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Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice

Report on the President’s Surveillance Program

Volume I

July 2009

(Re-released with some previously redacted information unredacted)

Oversight and Review January 2016

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NOTE

In connection with Freedom of Information Act litigation brought by The New York Times in the Southern District of New York, the OIG’s July 2009 “Report on the President’s Surveillance Program – Volume I” has been re-released with additional information declassified by agencies with the authority to do so. The following pages in this version of the report contain information that was previously redacted:

Volume Pages I 27 53-54

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U.S. Department of Justice www.justice.gov/oig

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