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(U) GCSB Director Visits Denver
FROM:
Foreign Affairs Officer, NSA/CSS Colorado
Run Date: 02/02/2006
(S//SI) Early in November, with the snow-capped Rocky Mountains in the background and
Denver temperatures near 75 degrees, NSA/CSS Colorado welcomed the historic visit of Dr.
Warren Tucker, Director, GCSB, and
, New Zealand Liaison Officer Washington.
(S//SI) NSA/CSS Colorado, a tenant at the Aerospace Data Facility, successfully arranged site
overviews and a floor tour of the operations area that focused on the Maritime Analysis Support
Team (MAST), PROFORMA, and Specific Emitter Identification (SEI) areas. Many opportunities
for an expansion of the already close Tech SIGINT partnership were discussed,and follow-on
actions were taken on both sides to make better use of analytic resources and GCSB's collection
capabilities.
(S//SI) While visiting NSA/CSS Colorado, Dr. Tucker and
were briefed on NSA/CSS
Colorado's capabilities and future direction, and they received briefings from the MAST, the SEI
team, and the National Technical ELINT Center. GCSB offered further collaboration in these
areas by agreeing to provide NSA/CSS Colorado with an awareness of plans for military flights
and deployments for possible Tech SIGINT collection. This information is already being provided
to PACOM, but will now allow NSA/CSS Colorado to provide a list of signals of interest to GCSB.
Dr. Tucker also agreed to explore the possibility of future real-time forwarding of data while
flying P-3 missions.
(S//SI) During a Senior Leadership Roundtable, Dr. Tucker noted that one of his priorities is to
place an integree in NSA/CSS Colorado,specifically the MAST. NSA/CSS Colorado is eager to
host a GCSB integree and agreed to work policy issues in order to accommodate integrees in
addition to those from Australia and the United Kingdom. In the meantime, NSA/CSS Colorado is
exploring other options for hosting and training GCSB personnel in Denver. Dr. Tucker was very
interested in the Tech SIGINT Training organization that is being established in Denver and
would like to start sending personnel to traditional and non-traditional training opportunities
being offered at the facility. NSA/CSS Colorado believes this is a very realistic goal.
(U//FOUO) From left:
, Chief SD1, NSA/CSS Colorado;
, Dep Chief
Systems Engineering, NSA/CSS Colorado;
, Global Capabilities Manager for
Weapons and Space; Warren Tucker, Director, GCSB;
, Chief of Staff, NSA/CSS
Colorado;
New Zealand Liaison Officer Washington;
, Foreign Affairs
Manager NSA/ CSS Colorado;
, Tech Director, NSA/CSS Colorado;
,
Chief, National Technical ELINT Center; Patrick Sifford, Chief SD3, NSA/CSS Colorado;
, Chief, National Technical SIGINT Operations Center
(U//FOUO) No visit to Colorado would be complete without a trip to The Fort restaurant for a
hearty meal and a step into the early West. Dr.Tucker,
and the NSA/CSS Colorado
leadership team traveled to the foothills where they dined on award-winning buffalo filets,
salmon, bison "boudies" sausage, and queso fundito - the only queso you have to cut!! The
Fort's nine dining rooms, all with two-feet-thick adobe walls, beamed ceilings, and midnineteenth century artifacts, are built around a central courtyard that features a typical Plains
Indian tipi, a trading post, an adobe oven, and a crackling fire. The Fort has hosted many world
leaders, including the G-8 Summit, and one member of the party even sat in Boris Yeltsin's
chair! The flags from the G-8 Summit are proudly displayed around the courtyard, but upon our
departure, it was agreed that the New Zealand flag should now be flown as well.
(U//FOUO) This article is reprinted (in abbreviated form) from the Foreign Affairs Digest ,
December edition.
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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