British Security Meetings May Become More Public Events, Times Reports Mar 19, 2008
Under the current system, senior MI5, MI6 and signals intelligence center officials appear before private meetings of the U.K.'s Intelligence and Security Committee, the newspaper reported. The new strategy will outline methods for holding some of the ISC meetings in public, the Times said. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Flag Officer Assignments Mar 6, 2008
Meek is currently serving as deputy director for customer relationships, Signals Intelligence Directorate, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Md. Rear Adm. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
'Don't Worry, Be Happy' Mar 1, 2008
Given the enormous flow of global voice and data communications, any interruption or delay in collecting "signals intelligence" jeopardizes the ability of analysts to determine and disseminate whether, where, how and when a terrorist organization may be planning an attack ... Given the enormous flow of global voice and data communications, any interruption or delay in collecting "signals intelligence" jeopardizes the ability of analysts to determine and disseminate whether, where, how and when a... (Townhall.com)
Ollie North: House on Holiday, Terrorists Plot Feb 29, 2008
Given the enormous flow of global voice and data communications, any interruption or delay in collecting signals intelligence jeopardizes the ability of analysts to determine and disseminate whether, where, how and when a terrorist organization may be planning an attack. That's what happened in the months leading up to 9-11-01, and the kind of vulnerability the PAA was designed to redress. (Fox News)
'John Doe' Telecoms Feb 20, 2008
Prominent among the stated justifications for this dereliction of duty by the House of Representatives is the fact that the Senate version of the reenactment of the PAA which was passed recently with broad bipartisan support included a provision anathema to the lower chambers Democratic leadership: It offered immunity from litigation for private telecommunications companies whose help in collecting signals intelligence was indispensable in the wake of the 9/11 attacks ... Prominent... (Townhall.com)
DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Anderson at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. Feb 2, 2008
Last week, I asked General Odierno about the -- what he had learned concerning electronic warfare, signals intelligence, those sorts of things during his tour ... Many of the other intelligence systems and the signals intelligence and all the crew -- all the counter-IED devices that help us defeat electronically everything from remote phones, cell phones, you know, remote wiring devices, that capability is much more enhanced now at the smaller unit level than it was a year ago. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
FISA Part 2: NSA at Home Jan 31, 2008
This is not that surprising for two reasons: First, NSA's second mission after signals intelligence is communications security. The agency was responsible for the of the 1990s (Orange Book, Blue Book, etc. (EETimes)
Northrop Grumman Q4 EPS Increases to $1.32, 2007 EPS Totals $5.16; EPS of $5.50 to $5.75 Expected in 2008 Jan 25, 2008
-- The National Security Administration competitively awarded Northrop Grumman a $220 million contract to develop an advanced information management and data storage system that will support efforts to modernize the nation's electronic intelligence and broader signals intelligence capabilities ... -- The National Security Administration competitively awarded Northrop Grumman a $220 million contract to develop an advanced information management and data storage system that will support efforts to... (PR Newswire)
DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Odierno from Iraq Jan 18, 2008
Based on your time over there, what role has electronic warfare -- for example, signals intelligence, jammers -- what role have they performed, and what needs to be done to work effectively in the environment you have over there in Iraq. GEN. ODIERNO:Well, first off, one of the most important things that we've done is we've integrated electronic warfare specialists down to battalion level, down to maneuver battalion level. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
Declassified study puts Vietnam events in new light Jan 9, 2008
US signals intelligence during the war came up short in major turning points, according to an NSA history ... WASHINGTON - US signals intelligence the much-vaunted ability of American military and spy units to eavesdrop on the radio calls and other electronic communications of an adversary failed at crucial moments during the Vietnam War, according to a just-declassified National Security Agency history of the effort ... Prior to that, signals intelligence may have actually misled... (Christian Science Monitor)
Vietnamese tricked US into attacks Jan 8, 2008
The 500-page report retold Vietnam War history from the perspective of "signals intelligence", the group said ... The author of the report "demonstrates that not only is it not true, as [then US] secretary of defence Robert McNamara told Congress, that the evidence of an attack was 'unimpeachable', but that to the contrary, a review of the classified signals intelligence proves that 'no attack happened that night'," the federation of scientists said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
President Bush Makes Christmas Eve Telephone Calls To Members of The Armed Forces Dec 25, 2007
He is responsible for the receipt and processing of all signals intelligence for elements of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Forward. Corporal Anaya's wife, Carrie Martinez, resides in Roswell, New Mexico. (White House News Releases)
Sen. Bond: NIE Emphasis is Wrong Dec 18, 2007
As a result, if Clinton and Obama had prevailed, We would not have been able to collect signals intelligence from key al Qaeda and other terrorist leaders abroad, calling to their allies in Iraq or perhaps in the United States. Essentially they wouldve shut down the program, Bond says. (Newsmax)
Evidentiary Inspection Dec 13, 2007
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Payday comes as rocket launches today Dec 10, 2007
"The early evening liftoff will mark the 12th mission this year for ULA, a joint venture that marries the Lockheed Martin Atlas and Boeing Delta families of rockets.Headquartered in Denver, the company launches from both Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Atlas and Delta rockets are assembled in Decatur, Ala., and major components are manufactured in Harlingen, Texas.Altogether, the company employs about 4,300 people.The total number of people working on Atlas and Delta... (Florida Today)
Bush Intel Chief: 'Iran Good at Keeping Secrets' Dec 4, 2007
effectively" kept their nuclear weapon program hidden, and, too, the secret halt to it. The officials said they are more inclined now than they were in 2005 to believe the Iranians are rational actors, because the regime's susceptibility to international pressure a key factor in the halting of the nuclear weapons program suggests the Iranians' "cost-benefit" model is surprisingly similar to the kind the U.S. would employ. Asked if the intelligence community's state of knowledge abou 000007D7 t... (Fox News)
Karzai: Stop The Air Strikes Oct 26, 2007
While the Taliban deliberately target civilians in Afghanistan, Coalition Forces utilize numerous techniques to try to minimize civilian deaths, including human and signals intelligence, plus real time overhead video. The 60 Minutes visit to the Combined Air Operations Center marked the first time news cameras have ever visited the center. (CBS News)
Turks have might, but it will be a fight Oct 26, 2007
Indeed, Turkey remains important to Washington as highly secretive SIGINT (signals intelligence) bases remain at Sinop, Adana and Diyarbakir. Internal security remains the responsibility of the special operations section of the General Directorate of Security. (Asia Times Online)
'Become a spy' ads target gamers Oct 18, 2007
GCHQ has a two pronged remit, covering signals intelligence and information assurance. Signals intelligence provides information to support the government in areas such as national security, military operations and law enforcement. (Media Guardian)
What happend to MI-4? Oct 13, 2007
Dan Robinson of Prince Rupert, B.C., adds that some of the other, long-defunct MI departments were MI-7 (propaganda and censorship), MI-8 (signals intelligence) and MI-9 (aid for resistance fighters in occupied Europe). THE QUESTION: "Why are all the ducks in children's books yellow? I have never seen a yellow duck," writes Jackie Gardiner of Brockville, Ont. (Globe and Mail)
How effort to spot road bombs unraveled Oct 4, 2007
Except for artillery direction-finding and signals intelligence such as eavesdropping, Army electronic warfare expertise and equipment had atrophied as the Soviet threat dissolved after the Cold War. This was fine for the environment of 1990, and it was fine for the environment of 2002, said Rear Adm. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
New human intelligence center in business on post Oct 2, 2007
Additionally, a major conclusion was the United States had ignored the importance of human intelligence gathering by putting more of an emphasis on technology, especially in the arena of signals intelligence, which was a cornerstone of countering the Soviet Union during the Cold War ... We depended on SIGNIT (signals intelligence), he said. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Castro: Strange Deaths & Aggression Sep 20, 2007
He worked with the CIA, the Pentagons Defense Science Board and with the Signals Intelligence Committee of the Intelligence Board of the United States. . (Zmag.org)
--WND Exclusive-- Sep 12, 2007
The plan has been uncovered by signals intelligence specialists at Britain's Government Communications Headquarters and at the equally ultra-secret National Security Agency base at Menwith Hill near Harrogate in the north of the country. Using a state-of-the-art software program called Moonpenny, the specialists have tracked the activities of the Chinese People's Liberation Army scientists based at their underground headquarters in the Western Hills outside Beijing. (WorldNetDaily)
Our World: Of men and mice Sep 5, 2007
As Ma'ariv reported Friday, Russian advisors are involved in improving Syria's signals intelligence and electronic warfare capabilities. If plans go through for the Russian Navy to station its forces at the Syrian port of Tartus, the Russians are scheduled to secure that port with advanced land to air PMU-2 ballistic missiles that will cover most of Syrian airspace. (Townhall.com)
In Space, No One Can Hear You Raise a FISA Challenge Aug 16, 2007
The article mentioned , or Measurement and Signature Intelligence, but what about space-based (Imaging Intelligence) or (Signals Intelligence). There are different rules for different intelligence sources, and knowing the Bush administration, these are likely to be glossed over. (EETimes)
CIA Defends Against 'Legacy of Ashes' Aug 9, 2007
In fact, the NSA was established in 1952 to correct serious problems with military signals intelligence during the Korean War. -- The book alleges that the CIA used Radio Free Europe to spark the 1956 Hungarian uprising. (Newsmax)
The Science of Bridge Collapse Prevention Aug 4, 2007
News for nerds, stuff that matters. Posted by on Friday August 03, @09:02PM from the so-far-we-have-not-found-the-science dept. writes "In the wake of the Minneapolis Interstate 35W bridge collapse this week, Computerworld investigates ongoing research which . Acoustic emissions detection systems, which listen for the sounds of metal snapping on structures are already are being sold and fitted. Likewise, a new generation of detector systems include sensors that monitor for tilting of bridge... (Slashdot)
Blog Main Page Aug 3, 2007
The NSA conducts broadband signals intelligence. The first step in most electronic intelligence studies is traffic analysis, a topology-map style of data mining. (EETimes)
Hamas Victory Brings Secrets Jul 30, 2007
This kind of technology, along with the knowledge it yields, is broadly known in intelligence circles as "Sigint," which is shorthand for "signals intelligence." It can include eavesdropping equipment, devices used for intercepting radio, microwave and telephone communications and telemetry technology that allows the user to pinpoint the location of someone holding a communication device, such as a cellphone. "The United States invested a lot of effort in setting up this system in Gaza --... (Wall Street Journal)
Johnson: Life & Times of the CIA Jul 26, 2007
Over the years, in order to compensate for these serious inadequacies, the CIA turned increasingly to signals intelligence and other technological means of spying like U-2 reconnaissance aircraft and satellites. In 1952, the top leaders of the CIA created the National Security Agency -- an eavesdropping and cryptological unit -- to overcome the Agency's abject failure to place any spies in North Korea during the Korean War. (Zmag.org)
BOOK: CIA reading Internet cafe e-mails... Jul 21, 2007
It was divided into units that carried out signals intelligence, human spying, and commando operations. The Pentagon added a new division in 2006: Computer Network Operations. (The Drudge Report)
Sierra Vista, surrounding towns set to celebrate Fourth of July Jul 3, 2007
The 344th Military Intelligence Battalion will have a Prophet system, a tactical ground signals intelligence platform on display. The 11th Signal Brigade will provide a number of displays of its communication capabilities. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
After Hamass bloody triumph, showdown with Israel looms Jun 17, 2007
THROUGH the heat haze, the sounds of shots and screams carried to the desperate men holed up inside a great white building in Gaza City. This was the American-built headquarters of the Office of General Security, a moderate Palestinian intelligence service charged with tracking and curbing the activities of Hamas extremists in an attempt to bring stability to Gaza and pave the way to peace. (Times Online)
Caught: the men who know all the dark secrets Jun 15, 2007
Australia is also believed to provide the bulk of the communications intercepts and signals intelligence that underpin the operations. The hunt for Dujana was sparked in January when Wiwin Kalahe, a suspect in several sectarian murders, including the beheading of three Christian schoolgirls, handed himself in to police in the strife-torn province of Poso. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
General Officer Announcements Jun 14, 2007
to director, Signals Intelligence Directorate, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Md. Brig. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
Ottawa may still boost Canadas foreign intelligence abilities May 1, 2007
In addition, the Communications Security Establishment intercepts "signals intelligence" from foreign entities. But Judd conceded his agency does not gather "human intelligence" in foreign countries, as agencies such as the CIA and Britains MI6 do. (Canada.com)
Canada listening in on Taliban exchanges May 1, 2007
"While I cannot discuss details, I can say that CSE information has, for example, helped to advance the interests of Canada and its closest allies and has been directly responsible for protecting Canadian troops in combat.The CSE is the most secretive branch of Canadas intelligence community. It operates a vast electronic eavesdropping system that gathers "signals intelligence, or SIGINT.. From its headquarters in south Ottawa, the CSE intercepts, decodes, translates and analyzes the... (National Post)
Wilpert: Venezuela 2002 Coup Apr 15, 2007
According to Madsen, Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) training exercises in the Caribbean the US Navy provided signals intelligence and communications jamming support to the Venezuelan military, during the coup. Furthermore, The National Security Agency (NSA) supported the coup using personnel attached to the US Southern Command's Joint Interagency Task Force East (JIATF-E) in Key West, Florida. (Zmag.org)
U.S. favors stealthy anti-satellite strategy Apr 12, 2007
Using signals intelligence and intrusion is far subtler, and thus more difficult for the victim to detect. Soviet-era skulduggeryThe technology is not new. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Kessler: Federal Watch List Has 400,000 Names Apr 12, 2007
"Whether it comes from an operations cable from the CIA or a very sensitive SIGINT [signals intelligence] from NSA, if there's a piece of derogatory information on a known or suspected terrorist, it goes in that database," Vice Adm. John Scott Redd, director of the NCTC, tells NewsMax. (Newsmax)
Lockheed-Martin CEO: crisis in aerospace engineering Apr 11, 2007
Hartman also cited recent difficulties during the December 2006 launch of TacSat-2, considered a poster child for ORS. The satellite carried imaging and signals intelligence payloads, but in recent weeks the has sought to set technical standards for the satellite. Both staffers predicted bureaucratic struggles over the ORS program. (EETimes)
India now in the tent as a regional player Mar 16, 2007
Rather than being the regional linchpin that some Canberra commentators see, Australia is a small player in terms of fighting hardware - although being part of the 1947 signals intelligence pact known as the UKUSA agreement, it is privy to intelligence and policy that will not be shared with the Indians and Japanese. India's government has embraced the idea of defence co-operation with the Americans and Japanese much more enthusiastically than the cacophony of quibbles from New Delhi's... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Johnson on Democracy Now Mar 7, 2007
Of these five functions, four are various forms of information-gathering through open sources, espionage, signals intelligence, things of this sort. The fifth is simply a catchall, that the CIA will do anything that the National Security Council, namely the foreign affairs bureaucracy in the White House attached directly to the president orders it to do. (Zmag.org)
Spying game keeps its peace Mar 3, 2007
This argument met a lot of scepticism among observers, not least Desmond Ball, the Australian National University professor who had turned the world of "sigint" (signals intelligence) into his academic vocation. The crisis in the Portuguese colony of East Timor erupted in 1974 just as the public learned about the Enigma secret of World WarII, that the Allies were cracking the German ciphers generated on portable electro-mechanical devices. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
US Air Combat Loses to the Soviets Mar 2, 2007
September 2nd, 1958 USAF C-130A Hercules transport modified for signals intelligence was shot down by cannon and rocket fire from two MiG-17s over Soviet Armenia. The entire crew died. (Suite101.com)
Calling extremists: a cyber sting awaits Feb 27, 2007
THE Australian Federal Police, assisted by the military's signals intelligence arm, is setting up bogus jihadist websites to track extremists who use cyberspace to recruit followers and plan attacks. The undercover operation, disclosed yesterday by the federal police commissioner, Mick Keelty, is an assault by security agencies on arguably the most powerful weapon of the global jihadist movement, the internet. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Balibo inquest keeps lid on old spy methods Feb 27, 2007
One of the world's leading authorities on signals intelligence, Desmond Ball of the Australian National University, said the court secrecy was "nonsense" and added: "The coroner has been snowed by DSD.". Possibly the directorate was trying to conceal the fact it was attacking Indonesia's high-grade ciphers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Gary Grigsby's World at War: A World Divided Review Feb 24, 2007
Players can use their supply points to buy three types of espionage units -- spies, security forces and signals intelligence ... The signals intelligence assets can also reveal units hidden by the fog of war but are more useful in granting potential combat modifiers to friendly forces ... You defend against both spies and signals intelligence by investing in security forces. (IGN PC Games)
US gets new eyes and ears in the sky Feb 22, 2007
Researcher and writer Duncan Campbell has revealed that by the 1980s, independent signals intelligence networks operated by the three former British colonies had been added, while other countries, including Norway, Denmark, Germany and Turkey, became "third party" participants. The format chosen was ECHELON, an interception technology capable of sifting through messages from the Internet, e-mails, fax machines, telephones, radio transmissions and communications equipment inside embassies, as... (Asia Times Online)
Vecima to Acquire Spectrum Signal Processing for $18.3 Million Feb 19, 2007
Spectrum's products and services are optimized for military communications, signals intelligence, surveillance, electronic warfare and satellite communications applications. Victoria, BC based Vecima Networks, formerly Vcom Inc., designs, manufactures and sells products that enable broadband access to cable, wireless and telephony networks. (TechFinance)
The US's pricey fighting flops Feb 10, 2007
Although nominally a fighter aircraft, the F-22 also can act as a signals intelligence interceptor, which would be its role in Iraq. Keys notes, however, that the electronic spectrum around Baghdad is polluted by the myriad jamming devices that coalition forces primarily employed to thwart remote detonations of the improvised explosive devices that have inflicted 70% of all US fatalities in that war. (Asia Times Online)
Chinas Direct Ascent ASAT Feb 3, 2007
GTO is used by higher altitude U.S. surveillance satellites like the DPS missile launch warning satellites or electronic or signals intelligence satellites (ELINT/SIGINT). Lower 12,000 mile altitudes are used by U.S. navigation satellites, known as Global Positioning Satellites (GPS). (Ocnus.net)
Northrop Grumman, EADS Joint Venture Awarded $559 Million to Develop German Euro Hawk(R) Feb 1, 2007
Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The German Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a $559 million (euro 430 million) contract to EuroHawk GmbH, a joint-venture company formed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: ) and EADS, for the development, test and support of the Euro Hawk(R) unmanned signals intelligence (SIGINT) surveillance and reconnaissance system. A photo accompanying this release is available at: With a wing span larger than a commercial airliner's and an endurance projected at up... (PR Newswire)
Huntington, ART face cast changes at the top Jan 28, 2007
She carries herself elegantly in her fur-trimmed traveling suit and coquettish hat, and she speaks with the kind of bright insouciance that signals intelligence and charm in women onstage. The other half of the stage feels like an abandoned warehouse. (Boston Globe -- Living)
[ANN]ShinSat sale 'tragic blow for defence' Jan 24, 2007
Professor Ball, from the Australian National University in Canberra, is a world authority on signals intelligence. A regular visitor to Thailand and Southeast Asia, he has strong links with the Thai military. (Korea Herald, Korea)
Budget falling short at NSA Jan 17, 2007
One area hit hard, said a former government official familiar with the NSA's budget, is the purchase of new information technology for the Signals Intelligence Directorate, the agency's main operations division. The agency also is scaling back information technology service, the senior intelligence official said. (SunSpot.net)
Changes in Latitude and Attitude Jan 13, 2007
Like the current CIA director Air Force General Michael Hayden, McConnell is a former director of the National Security Agency-the signals intelligence vacuum at Ft. Meade MD that sucks up millions of conversations, emails, faxes, and other communications from around the globe ... "You've now got two signals intelligence officers [Hayden and McConnell] running America's spy business when everyone knows it's the HUMINT (HUMan INTelligence) side that needs fixing. That's absolutely crazy." One... (Ocnus.net)
Castro's Cuba: Quo Vadis? Jan 12, 2007
In particular, operations continue near Havana at Torrens (also known as Lourdes), the massive 28 square-mile signals intelligence (SIGINT) base set up by the Soviet Special Forces (GRU) military intelligence in the mid-1960s. 15 In his CNN interview, Castro further denied spying to collect information on the U.S. military. (Ocnus.net)
Essex shareholders OK Northrop deal Jan 11, 2007
Essex develops signals intelligence technology for U.S. Department of Defense customers. After the deal closes, Essex will become part of Northrop Grumman's (NYSE: NOC) Space & Mission Systems. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
NSA helps Microsoft with Vista security Jan 10, 2007
The NSA's primary mission is signals intelligence monitoring the communications of foreign powers, terrorists and others. But its secondary objection is "information assurance," under which the security of Microsoft's operating system falls. (Mail Tribune, OR)
