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(U) A Small Partnership? Perhaps, But Everything is Big in Texas!
FROM:
FAD's Europe Office (DP11)
Run Date: 04/12/2006
(S//SI) NSA recently concluded a successful program review with our SIGINT partners in the
Republic of Croatia, which will likely lead to a moderate expansion in our partnership that is
firmly grounded in sharing intelligence on the Balkans target sets. The conference included a
tour of the Cryptologic Museum, an afternoon at the National Cryptologic School, and a brief visit
to NSA/CSS Texas for a mission overview and specific discussions with target analysts.
(U) At the National Cryptologic Museum, from left to right:
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(S//SI)
, Assistant Director for Technical Matters within the Croatian Intelligence
Agency (OA) and leader of the six-person Croat delegation, was extremely pleased with the
agenda, the results of the program review, and the interaction between the NSA and OA
personnel. He thanked all of the briefers and the organizations that hosted the Croatian
delegation. He also held out hope that the OA soon may receive legal authority to target
international transit traffic, which could give them access to traffic of possible interest
to NSA offices working transnational targets. Highlights from the program review include:
Proposals from the OA to conduct joint surveys of newly found signals at four Croatian
collection sites; the Balkans Divison (S2A5) is interested in these signals and would
support surveys because they believe sustained collection may provide valuable
intelligence on Montenegrin leadership, PIFWCs (persons indicted for war crimes) and
human trafficking in the Balkans;
NSA's offer to provide training in advanced DNR (dialed number recognition) techniques,
reporting and signals analysis;
An overview of NSA's "Follow The Money" target and
s promise to discuss FTM with
his peers and determine whether the OA has information they can share with NSA on this
target;
An explanation of the ZORI RASIN Manual and how it will help the OA classify signals so
that NSA and the OA can use identical terminology when discussing signals;
An executive overview and operational briefings at NSA/CSS Texas; and
A discussion concerning increased exchange of metadata and analytic information using
the BAYBRIDGE circuit.
(S//SI) During their off hours, the Croats were treated to a tour of Washington DC, a tour of
San Antonio's River Walk, and a tour of the Alamo. In Texas, a couple of the visitors purchased
cowboy boots and one bought a Stetson (of course, the traditional "good guy" white hat). Before
leaving Maryland, they treated NSA personnel to an informal dinner at Duclaw's in the Arundel
Mills shopping center and the following evening they were the honored guests at an official
dinner hosted by Fran Fleisch, the Foreign Affairs Directorate's Assistant Director for SIGINT
Operations. In San Antonio, the Vice Commander of NSA/CSS Texas,
took them
to a superb restaurant on the River Walk where the visitors all ordered Texas steaks!
(U) Dinner in Texas
(U) At the steak house.
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(U//FOUO) This article is reprinted from the Foreign Affairs Digest , March edition.
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
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