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NSA Linguists ‘Panning for Gold’

SUMMARY

A Spanish linguist describes the steps in language analysis of intercept. On a typical day, a linguist can scan hundreds of items. Most of the time, the intercept is unproductive, but when actionable intelligence information is found, the value of a linguist becomes evident.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Sep 24, 2003

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Feb 05, 2018