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New Tactical Collection System Joins the War on Terrorism

SUMMARY

"DISTANTFOCUS," a system mounted on Predator drones in the global war on terrorism, brings "the dawn of a new era" for signals intelligence and precision geolocation. Operators at the NSA headquarters have been remotely receiving encrypted real-time audio and geolocation data from U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility since December 2004.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Jan 18, 2005

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Feb 05, 2018