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Special Source Operations corporate overview
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Special Source Operations
Corporate Partner Access
Briefed by:
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Relationships & Authorities
• Leverage unique key corporate partnerships to gain access to
high-capacity international fiber-optic cables, switches and/or
routers throughout the world
• Collection on U.S. soil is conducted under three different
authorities:
• Transit Authority: Collection of foreign intelligence
communications which originate and terminate in foreign
countries, but traverse U.S. territory
• Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): Court ordered
collection (NSA/FBI/FISA Court)
• FISA Amendment Act of 2008 (FAA): Surveillance in the US
when the target is reasonably believed to be foreign
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BLARNEY AT A GLANCE
Why: Started in 1978 to provide FISA authorized access to communications of
foreign establishments, agents of foreign powers, and terrorists
External Customers
(Who)
Collection Access
and Techniques
(How)
Information Requirements
(What)
Department of State
Counter Proliferation
DNI Strong Selectors
Central Intelligence Agency
Counter Terrorism
DNR Strong Selectors
United States UN Mission
Diplomatic
DNI Circuits
White House
Defense Intelligence Agency
Economic
Military
DNR Circuits
National Counterterrorism Center
Political/Intention of Nations
Mobile Wireless
2nd Party-GBR, NZl, CAN, AUS
Office of Director of National Intelligence
Partnerships
(Where)
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Department of Homeland Security
Office of Secretary of Defense
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Military Commands (Army, EUCOM)
NSA – SSO, TAO, NTOC, CES, A&P…
Legal Authorities
(Approvals)
NSA FISA
CIA
CT FBI FISA
FBI – Headquarters, NY, and DC
FISA Amendment Act (FAA)
FBI – Engineering Research Facility
CI FBI FISA
DOJ
BR FISA
Commercial Providers
PR/TT FISA
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BLARNEY Domestic Court Orders
India
Afghanistan
Intl Bank for Reconstruction & Dev
(World Bank)
Bank of Japan Domestic
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Iran
Brazil
Iraq
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea (N. Korea)
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
European Union
France
France
Germany
Saudi Arabia
Russia
Sudan
Israel
Syria
Italy
Turkey
Japan
Uganda
Jordan
Mexico
Ukraine
United Nations
Nigeria
Known/unknown Agents of Al Qaeda
& associated terrorists
Pakistan
Venezuela
Palestine Liberation Org (PLO)
Germany
People’s Republic of China (PRC)
Greece
Serbia
Lebanon
Gabonese Republic (Gabon)
Georgia
Saudi Arabia
Intl Monetary Fund (IMF)
Worldwide (FBI)
Yemen
Republic of Korea (S. Korea)
Russia
As of July 2010
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BLARNEY Access
70+ additional accesses across the U.S. from
30+ providers for Domestic Long Distance,
ISP, and Data Center collections.
NY
DC
LITHIUM
ARTIFICE
ROCKSALT
SERENADE
ISP1
ISP2
Multiple wireless providers
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FAIRVIEW At a Glance
• Transit/FISA/FAA
• DNI/DNR (content & metadata)
• Domestic infrastructure only
• Cable Stations/Switches/Routers (IP
Backbone)
• Close partnership w/FBI
PINECONE
SCIFd Centralized
Processing Facility
Peering Link Router Complex
VoIP Router Complex
Planned VoIP Router Complex
Hub VoIP Router Complex
Planned Hub VoIP Router Complex
Program Cable Station
Planned Program Cable Station
Non-program Cable Station
Rimrock 4ESS Circuit Switch
Program Processing Site
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