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Sidney Award Presented for ‘Christmas in Iraq’

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The annual prize for the SIDtoday article with the most positive comments was awarded for a personal perspective on deployment to Iraq. 

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Jul 29, 2005

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Mar 01, 2018

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DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U) Sidney Award Presented for 'Christmas in Iraq' FROM: SIGINT Communications Unknown Run Date: 07/29/2005 Annual award given to the author of the most popular SIDtoday article. (U) (U//FOUO) The suspense is over! Last Friday, Charlie Meals, the SIGINT Deputy Director bestowed the "Sidney Award for 2004-2005" on Donna Rober, for her article "Christmas in Iraq." The award is presented annually to the author of the SID today article which garners the largest number of positive "feedback" comments from the readership. (C) Donna's penned her article while deployed for 120 days as the Data Acquisition (S3) lead in Iraq. (See the article here .) Mr. Meals commented that the winning article gave a valuable personal perspective on the situation in Iraq, one much appreciated by the work force. (U//FOUO) Charlie Meals presents the Sidney Award to Donna Rober (U) A close-up view of the Sidney (U) Thanks to all who have posted articles on SID today ! In case you are curious, here's a link to last year's Sidney Award announcement: "The Envelope, Please" . "(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)." DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108