on a compact disk or other like media Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions concerning this request Thank you I appreciate your time and attention to this matter Jason Leopold 3 - -- -- - - -- - - -- - - -- · ·- - - - - -- -··---·-- --- - -- -- DOCID 4228631 I· From b 3 -P L 86-36 donotreply@nsa gov Thursday May 29 2014 12 02 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 ________ L· Postal Address Postal City · ··········· c · '' '''' b 6 Postal State-prov O•••·· · Zip Code I I· Country United States of Hooie Phone Ame riti I · · Records Requested I am seeking 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 This is for journalistic research Thank you pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 ----- - - - ----- ·· - - - -- --- -- - - - - · · · ····· DOCID 4228632 l · I From b 3 -P L 86-36 donotreply@nsa gov Thursday May 29 2014 1 59 PM donotreply@nsa gov myself@davidgarrettjr com FOIA Request Web form submission Sent To Cc Subject Name David A Garrett Email myself@davidgarrettjr com Company Examiner com Postal Address I _______ I · ··· · · · · ········ ·· · -· · Postal State--p-r_o_v_ t ' ' '' '' ' ' ''' ' Postal City ' 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_-_ _ ________ _ _-_···_ b_ _ _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 quot 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 quot no domestic spying program quot right before we learned they collected the phone records of every American they could so too are today's claims that quot 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 quot 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 quot 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 quot no domestic spying program quot right before we learned they collected the phone records of every American they could so too are today's claims that quot this is onlY evidence we have of him reporting concerns quot 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 vmvine3 uo nsa gov 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 dvolz 'ii nationaljournal com 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 dvolz a nationaliournal com 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 ilnationa Iio urnal com ri unvolz Follow tech news Sign up for Na1ional Journal's Tech Edge a free morning tipsheet with 1he news you need in lech policy featuring a round-up of the best coverage and exclusive tips for the day ahead In your inbox every day at 6 a m Subscribe at h1lp www na1ionaljournal com Led1-edgs Dustin Volz Tech Policy Correspondent National Journal 0 202-266-7186 c I I - b 6 cl vol7 fiihiation aI journal c om 1 dnvolz Follow tech news Sign up for National Journal's Tech Edge a free morning tipsheet with the news you need in tech policy featuring a round-up of the best coverage and exclusive tips for the day ahead In your inbox every day at 6 a m Subscribe at http www national journal com tech-edge 4 -- -- -- -- -- DOCID 4228678 I From Sent b 3 -P L 86- 36 Vines Vanee M Thursday May 29 2014 1 33 PM ·oustin Volz' nsapao RE Any response to Snowden interview To Cc Subject Thanks Please see the item below Also we'll post something else soon Please stand by -------------------------------------------------------------- ' NSA has now expl ained that t hey have found one email i nquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counse l asking f or an explanation of some material t hat was i n a trai ning course he had just completed The e-mail did not raise a l l egations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse but posed a l egal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed There was not additional follo o-up noted The e-mail will be r eleased later today There are numerous avenue s t hat Mr Snowden could have used to rai se other concerns or i histleblower allegations l•le have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements r elated to his cla ims ##it Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public Media Affairs NEW'' ' '' Media line 443-634-0721 -·-·--- -- ··--· _·--- -·-·- -- - -- ···----- -- -·-·-·-·--·---- --·------ ·--·From Dustin Volz mailto dvolz@nationaljournal 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 dvol7 1Jnalionaliourna l com 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 dvolz1 vnariona ljournal com 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 tipsh et wi1h the 11e ·s yoll need tech polic l 'acuring a round-up oflhe best c ycrage and e dusi -e tips for the d y ali ad In your inl ix wery dm H 6 i 111 Subs rib al hu p www nmional journal com tech-edge Dustin Volz Tech Policy Correspondent National Journal 0 202 -26607 86 C _ J b 6 dvo lz@ na tional journal com a dnvcilz Follow tech news Sign up for National Journal's Tech Edge a free morning tipsheet with the news you need in tech policy featuring a round-up of the best coverage and exclusive tips for the day ahead In your in box every day at 6 a m Subscribe at http www nationalioumal com tech-edue Dustin Volz Tech Policy Correspondent National Journal 0 202-266-7 J86 C _j - - ' b 6 2 - - - - - - --- --- - - - - - - DOCID 4228678 d vol 7 uv naf ional journa I com ldn volz follow tech news Sign up for National ourna s Tech Edge a free morning tipshcet with the news you need in tech policy featuring a round-up of the best coverage·and exclusive tips for the day ahead In your inbox every day at 6 a m Subscribe at h1tp www 11ationa JjournaLcom 1ech-edge 3 -- ---- -- DOCID 4228679 b 3 - P L 86-36 IFrom Green Miller Marci L Thursday May 29 2014 2 21 PM 'Dustin Volz' Vines Vanee M nsapao RE Any response to Snowden interview Sent To Cc Subject The ema il is on the below website now http icontherecord tumblr com And will be available on www nsa gov shortly ··-··-·- ----·-·--·- ··· -·-·- -·- -· ·- ----·-·--·- - _ From Dustin Volz mailto dvolz@nationaljournal com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 49 PM ____ _ _______ _ --··-- -· ·- ·- -- - - - To Vines Vanee M Cc nsapao Subject Re Any response to Snowden interview Thanks Vanee Do you have a appwximate time for release On Thu May 29 2014 at I 32 PM Vines Vanee M vmvine3 @nsa gov 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 dvolz@nationaljournal com 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 dvolz iv nationaliournal cnm 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 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Subscribe at http www nat ionalioumal com tcch-ed ' c Dus tin Volz Tech Policy Correspondent Na ional Journal · 4 JJ u L L 0 1 1-- C '- --- - -1 dvolz a nat ona I ournaf cnm · -·' uhdnvol ·· ··-· ··- ···- bJ 6 Follow cech news Sign up for Na1ional Journal's Tech Edge a free morning tipsheet with the news you need in tech policy featuring a round-up of the 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-ed e 4 -- -- - - -- - - -- --- --- DOCID 4228680 I From b 3 - P L 86- 36 Green Miller Marci L Thursday May 29 2014 1 00 PM 'Jill Aitoro' nsapao DL PAOMedia RE Comment on security Sent To Cc Subject Hi We have the beloi 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 j ust 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 dditional 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 a l legations 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 -- -- -Ori ginal Message--- - From Jill Aitoro mailto jaitoro@bizjournals com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 11 24 AH To nsapao Subject •comment on securi ty Good morning Any comment from NSA on t his claim by Snowden about NSA Their audit ing was so poor so negligent that any pr ivate contractor - not even an employee of the government- can walk into the NSA buildi ng take hatever they wanted and walk out with it and they would never know Jill R Ai toro Senior Reporter Washington Business ournal 703 - 258-0898 Follow me on Twitter @FedBiz_ Aitoro Si gn up for FedBiz Daily and get news data and ana l ysis on how contractors can grow their · businesses and enhance t heir partnerships all delivered to your inbox http w • biz journals com 01bj fedbi z signup html SPproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015 FOIA Case# 7813 -- - - --- --- - - - DOCID 4228681 ----- -- j·---------------------·_ b __ - 3_ _-_P_ _L_ 8_6_-_3 _·- - - - From Sent To Subject Green M iller Marci l Thursday May 29 2014 2 25 PM 'Josh Gerstein' nsapao RE Disclosure of Snowden e-mail to OGC The ema il is o n the below website now http ljicontherecord t umblr com And will be available on www nsa gov shortly · · · - ·- - • • ••••• - - - - · -- - ·· - · · - - · - 00 _ •• · -- · · - - - -··· - From Josh Gerstein maifto jgerstein@oolitico com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 2 05 PM · To nsapao Subject Disclosure of Snowden e-mail to OGC _ ________ ___ ·--- - - - -···- Hi White House just indicated that NSA plans to release a Snowden e-mail today Wondering how w hen and where t hanks Josh Gerstein Reporter POLITICO 703·647-7684 o ___ ___ - b 6 pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-201 5 FOIA Case# 7813f1 1 DOCID 4228682 - -------- l I From Sent To Subject Hi b 3 - P L 86-36 Vines Vanee M Thursday May 29 2014 1 56 PM 'Michael van Poppel BNO News ' nsapao RE Edward Snowden The item i s below We'll post more soon Please stand by --- -- --- -- --- ------- -- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----------- --- ---NSA has now explained t hat they have found one e-mail i nquiry 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 ra ise a llegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse but posed a legal question t hat the Off i ce 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 r ai se other concerns or whi stleblower al l egations lole have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in t hose area s and to date have not discovered any engagements rel ated to his claims ### Vanee' Vines Public Affair s Specialist NSA Public Media Affairs NEloJ Media line 443-634-0721 - - - - -Original Message - - - - From Mi chael van Popp el BNO News mailto mpoppel@bnonews com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 55 PM To nsapao Subject Edward Snowden Good afternoon Do you have any comment regarding Edward Snowden's claim that he sent at least one email to his superiors notifying them of his concerns Tha nk you Best regards Michael van Poppel BNO News B V Te l 1 845-796-9291 Fax 1 347-521-3174 Twitter @mpoppel mpoppel@bnonei s com ·J bnonews com pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015 FOIA Case# 7813 DOCID 4228682 - - ri The information contained in t his message may be confidential and is intended to be exclusive l y for t he addressee Should you receive this message unintentionally please do not use the contents herein and notify t he sender immediately by return e-mail BNO News B V is registered by t he Chamber of Commerce under nr 17264724 2 -- -- -- -- DOCID 4228683 I - - - - - b 3 - P L From Sent To Subject 8 6 -36 Green Miller Marci L Thursday May 29 2014 3 03 PM 'Richard Byrne Reilly' nsapao RE Edward Snowden Email The e-mail and statement ar e on IC on the Record and will soon be posted to nsa gov Here ht tp i contherecord tumblr com _ _____ --·-· ···- ·-·- - --·-· ·-· ·- ----·· From Richard Byrne Reilly mailto richard@venturebeat com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 2 58 PM To nsapao Subject Edward Snowden Email ·-· -··-···- --- ----·-·-····--··-- ·---- -·--·· ·- ·-·- ---- DcarNSA My name is Richard Reilly and I'm a reporter with VentureBeat 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 Richard Richard Byrne Reilly Titer 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 ard Snowden to t he Office of General Counsel asking for an exp lanation of some ·material that was in a t r aining course he had j ust completed The e-mail did not r aise allegations or concer ns about wrongdoing or abuse but posed a legal quest i on that the Offi ce of General Counsel addressed There was not addi t ional follow- up noted The e-mail wi ll be released later today There ar e numerous avenues t hat Mr Snowden could have used t o raise other concerns or whistlebloi er allegations We have searched for additional indications of out reach f rom him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims ### Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public Media Affairs NEH Media line 443-634-0721 · ····Original Message---· · From Michael van Poppel BNO Ne• is mailto mpoppel@bnonews com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 55 PM To nsapao Subject Edward Snowden Good aftel'noon Do you have any comment regarding Ed 1ard Snowden' s claim that he sent at least one email t o hi s superiors not ifying them of hi s concer ns @ pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-20 15 FOIA Case# 7813a -- -- --- - - -- -- DOCID 4228684 Thank you Best regards Michael van Poppel· BNO News 8 V Tel l 845-796· 9291 Fax l 347-521-3174 Twitter @mpoppel mpoppe l@bnone 1s com wvP J b11onei is com -------------------------- ---------------- ---- The information contained in this message may be confi dential and is intended to be exclusively for t he addressee Should you receive this message unintentionally please do not use the contents here i n and notify the sender immediately by return e -mail BNO News B V is regis tered by the Chamber of Commerce under nr 17264724 2 - - - - --- - - - - - - DOCID 4228685 I From Sent To Cc Subject b 3 -P L 86-36 Cole Matthew NBCUniversal Matthew Cole@nbcuni com Thursday May 29 2014 1 27 PM Green Miller Marci L nsapao DL PAOMedia Re Email claim What time will it be released Best - '· Matthew Cale b 6 On May 29 2014 at 1 02 PM Green Miller Marci L mlgree3@nsa gov 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 mlgree3@nsa gov 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 mlgree3@nsa gov 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 mlgree3@nsa gov 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 I 2 _po 'c r n' ' __ a4 2 s 6 92 I - b 3 - t L 86-36 1-From Sent To Cc Subject Ferran Lee H Lee H Ferran@abc comJ Thursday May 29 2014 1 16 PM Green Miller Marci L nsapao DL PAOMedia RE NBC email claim Great thanks Marci - Were there any emails to the office of oversight and compl iance as Snowden stated' Or to anyone else in the NSA from Snowden raising concerns From Green Miller Marci L rnailto mlgree3@nsa gov Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 10 PM To Ferran Lee H Cc nsapao DL PAOMedia Subject NBC email claim Hi Lee Understand that you were asking about the email in question from last night's NBC interview We have the below NSA has now explained tha t they have found one email inquiry by Ed1vard Snowden to the office of Genera l Counsel asking for a n explanation of some materi al that was i n a t ·ain ing course he had just completed The e -mai l did not raise allegations or conce r ns about 011 ongdoing or abuse but posed a lega l question that the Office of General Counsel addressed There was not add it ional follow-up not ed The e - mail will be rel eased l ater today There are numerous avenues that Mr Snowden could have used t o raise other concerns or 1vhistleblo1 1er allega t ions 11e have searched for additional indicat ions of outreach f rom h im i n those areas and t o date ha le not discovered any engagements relat ed to his claims U 111 v r Marci Green Niller r SA Public and Media Affairs Office 44 -634 -0721 pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 o o --c- --r o _ -- '4 22 a 6 93 b 3 - P L 86-36 I I· From Sent To Cc Subject Green Miller Marci L Thursday May 29 2014 2 21 PM 'Ferran Lee H ' nsapao DL PAOMedia RE NBC email claim The email is on the below website now http iconthereco rd tumblr com And wlll be available on www nsa gov shortly ·--·-·- ·- ···- -·--- ---·---- ----- - ·---· --·· ··--------·- ·--·-·-··- From Ferran Lee H mailto Lee H Ferran@labc com ····· -·--·--·-··-------·----- ·-··-- Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 16 PM To Green Miller Marci L Cc nsapao DL PAOMedia Subject RE NBC email claim Great thanks Marci - Were there any emails to the office of oversight and compliance as Snowden stated Or to anyone else in t he NSA from Snowden ra ising concerns ·--- -·· - - -----------· ·- ··-·- From Green Miller Marci L nJ2ilto mlgree3@nsa gov Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 10 PM To Ferran Lee H Cc nsapao DL PAOMedia Subject NBC email claim Hi Lee Understand that you were asking about the email in question from last night's NBC interview We have the below NSA ha s no - explained t hat t hey have found one email inquiry by Edwa rd Sno1 den to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanat i on of some material that was i n a training course he had j ust completed The e-mai l did not r aise allegations or concerns about oirongdoing or abuse but posed a legal quest i on that t he Office of General Counsel addressed The r e •1as not adaitional follow- up noted The e-mail will be released late r today There a re numerous avenues that Mr Snowden could have used to raise other conce r ns or whistleblower allegations l e have searched for additional i ndications of outreach from him i n t hose areas and to date have not di scovered any engagements related to his claims ### v r Nor ci Green M'i LLer NSA Public and Media Affairs Office 443 -634-0721 l pproved for Release by NSA on 07-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228694 IFrom Sent To Cc Subject b 3 -P L 86-3 6 p Vines Vanee M Friday May 23 2014 9 17 AM 'Matthew Cole@nbcuni com· 'Shawn Turne DL PAOMedia 'DNI-Media@dni gov· nS'apa Re NBC NEWS EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY 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 allegat ions that M r GelJrni1 report ed on After ext ensive investigation includi g interviews with his former NSA supervisors and co-workers we have not found any evidence to support Mr SnoVl den's contention that he brought these m att ers to anyone's attention I'll call soon Thx F OIA b 3 - 50 USC 403g Section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949 OGA V ···--- - -·----·- i- Z · · • ······ ' -· - -··-···-- - -- · -- - - -··- - ··- - - - -··· - - · - · -· ····--· - - -- -- - -- ·- From Cole Matthew NBCUniversal mailto Matthew Cole@nbcuni com Sent Friday May 23 20 14 09 07 e M ·· To Vines Vanee M 'Sha wn ut11e Shawn Turne Cc DL PAOMedia 'DNI-Medlp@dni gov' DNl -Media@dni gov 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 fill_9wn TurneJ Vines Vanee M Subject NBC NEW EDWARD SNOWDEN INQUIRY L Shawn and Vanee l pproved for Release by NSA bn 07-28-2015 FOIA Case# 8137 DOCID · 4228694 As you may have seen NBC News will be airing a long interview w ith Edward Snowden Given that he makes plenty of claims in the interview I have t he enviable job of checking the veraci ty of said claim s Is it possible to discuss by phone at your earliest conveni ence I have initial inquiry t hen by m id day 1should have the final 3 or 4 Regards M atthew Cole Invest igative Producer NBC News 30 Rockefeller Plza New York NY 10112 O 212-664-2047 cl I- b 6 2 - b 3 -i L 86-36 From Cole Mai thew NBCUniversal Matthew Cole@nbcuni com Friday May 23 2014 9 08 AM - - - Vines Vanee M 'Shawn Turne4 DL PAOMedia 'DN I-Media@dni gov' nsapao RE NBC N EWS EDWARD SNOWDEN fNQUIRY Sent I To Cc Subject let' s start with this one but I will still need lo have a follow up pho1e conversation Can the NSA and o r DNJ confirm or deny that M r Snowden sent enjails lo the NSA's OGC o r 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 mailto vmvioe3@nsa gov Sent Friday May 23 2014 8 52 AM -- --To Cole Matthew NBCUnlversal 'Shawn Turne Cc DL PAOMedia 'DNl·Media@dni gov' nsapao Subject Re NBC NEWS EDWARD SNOWDEN I NQUIRY - -·-·····---·-··------------ ·--·· - I Will call Bu t can you also put it in writing now so that w e can 0ork it faster Writing is easier Thx · FOIA b J - 50 USC 403g Section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949 ' OGA V - -----·- ··-- ··· -············ _ From Cole Matthew NBCUniversal maifto Matthew Co e@nbcuni com · To Shawn Turne Shawn Turne ' vines Vanee M Subject NBC NE RD SNOWDEN Y Sent Friday May 23 20 4 08 1 2 ·AM Shawn and Va nee As yoo may· have seen NBC News w ill be airing a long interview with Edward Snowden Given that he makes plenty of cla ims in the int erv iew I have the e 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 quot 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 quot 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 quot no domestic spying program quot 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 quot 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 vmvine3@nsa uov 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 iimrcuLoGiunllo Brett L oGiurato Pol iticaI Reporter I Business I nsider I 1-- - -·· b 6 2 DOCID 4228698 businwxinsid mtmn pul gig DOCID 4228699 I From Sent To Cc Subject b 3 - P L 8 6 -36 Brett LoGiurato blogiurato@businessinsider com Thursday May 29 2014 2 22 PM Vines Vanee M nsapao Re Quick ques tion Thanks On Thu May 29 2014 at 2 15 PM Vines Vanee M vmv ine3@nsa imv 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·-· ______ _ _-_-_ _ · -_____________ b_ _ _3_ _-_P_ L_ _8_6_-_3_6_ _ __ Brett LoGiurato blogiurato@businessinsider com Thursday May 29 2014 3 37 PM Green Miller Marci L Vines Vanee M nsapao Re Quick question Got it Thanks On Thu May 29 2014 at 2 25 PM Green Miller Marci L ml i ree3@nsa gov 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 vmvine3@nsa gov 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 mlgse1 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' i'S79S42402390653932 KEY v0RDS Edwa rd Jay Epstein mg reno64- wsj - ··· ·• hat l am trying to clarify is the vgr io i's laims made by Snowden I realize the NSA has already addressed some of my que t ioiis i n t he past but as over a year has gone by I would like to answer then anew •Jt· mi ght also be hel pful to speak on the telephone My phone number i Any such conve rsation if you prefer can be off-the record Belovi are my questions I tried to be as specific as possible Please feel free to poi nt out anything I may have missed SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I· 1 Snowden claimed i n his June 9 video for the Guardian that he could do the following sitting at my desk I certainly had the authority t6 wiretap anyone f rom you or your ac cou ntant to a Federal j udge to even the President if I had a personal e-mail Question Did he have t he authority to tap the a the President of the us b a Federal j udge 3 anyone at all · 2 If he or ·anyone else did not have such authority ould it be a crime at the NSA to hack into the phone of the President or a Federal Judge 3 In same video Snowden cla ims he worked under cover for NSA Question Wa s he ever ·directly employed by t he ISA as opposed to an outside contractor Does working for an outside contractor such as Del l or Booi Allen Hamilton BAH constitute i«orking under cover- 4 In same video Snowden says he was a senior adviser for the Central Intell igence Agency as he a senior advisor to the CIA 5 In same video Snowden says I witnessed systemic violations of la by my government that created a moral duty to act Question · Did Snoviden ever report a viol at ion of the law to the IG or anyone else 6 Snowden signed Standard Form 312 the classified-informati on non-disclosure agreementwith BAH Question Did he sign a similar classified-information non-disclosure agreement with the NSA 7 Snoviden said in an interv iew with Barton Gellman in the Washington Post on 12 23 13 that he brought 'his misgivings to tvio supe riors in the ·NSA's Technology Directorate and two more in the IJSA Threat Operations Center's regional base in Hawa ii in Oct 2012 Question Is this true according to your investigation Question Did Snoviden work for t he Technology Directorate in 2012 Question Did Snowden work for NTOC in 2012 s In same Gellman interview he Snowden says opened a data quer y tool called BOUNDLESS INFORMANT to show extent of NSA int erceptions for t he 2 employees at t he·NTOC his 2 superiors at the Technology Directorate and 15 other peop le at the NSA in 2012 Question Were any of these putative 19 people found by the NSA Question Was Snowden in a position to open t hi s file in 2012 9 In same Gellman interview Snowden says in 2009 he as sent by the NSA' s Technology Directorate to support operations at a listeni ng post in Japan as a system administ rator and poi nted out serious flaws with infor mation security first t o his supervisor i n Japan and t hen to the directorate's chief of operations in the Pa cific Question was Snowden sent to Japan by the NSA's Technological Division in 2009- or i f he vias sent by Dell did he work for that Division in 2009' Question hat he wor king at N5A as a system admi nist rator i n 2009 Question Is there any record of Sno•1den pointing out flaws to his supervisor or t he direct orate's chief of operations 10 Snoviden claims in an i ntervj ew with James Risen i n the New York Times on 10 18 13 t hat he decided to act when he di scovered a copy of a classified 2009 inspector general's -report on t he N S A 's warrantless wiretapping program t hrough a dirty word search ••hich he 3 DOCID 4228709 described as an effort by a systems administrator to check a computer system for t hings t hat should not be t here in order to delete t hem and sanitize ·the system Question Did Snowden in his pos i t-io is at Dell have the authority to perform such a search Question If Dell found a document as he described· Did he have the aut hor ity or even the ability to open it in a s an unencrypted document 11 Snowden after he switchell from Dell to BAH i n March took an orient ation course in Maryland in April 2013 Question Did Snowden sign a non-disclosure agreement with the NSA Di d Snowden provide any untrue information in order to complete his t raining 12 Snowden reportedly informed BAH in late April t hat he needed to t ake a med ical leave in May Question Did Snowden al so report to the NSA he would be taking a medical leave If so did he specify ei ther where he was going for treatment or when he would be returning to Hawai i ____ Thank you so much for kindly considering t his request as ever Edward Jay Epstein _ 430 East 86 Street New York NY 10028 W'•M edwardjayepstein com · ··· · b 6 DOCID 4228710 I I From Sent To Cc Subject b 3 - P L 86- 36 Julian Hattem Lihattem@thehill com Thursday May 29 2014 1 20 PM Green Miller Marci L nsapao DL PAOMedia Re Snowden complaint Thank you very much On Thu May 29 2014 at 12 57 PM Green Miller Marci L m1gree3@nsa gov 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 mhrree3 t lnsa gov 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 me's attention Snowden recounted another set of conversations 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 Japai1 UU# Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specia list NSA Public Media Affairs NEW' Media line 443-634--072 1 From Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai IDilifto lorenzo rumas biiJ ile com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 2 30 PM To Green Miller Marci L Cc Vines Vanee M ns lpao Subject Re Snowden email Thanks' Any comment on the NSA's previous statement fi·om December The one sent to Washington Post 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 '' Did you not find the email then If so why On Thu May 29 201 4 at 2 21 PM Green Miller Marci L mlgree3ui lnsa gov 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 m lgree31a1 nsa gov 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 l iabber ccc dc Wickr j ······ www Ioren wtb corn 2 DOCID 4228717 _ From Sent To Subject b 3 P L 86-3 6 Vines Vanee M Thursday May 29 2014 2 18 PM 'Capra Tony NBCUniversal ' nsapao RE Snowden Email Hi The it em is below ·----------·-·····-------------- -----······---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 materia l that was in a training course he had just completed The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing o r abuse but posed a legal question that the Of fice of General Counsel add ressed 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 di scovered any engagements related to his claim s ### Public Affairs Specialisi NSA Public Media A ffairs NEw····· Media 1ine 443-634-0721 From capra Tony NBCUniversal mailto Tony Capra@nbcunl 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 Tony Tony Capra Senior Assignment Manager NBC News Washington 202 885-4200 Tony Capra@nbcunLcom 1 l pproved for Release by NSA on h -28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 - DOCID 4228718 From Sent To Subject Hi -· b 3 - P L 8 6- 36 Vines Vanee M Thursday May 29 2014 2 06 PM 'Capra Tony NBCUniversal ' nsapao RE Snowden Email The item is below We ' l l 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 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 Mr Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations We have searched for additional indications of outreach from hi m in those ar eas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims ### Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public Media Affairs NEw·······- Media line 443-634-0721 ··--··--- ·- - -··· · - - - ·- --·-··· - ••·--- -- ··- _ _____ - •••• • • •••• •· - - · -- ·- · · - - · - - -•• - •- --- - · •• • ••• - - - · - · · -· - - ·-H· -•••-•• From Capra Tony NBCUniversal CmsiJ to Tony Capra@ 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 Tony Tony Capra Senior Assignment Manager NBC News Washington 202 885-4200 Tony Capra@nbcuni com l pproved for Release by NSA on b7-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228719 b 3 -1' L 8 6-36 I· From Sent To Subject Vines Vanee M Thursday May 29 2014 1 56 PM 'Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai' nsapao 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 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 additiona l fo llow-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 cla ims #II# Vanee' Vines Public Affairs Specialist NSA Public Media Affairs NEW ' Media line 443-634-0721 -·--·-···· -··- - - From Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai° 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 tweeting an alleged statement from the NSA regarding an email Snowden sent to the agency's General Counsel Cou ld you send me the statement as well Just checking if the one heing circulated is true Will you release the email Thanks' - ···· 6 Lorenzo Franccschi-Bicchierai tv1ashablc US World Repor1er lorem o@mashahle com j lorenzoth8 17Jii nai l com I 1 · 1 l pproved for Release by NSA on 7-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228719 Twi ll y rii'lnceozc FB Skype _ Encrypted Phone OTR lore11zo tbr71 j1 1l ' b_e_r _cc-c- d e_ ___ - ······ Wickr l www lorenzof·b com I- - --······· --·· 2 DOCID 4228720 I From b 3 - P L 86- 36 Vines Vanee M Thursday May 29 2014 1 49 PM 'Sam Stein' DL PAOMedia nsapao RE snowden email Sent To Cc Subject 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 Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a t raining course he had just complete l The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse but posed a legal quest ion 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 discovered any engagements related to his cl aims ##ff Vanee' Vines Public A ffairs Specialist NSA Public Media Affairs NEW Media line 443-634-0721 --------- ------- ·---· - ----- ·------- ·- - -- ----- ---------·-- ··- From Sam Stein i nailto samstein@huffingtonpost com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 35 PM To Hayden caitlin Cc DL PAOMedia s ubject Re snowden email ' h 6 thanks Caitlin On Thu May 29 2014 at I 3 I PM Hayden Caitlin -'wrote Sam I've plussed in NSA for you From Sam Stein mailto samstein@huffingtonpost com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 24 PM To Hayden caitlin Subject Re snowden email gotchya thanks t pproved for Release by NSA on ' 7-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228720 b 6 On Thu May 29 2014 at l 22 PM Hayden Caitlin NSA is Refer you there From Sam Stein mailto samstein@huffingtonpost com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 21 PM To Hayden caitlin Subject snowden email you're releasing the one he sent to the counsel i read that on the twitters Sam Stein Senior Politics Editor Huffington Post I I Subscribe to HuffPost Hill http huff to db6n I 0 ······ Sam Stein Senior Politics Editor Huffington Post I I ······· -······ ·· Subscribe to HuffPost Hill http l1uff to db6n I 0 Sam Stein Senior Politics Editor Huffington Post 2 q o c r n __422 a12 o ___ I - - · b 6 _ I_ ' Subscribe to HutlPost Hill hllp huff to db6n I0 Sam Stein Senior Politics Editor Hu ton Post ······· ··· ······ Subscribe to J luftPost Hill http hu Ito db6nJ 0 3 ······ ······· DOCID 4228721 b 3 -P L 86-36 From Green Miller Marci L Thursday May 29 2014 2 18 PM Sent To Cc Subject Hi I nsapao I b 6 RE Snowden email to NSA The item is below NSA has now explained that they 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 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 Couns l 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 -----origin Me sag - -·-From mailtoj sent lnurs y ayY 201 4 2 0 90 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 mlgree3@nsa golf 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 If-fairs Office 443· 634-0721 1 14 pproved for Release by NSA on b -28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228725 From Vines Vanee M Sent Wednesday May 28 2014 11 57 AM To 'Siobhan Gorman@wsj com' nsapao Subject Re Snowden interview I don't have anything for you at this point 'will keep you posted From Gorman Siobhan mailto S iobhan Gorman a wsj com Sent Wednesday May 28 2014 11 51 AM To Vines Vanee M nsapao Subject Snowden interview HiVanee I realize it's a bit difficult to gauge beca use 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 sai d he's worked for with Thanks Siobhan ---- Siobhau Gurm m Intclllgem c Corrcsponcletlt Th • 'f- l 11 St reet Jrhirn al lo25 C·011n u 1cut v ' '- Suit1 • 1-Slli bl 6 2 DOCID 4228726 b 3 - P L 86- 36 From Sent To Cc Subject Green Miller Marci L Thursday May 29 2014 1 06 PM Vines Vanee M 'Siobhan Gorman@wsj com' nsapao DL PAOMedia RE Snowden interview Hi Siobhan Separate from your que tions bur see the below regarding the email claim NSA has now explained t hat they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some mater ial 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 Counse l 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 t hose 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 com· nsapao Subject Re Snowden interview l don' t have a nything for you at this point 'will keep you posted · ---·- - - -- ···-- From Gorman Siobhan l ilto Siobhan Gorman@ws1 com Sent Wednesday May 28 2014 11 51 AM - · - - - -- - - -···-·- To Vines Vanee M nsapao Subject Snowden interview Hi Vanee 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 i pproved for Release by NSA on 37-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228726 Siobhan - - - S10bh to Gunu w lntcHig_cncc Corn spomlcm Tht V tll Srree1 Jourmtl l J2 011t1i Uh UI _ c -Xi li t · ' l h11 g1 t Ill JOllr ·' ''- - - - tl ' l i '-9 3' v T wirri r • I I ltt b 6 @ _omun_s1ohh 111 2 DOCID 4228727 I From Sent To Subject b 3 -l' L 86-36 Green Miller Marci L Thursday May 29 2014 2 22 PM ·Jackson David M' nsapao RE USA Today Hi Statement below The email is on the below website now http icon therecord tum b Ir com And will be available on www nsa gov shortly -·---------·-------- _____ __________ ________ 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 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 ### From Jackson David M mailto dmjackso@usatoday com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 2 19 PM To nsapao Subject USA Today This is David Jackson with USA Today Can I get a copy of the Snowden e-mail it is released Thank you A pproved for Release by NSA on h7-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 D O C I D ___ 4 2 2 8 7 2 8 I From I b 13 -P L 86- 36 Green Miller Marci L Thursday May 29 2014 1 01 PM Vines Vanee M DL PAOMedia nsapao RE warren Sent To Cc Subject Hi Warren Vanee is in a meeting and asked that I forward you the below We have the below in response to your query NSA has now explained that they have f ound 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 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 ff## v r Marci Green Miller NSA Public and Media Affairs Office 443 -634-0721 --··--···--··- -- - -- ·- - ----·-- - From Warr Strobel@thomsonreutcrs com mallto Warren Strobel@thomsonreuters com J 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 or can someone in the administration http www nbcnews com feature edward-snowden-mterview email•supports-snowden-claim-he-guestioned-nsapractices·nll7086 Much thanks Warren Warren Strobel Diplomatic Editor Washington Bureau Reuters •1202 310 5660 work i pproved for Release by NSA on n -28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 - 228728 mobile DOCID 4228729 b 3 - P L 86-36 - 1- - From Sent To Cc Subject Green Miller Marci L Thursday May 29 2014 2 26 PM Green Miller Marci l Vines Vanee M DL PAOMedia nsapao RE warren The email is on the below website now http icontherecord tumblr com And will be available on www nsa gov shortly From Green Miller Marci L Sent Thursday May 29 2014 1 01 PM To Vines Vanee M Cc DL PAOMedia nsapao Subject RE warren Hi Warren Vanee is in a meeting and asked that I forward you the below ________ _____________ ___________ _______________ _ We have lhe below in response to your query NSA has now explained that they have found one email inq uiry 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 The e -mai l 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 re lated to his claims ### v r Marci Gr·een Miller NSA Public and Medi a Affairs Office 443-634-0721 From Warren Strobel@thomsonreuters CQm 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 or can someone in the administration O pproved for Release by NSA on 17-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228729 hup ljwww nbcnews com feature edward-snowden-inrerview emall-supports-snowdcn claim-he-guestioned-nsapractices-n117086 Much thanks Warren Warren Strobel Diplomatic Editor Washington Bureau Reuters j 1202 310 5660 work mobile lb 61 z DOCID 4228730 b 3 -P t 8 6- 36 From Sent To Cc Subject Green Miller Marci L Thursday May 29 2014 2 43 PM 'Sparshott Jeffrey' nsapao RE WSJ re Snowden email The e -mail and statement are on re on the Record and will soon be posted to nsa gov Here http icontherecord tumblr com v r Marci Green Miller NSA Public and Media Affai rs Office 443 · 634-0721 From Sparshott Jeffrey mailto Jeffrey Sparshott@wsi com Sent Thursday May 29 2014 2 42 PM To nsapao Subject WSJ re Snowden email Hello The White House today said a Snowsen email s would be released today Are you able to send to me Thank you Jeffrey Sparshott Wall Street Journal proved for Release by NSA on 7-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228731 I I From Sent To Subject b 3 -P L- 86-36 Julian Hattem Uhattem@thehill com Thursday May 29 2014 9 31 AM nsapao Snowden complaint Good morning In the interview with NBC last night Edward Snowden said that he had filed formal 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 reponing he asked a question about how the agency had interpreted the law b that correct Does that disprove the NSA's earl ier claim that he had never brought the mauers to anyone's attention Thank you Julian llattcm Staff Writer The Hill @ im hattcm ____ Ofli1·1 - 202 628 8568 Cellj _ __ b 6 A pproved for Release by NSA on 17-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228732 I -- - From b 3 -P L 86- 36 Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai lorenzo@mashable com Thursday May 29 2014 1 55 PM Vines Vanee M nsapao Snowden email Sent To Subject Hey Vanee I saw someone tweeting an alleged statement from the NSA regarding an email Snowden sem to the agency's General Counsel Could you send me the statement as weJI Just checking if the one being circulated is true Will you release the email Thanks Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Mttsh bl c US World Reporter lorenw1ihuasliable l' JV I lore1170l118 ci'gmail com I r 7 _ b 6 1 lumw Er Encryptea Phone _- - - - - - - - ' OTR loren7olbm•jabbcr ccc de Wiclcr w v lnrenzotb com 1 pproved for Release by NSA on h -28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 rG±D From Sent To Subject b 3 - ' L 8 6 - 36 -------- b 6 Thursday May 29 2014 2 09 PM nsapao Snowden email to NSA 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 wi th someone there to get more information about it when someone is availabl e Kim zetter Senior Reporter Wired b 6 Sent from my i Phone 1 proved for Release by NSA on 7-28-2015 FOIA Case# 781 37 DOCID 4 22 8734 I From Sent To Subje t b 3 -P L 86-36 I Capra Tony NBCUn versal Tony Capra@nbcuni com Thursday May 29 201' 1 2 03 PM nsapao Snowden Email Hi Can you please send me anything you have on the release of an Edward Snowden related email Thanks Tony Tony Capra Senior Assignment Manager NBC News Washington 202 885-4200 Tony Capra@nbcunl com l pproved for Release by NSA on ' l7-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228735 ------1 b 3 - P L B6 - 36 I From Sent To Subjeet kcollier@dailydot com Thursday May 29 2014 2 44 PM nsapao Snowden ematl today Hi Seen reports that WH will today release Snowden's email to NSA If so can I be on whatever list it'll go out 10 Thanks · f pproved for Release by NSA on h7-28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137 DOCID 4228736 I __ - I From Sent To Subject bl 3 -P L 86-36 Sparshott Jeffrey Jeffrey Sparshott@wsj com Thursday May 29 2014 2 42 PM nsapao WSJ re Snowden email Hello The White House today said a Snowsen email s would be released today Are you able to send to me Thank you Jeffrey Sparshott Wall Street Journal 1 pproved for Release by NSA on b -28-2015 FOIA Case# 78137