UNIDENTIFIED Plaintiff, Civil Action No. {! Defendant. responsible processing Information statements knowledge, personal review of information available to me in my official j conclusions accordance therewith. supplements unclassified affidavit! plaintiffs disclosed, i the records from release to the plaintiff. . I affidavit, parentheses designate(s) sensitivity information must 2&s& respectively information unclassified classified CONFIDENTIAL, CODfewORD" respectively. "CODEWORD" distinctive five-letter information communications intelligence distinguish categories sub-categories, facilitate application dissemination conjunction classifies- affidavit, applicable classification appropriate sub-category information activities, protection, THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS processing plaintiffs thirty-nine Seventy-nine originated gQyernment plaintiff, affidavit, erroneously plaintiffs attendance plaintiff. affidavit, declassified plaintiff. additional non-COMINT Hypothesis component. sub-paragraph affidavit, information organization disclosure therefore, non-COMINT unofficial referenced sub-paragraph affidavit. Intelligence shortcoming interception procedures surprising information deliberately illustrate gence community intelligence capabilities^] shortcoming, employee's perception implication^} demonstrates intelligence (paragraph encouraged especially intelligence meaningful suggestions efficiency disclosure information, especially diminution professional subsequently intelligence illustrate information activities classified disclosure organization operational activities This material is exempt from disclosure under j specifically disclosure sub-paragraph affidavit, disclosure organization information activities memorandum conclusions recommendations responsive plaintiffs phenomena. {paragraph disclosure employees recommendations addressing responding sub-paragraph recommendations disclosure operational activities therefore, disclosure communications Vietnamese therefore, responsive plaintiff's Nonetheless sub-paragraph classified. plaintiffs disclosure COMINT REPORTS communications intelligence discussion produced by (the signals intelligence organ ization^B^HRHRNF* technology information. remaining. thirty-nine operations. originated operational underlying communication particular transmission, "externals" consisting recipient; transmission; information- intercepted communications, accompanied "technical fifty-four intercepted communications governments transmitted "government communications communication transmitted international distinction communications facilities intercepted communications "government (facilities. summarizes transmitted^] transmission unidentified fto an an unidentified instructions of flying objects), and betweentiMKHNHI reporting that saw a ball of light about the size of an orange moving overhead). One document in* summary format is the product of an intercepted transmission reporting the sighting of an elongated message sent by the reporting an unidentified reports th which was transmitted falong a "government net^T facility. The last three documents in this group report on intercepted communications of Each report information intercepted transmissions reporting the tracking of unidentified aircraft by 4^J|P(^Cra<2aL7 operators. EXEMPTION OF THE COMINT REPORTS overriding consideration classification communications intelligence underlying intercepted Nevertheless, disclosed, information identifying communicators communications intercepted exploited. fifty-four operations government controlled- communications systems within their territorial boundaries. ^Revealing the contents of these reports would disclose the capability of NSA to target thesej^overnmen t con troll ed^com- munication systems. Even where the underlying communica- tions are not specified the communications had been intercepted for processing by NSA. Moreover, the I disclosure of these reports would reveal much more than the ! identity of the targeted communications systems. .. It would reveal as well The communications sources involved in this case which are specified or implicitly identified in the COMINT reports being withheld by NSA [ are- the sourcetof extremely valuable, communications intelligence covering a broad information othej^^mpl activities activities tojiqjJ^^EgjJJJIJP^andJaPI^J^pKCniatters^J Release of these documents would seriously damage the ability of the United States to gather this vital -intelligence information for the following reasons: a) Disclosure of the report discussed in paragraph 9b would inform that their communications by^nternationai common carriej^facil itiesj] intercepted importantly, againsjj&ne' tional common communications ofj'pjsher governments communications disclosure transmitted^ international itie^fwouid capacit^]to intercepted intelligence inferences processing intelligence intelligence [targeting^iriternational communication disclosure intelligence information interception government communications systems?**- intelligence the intercept of_ government-^| (paragraphs j^Biildi^communications (paragraph transmissions betweerjg(fljjflj8ft^ immeasurably [Analysts are able to feport