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(S) The Counterterrorism Build-Out
FROM:
Global Capabilities Manager for CT (S2I)
Run Date: 04/25/2006
(S//SI) Counterterrorism (CT) contributions are made every day
by many in the SIGINT enterprise - from various S2 Production
Centers, S3 Data Acquisition organizations, SCS sites, NSA
Cryptologic Centers, forward-deployed analysts and our foreign
partners, to relatively new production partners in the War on
Terrorism such as USM-44 (European Security Center) and USM-1
(Fort Belvoir). In addition, new regional language centers such as
Utah and Detroit are quickly coming on-line to increase our
language capabilities against terrorist targets. Thanks to our
talented workforces, each CT entity plays an extraordinary role in
providing or supporting valuable and timely information to our
customers and partners.
(S//SI) The CT Analysis and Production Enterprise continues to
grow and assume greater responsibility for important CT target
sets. By reaching out to others in the cryptologic enterprise, we
can develop more analytic capacity and exploit more CT targets
than any single entity can do alone.
(C) The following describes CT's mission build-out plans by
location:
(TS//SI) NSA/CSS Washington : The CT Primary Production
Center Manager (PPCM) at NSA-W is Ms.
. To
date, NSA-W hosts the largest share of mission and people
supporting the analysis and production of CT targets, and much of
the analytic and technical expertise needed to prosecute terrorist
targets resides here as well. NSA-W will retain the responsibility for
ensuring effective transfer of mission to other production centers
and for ensuring the techniques for developing new target sets are
transferred as well. To date, NSA-W is expected to retain analysis
and production primacy on a variety of terrorism targets in the
Mid-East, Africa, Europe, Central Asia and the homeland. In
addition, NSA-W will work with the new CT Mission Management
Center to prioritize CT target sets, streamline policies and ensure
effective synchronization of CT efforts around the globe.
(TS//SI) NSA/CSS Georgia : The CT Production Center Manager
(PCM) at NSA-G is Mr.
NSA-G already has
contributed substantial resources and efforts to the Global War on
Terrorism. With the change to a cryptologic center, NSA-G
increases their analysis and production (A&P) responsibilities on
existing target sets such as Iraq, and expands their A&P
responsibilities to additional target sets such as Horn of Africa. In
addition, their partnerships with foreign partners and SID language
authorities are helping to increase our linguist capacity in a variety
of low-density, GWOT languages. Overall, NSA-G's primary
responsibility remains focused on the Middle East region . The
NSA-G CT mission set includes:
Sunni Extremism, Iraq
SERIES:
(U//FOUO) A&P BuildOut
1. What's A&P Doing
About Mission
Alignment and the
Build-Out?
2. Weapons and Space
Build-Out Status
3. GEO Build-Out
4. Middle East and
North Africa BuildOut Status
5. Build-Out of the
Combating
Proliferation Mission
6. The Counterterrorism
Build-Out
7. Status of the China
and Korea Mission
Build-Out
8. The International
Security Issues
Build-Out
Afghanistan/Pakistan Border
Sunni Extremism, Horn of Africa (HOA) + Sudan
Al-Ittihad al-Islamiyyah, Somalia (with Deployed SIGINT
Operations Center in Africa)
Ansar al-Islam, Northern Iraq/Kurdistan (future)
Non-Governmental Orgs (NGOs), HOA (future; in
partnership w/CT & ISI/Follow-the-Money)
(TS//SI) NSA/CSS Texas : The CT PCM at NSA-T has been Ms.
, who is soon to transition to a new job; Mr.
will take the CT helm and continue Ms.
s work.
Mission build-out at NSA-T will be a phased approach to ultimately
have adequate personnel resources to prosecute the entire Sunni
Extremism and Hizballah targets in the Americas. FY05 began
the initial buildup of the Hizballah and Sunni Extremism effort at
NSA Texas. In FY06, efforts continue to build the DNR* and the
DNI* CT missions; and work begins to move the related FISA*
mission. In addition, NSA-T will continue to work the CT Balkans
Mission, currently focused on Islamic extremists in Bosnia who use
the location as a facilitation hub and as a jihadist pipeline between
Western Europe and the Middle East and South Asia. NSA-T will
further develop a CT Eastern European mission. NSA-T has plans to
transition to a new facility in FY09
(TS//SI) NSA/CSS Hawaii : The CT PCM at NSA-H is Mr. C.
NSA Hawaii has been designated as the "CT hub"
in the Pacific. NSA-H will continue its ramp up of CT missions in
the Asia Pacific region. The top priority in FY06 was the complete
transfer of the CT Philippine mission (including the transfer of Moro
Liberation Islamic Front (MILF) mission from NSA-W to NSA-H).
This effort consolidates the CT Philippine missions in one location
at NSA-H. The top priority in FY07 and beyond will be to continue
building a CT capability against other Sunni and Hizballah targets in
the Asia Pacific Region. The end state is to have all CT operational
activity on CT targets in the Asia Pacific Region located at NSA-H.
DSD* and GCSB* are key partners for NSA-H.
(TS//SI) European Security Center : The CT PCM at ESC is Mr.
. NSA-W is working with ESC to develop a mature,
autonomous SIGINT analysis and production capability. ESC
currently works a variety of Tier 0 and Tier 1 CT mission sets
against select terrorist targets in Europe and Africa. The CT
mission set at ESC includes:
Ansar al-Islam in Germany (assigned Fall 2005)
Moroccan Islamic Fighting Group (assigned Fall 2005)
The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat target
(transition beginning Spring 2006)
Lebanese Hizballah/Africa (assigned Spring 2004)
Lebanese Hizballah/Europe (to be assigned in 2006)
(S//SI) USM-1 (Fort Belvoir) : The CT PCM at USM-1 is Mr.
. Earlier this year, NSA-W engaged USM-1 to perform
telephony research and development on Lebanese Hizballah
Technical/Communication Department and those Lebanon/Beirutbased telecommunications and front companies from which
Hizballah procures equipment and/or sustains a maintenance
capability. The mission set is very important and was previously a
gap for the CT enterprise. Future CT mission for USM-1 includes
the authority to conduct DNI metadata analysis.
*(U) Notes:
DNR = Dialed Number Recognition
DNI = Digital Network Intelligence
FISA = Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
DSD = Australia's Defence Signals Directorate
GCSB = New Zealand's Government Communications Security
Bureau
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