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(S) The Special Collection Service -- Positioning for the Future
FROM: MG Richard Quirk, USA
Signals Intelligence Director
Run Date: 07/12/2005
(S) For more than 25 years, NSA and CIA have joined in the very successful venture of the
Special Collection Service. Truly representing the "foreign service" of the Extended SIGINT
Enterprise, the SCS has transitioned from primarily an access and collection capability to that of
a "full service" SIGINT activity. Today, in addition to enabling a multitude of access and
processing platforms, it has an ever-increasing role in the analysis and dissemination of
information, and a very important customer-relations role with the front line of our national
customers and military commands.
(S) SCS management currently participates in Data Acquisition (S3) and Analysis and Production
(S2) meetings. Recognizing, however that the SCS really crosses all of our SID Directorates,
I've decided to have the Director of SCS report directly to me.
(S) Positioning the SCS within SID will allow us to fully vet the missions we assign to the SCS
and the resources needed to accomplish those missions. It will also ensure that we give full
consideration to the "extended" customer set the SCS represents.
(S) The SCS management team will participate in the various SID forums where deliberations
take place on customer-support strategies, mission alignment, SIGDEV, analysis and production,
collection strategies and resource deliberations. As a next step, we will develop a plan to best
manage SCS CCP* resources (manpower and funding) in accordance with the broad range of
SCS SIGINT activities. I believe these actions will optimize the management of one of our very
important assets.
(S) The mission of the SCS will continue to expand as we take advantage of the opportunities
this "global network of SIGINT points of presence" provides. One of the factors in the SCS's
success is its multi-talented work force -- a work force keen on serving in foreign countries. It is
a work force made up of NSA, CIA, and SCE* personnel with skills, knowledge, and experience
that span SID, the Extended Enterprise, and many of the corporate support organizations. Their
contributions are invaluable and will become even more so in future.
*(U) Notes:
CCP = Consolidated Cryptologic Program
SCE = Service Cryptologic Elements
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