From Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de Sat Oct 13 02:12:37 2001 From: Eugene Leitl To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: IP: USSID 18 - Procedures on NSA collection data on "U.S. persons"(fwd) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 02:12:37 +0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7413529657330753158==" --===============7413529657330753158== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable -- Eugen* Leitl leitl ______________________________________________________________ ICBMTO: N48 04'14.8'' E11 36'41.2'' http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204 57F9CFD3: ED90 0433 EB74 E4A9 537F CFF5 86E7 629B 57F9 CFD3 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 16:54:18 -0400 From: David Farber Reply-To: farber(a)cis.upenn.edu To: ip-sub-1(a)majordomo.pobox.com Subject: IP: USSID 18 - Procedures on NSA collection data on "U.S. persons" >Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:52:34 -0500 >From: John Lyon >To: dave(a)farber.net >X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.472) > >Out of curiosity I went hunting for info on the United States Signals >Intelligence Directives (USSIDs) I had to be aware of in a former line of wo= rk. > >Much to my surprise, USSID 18, which outlines procedures for the NSA's >collection of data on "U.S. persons" was declassified just over a year ago. > >I thought the document might be of interest to IPers, especially at this tim= e. > >An introduction, and links to the archives can be found at: > > http://cipherwar.com/news/00/nsa_surveillance.htm > >(From the site above:) > >In the aftermath of revelations in the 1970s about NSA interception of the >communications of anti-war and other political activists new procedures >were established governing the interception of communications involving >Americans. The version of USSID 18 currently in force was issued in July >1993 and "prescribes policies and procedures and assigns responsibilities >to ensure that the missions and functions of the United States SIGINT >System (USSS) are conducted in a manner that safeguards the constitutional >rights of U.S. persons." > >(And a bit from USSID 18, itself - any errors in transcription are my fault:) > >SECTION 1 - PREFACE > >1.1. (U) The Fourth Amendment ot the Unites States Constitution protects >all U.S. persons anywhere in the world and all persons within the United >States from unreasonable searches and seizures by any person or agency >acting on behalf of the U.S. Government. The Supreme Court has ruled that >the interception of electronic communications is a search and seizure >within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. It is therefore mandatory that >signals intelligence (SIGINT) operations be conducted pursuant to >procedures which meet the reasonableness requirements of the fourth >amendment. > >1.2. (U) In determining whether United States SIGING System (USSS) >operations are "reasonable," it is necessary to balance the U.S. >Government's need for foreign intelligence information and the privacy >interests of persons protected by the Fourth Amendment. Striking that >balance has consumed much time and effort by all branches of the United >States Government. The results of that effort are reflected in the >references listed in Section 2 below. Together, these references require >the minimization of U.S. person information collected, processed, retained >or disseminated by the USSS. The purpose of this document is to implement >these minimization requirements. > >1.3. (U) Several themes run throughout this USSID. The most important is >that intelligence operation and the protection of constitutional rights are >not incompatible. It is not necessary to deny legitimate foreign >intelligence collection or suppress legitimate foreign intelligence >information to protect the Fourth Amendment rights of U.S. Persons. > >1.4. (U) Finally, these minimization procedures implement the >constitutional principle of "reasonableness" by giving different categories >of individuals and entities different levels of protection. These levels >range from the stringent protection accorded U.S. citizens and permanent >resident aliens in the United States to provisions relating to foreign >diplomats in the U.S. These differences reflect yet another main theme of >these procedures, that is, that the focus of all foreign intelligence >operation is on foreign entities and persons. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >JEL > For archives see: http://lists.elistx.com/archives/interesting-people/ --===============7413529657330753158==--