Opinion ID: 4465383
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Retention and Dissemination

Text: As addressed above, the minimization procedures also govern the ultimate retention of surveillance materials and the reporting of acquired information outside of [the] intelligence agency that collects the information. PCLOB Report at 64. The minimization procedures treat retention and dissemination in similar ways: the NSA, for instance, may retain communications in generally the same situations where the NSA is permitted to disseminate ... these communications to other agencies. Id. at 62. 1be retention and dissemination of information gathered under the FAA is also governed by the same restrictions that apply to traditional FISA. Id. at 64. Additional protections generally apply if the NSA, for instance, seeks to disseminate Section 702 information con taining the identity of a United States person. The NSA will then mask the identity, deleting any identifying information unless certain exceptions apply. These exceptions include when the U.S. person's identity is necessary to understand foreign intelligence 33 information, or the communication contains evidence of a crime and is being disseminated to law enforcement authorities. Id. at 65. Agencies relying on NSA reporting may request that the identity of a United States person be unmasked. Id. The NSA may provide that information if at least one additional criterion is met, including when the identity of the United States person is necessary to understand foreign intelligence information or the information indicates that the United States person is an agent of a foreign power or the target of intelligence activities of a foreign power. NSA 2011 Minimization Procedure § 6(b). Agencies may also request that information about a given e-mail address or facility be forwarded on a regular basis.