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(U//FOUO) Mooney Award for 2001
FROM: the Collection Association
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Run Date: 07/03/2003
(S//SI) ) The NSA Collection Association is proud to highlight the
winner and runner-up of the 2001 Thomas A. Mooney Award for
excellence in Collection Management. This award is sponsored by
the Collection Association and presented to an individual selected
by professional collectors and collection managers throughout the
community as the most outstanding collection manager of the
year. The winner for 2001 is
and the
runner-up is
(S//SI)
is from Field Station Denver (FSD). He has
been assigned to that station since 1998 and is currently serving as
the Team Lead for Signals Research and Target Development.
made significant improvements to the collection efforts of
both COMINT and ELINT signals at FSD. The collecting strategies
he implemented for the station's Advanced Environmental Search
(AES) concept yielded 50% greater opportunities for COMINT
development successes.
also worked diligently with
the Weapons and Space personnel to develop a strategy for
collecting TECHELINT "Top Ten" signals, many directly addressing
the rapid proliferation of Very Wide Band threat radars, a high
priority for the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI).
(S//SI)
efforts immediately following the terrorist
events of 11 September 2001 were also critical to the War on
Terrorism. He provided collection management advice to the Crisis
Support Cell, allowing the cell to become the focal point for nonreal time support to both FSD internal and external customers.
also made noteworthy contributions in the area of threat
warning support for an important counternarcotics operation,
Golden Harvest. His improvements allowed the DCI Crime and
Narcotics Center to successfully execute their mission, although
supported by FSD with reduced resources.
(S//SI) The runner-up,
, is assigned to Special
Source Operations at NSAW.
served as the collection
manager for a one-of-a-kind counternarcotics-related remote
collection system. He developed a comprehensive, cyclical process
to refine tasking, to perform quality assurance and to optimize the
collection strategy.
used numerous collection and
collection management tools to include GRANDMASTER, the use of
metadata and protocol analysis and new processes to exploit
service channel data.
contributions had very direct,
measurable impacts on the counternarcotics effort. His diligence
and tenacity to obtain high quality intercepts ultimately led to the
arrest of over 130 international drug producers as well as the
seizure of billions of dollars worth of drugs and millions of dollars of
cash and assets. The actionable SIGINT, stemming from intercept
detailing death threats to law enforcement personnel, saved lives
both directly and indirectly.
(C) Both the winner and the runner-up have also made
SERIES:
(U//FOUO) Collection
Association Awards
1. Collection
Association AwardWinners Named
2. Mooney Award for
2001
3. Ardisana Award for
2001
contributions to the field of collection management by training,
coaching and mentoring other collection managers. Congratulations
to the winner and runner-up on their tremendous
accomplishments!
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