Report on the President’s Surveillance Program (unclassified), prepared by the Offices of Inspectors General of the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, and Office of the Director of National

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Report on the President’s Surveillance Program (unclassified), prepared by the Offices of Inspectors General of the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Date Issued

Friday, July 10, 2009

Submitting OIG

Department of Justice OIG

Other Participating OIGs

Department of Justice OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Department of Justice

Components

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Report Number

E2006010

Report Type

Review

Agency Wide

Yes

Number of Recommendations

Questioned Costs

Funds for Better Use

Report updated under NDAA 5274

Open Recommendations

This report has 5 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use	Additional Details
1	No	$0	$0	Status as of February 28, 2025
Assess its discovery obligations regarding Stellar Wind-derived information in international terrorism prosecutions.
2	No	$0	$0	Status as of February 28, 2025
Carefully consider whether it must re-examine past cases to see whether potentially discoverable but undisclosed Rule 16 or Brady material was collected by the NSA under the program, and take appropriate steps to ensure that it has complied with its discovery obligations in such cases.
3	No	$0	$0	Status as of February 28, 2025
As part of the [Redacted] project, the Justice Department's National Security Division (NSD), working with the FBI, should collect information about the quantity of telephone numbers and e-mail addresses disseminated to FBI field offices that are assigned as Action leads and that require offices to conduct threat assessments.
4	No	$0	$0	Status as of February 28, 2025
Consistent with NSD's current oversight activities and as part of its periodic reviews of national security investigations at FBI Headquarters and field offices, NSD should review a representative sampling [Redacted] leads to those offices.
5	No	$0	$0	Status as of February 28, 2025
In coordination with the NSA, implement a procedure to identify Stellar Wind-derived information that may be associated with international terrorism cases currently pending or likely to be brought in the future and evaluate whether such information should be disclosed in light of the government's discovery obligations under Rule 16 and Brady.