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(U) New Speaker Series SIGINT Chronicles: Adventures in Analysis
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& Kara Grimaldi
SIGINT Chronicles Series Organizers
Run Date: 08/17/2004
(U//FOUO) Intelligence Analysis Development Program participants recently kicked off a new
speaker series: SIGINT Chronicles: Adventures in Analysis . Its aim is to be an informal
venue for NSA employees, past and present, to share their experiences with junior employees in
a casual setting. There are a lot of tool courses out there, but little that captures the human art
of analysis or the strong NSA analytic tradition. The IA Skill Community, the Advanced Analytic
Lab and the Center for Cryptologic History all provided support for the event, which was the
product of an offhand remark that someone recognized as a good idea.
(S//SI) Milt Zaslow, an NSA legend and our first speaker, built analysis from the bottom up
during the Korean and Vietnam wars. His hour with us discussing the art of analysis against new
enemies with unfamiliar tactics was inspiring and encouraging. As one attendee commented,
"It's great for us young whippersnappers to hear from someone who's been there and done
that. I think we can really use those voices of experience to help form our own effective method
of tracking our current and future adversaries." (For more on Mr. Zaslow's talk, see The 'Good
Old Days' .)
(U//FOUO) Information on this series and announcements for future presentations can be found
on the SIGINT Chronicles webpage. The next talk will be given by
Co-Lead of
MENA SRTD Telephony and Geospatial Analysis Team, on September 7th.
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without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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