The Implementation Lead from the Signals Intelligence Directorate Metadata Strategy team offers an alternate response to a fictional analyst who asked about what intelligence can be easily extracted when you're swamped with metadata, in the Ask Raul column. While "quick and easy payoffs vary" depending on a number of factors, "they certainly include target discovery through contact chaining (both DNR and DNI); content prioritization via sophisticated algorithms and keyword searches; technology discovery; and target identity refinement."
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