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(C) The International Security Issues Build-Out
FROM: Regina Hambleton
Global Capabilities Manager, ISI (S2C)
Run Date: 05/17/2006
(C) As the Analysis & Production Mission Build Out Strategy was
originally envisioned, International Security Issues (ISI) mission
was to remain primarily based in Washington. However, as other
product line mission plans began to mature, opportunities for ISI
to expand its mission capabilities opened. Planning is underway
that will involve ISI participation in build-out activities with
NSA/CSS Georgia, NSA/CSS Hawaii, NSA/CSS Texas and the
European Security Command. The ISI mission is further extended
by its relationships with F6 and Second and Third Party foreign
partners that provide valuable analytic insights as well as their
technical capabilities.
(U) NSA Washington Mission
(U) Regional
(TS//SI) ISI is responsible for 13 individual nation states in three
continents. One significant tie that binds all these countries
together is their importance to U.S. economic, trade, and defense
concerns. The Western Europe and Strategic Partnerships division
primarily focuses on foreign policy and trade activities of Belgium,
France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, as well as Brazil, Japan and
Mexico. The division reporting also provides some key intelligence
on military and intelligence activities in some of these countries.
The Aegean and Ukraine division works all aspects of the Turkish
target - diplomatic, governmental/leadership, military and
intelligence.
(TS//SI) The intelligence reporting is a rich source of information on
Kongra Gel and the movement of the PKK/Kongra Gel and other
terrorism-related entities in Northern Iraq. Reporting on the
Ukraine target is focused on diplomatic and governmental activities
as well as Ukraine's role in modernizing the military of other high
profile countries such as China, Iran, North Korea, India and
others. Reporting on the Greek target is focused on primarily
government and diplomatic communications. Both Cyprus and the
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are worked on a time-available
basis.
(U) Transnational
(TS//SI) ISI's Follow the Money (FTM) organization plays an
important role in the Intelligence Community's Counterterrorism,
Combating Proliferation and Anti-Kleptocracy strategies. FTM's
counterterrorism efforts are focused on identifying sources, users
and facilitators of terrorist finance including informal networks such
as hawalas, and monitoring allies' compliance with U.S.
Government requests to freeze or block assets.
(TS//SI) Similarly, FTM's counterproliferation efforts seek to
provide early indications of state and non-state actors' attempts to
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
acquire missiles or other weapons of mass destruction as well as
components associated with chemical, biological radiological and
nuclear weapons. The organization also focuses on how certain
foreign governments are using money to finance illicit activities,
proliferation efforts or influence regional politics. Current efforts
include Iran, North Korea and Venezuela.
(TS//SI) The Energy and Resource branch provides unique
intelligence on worldwide energy production and development in
key countries that affect the world economy. Targets of current
emphasis are Iraq, Iran, Russia and the Caspian Basin, Venezuela
and China. Reporting has included the monitoring of international
investment in the energy sectors of target countries, electrical and
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) upgrades, and
computer aided designs of projected energy projects.
(TS//SI) The International Financial Policy branch reports on
international financial and economic issues and activities of a
global target set. Emphasis is placed on leadership plans and
intentions, indications and warnings of financial vulnerability,
financial health and economic activity and preparations for summits
and other international fora. Iraq is one of the branch's principal
targets. Reporting has provided critical insight into the inner
workings and dynamics of the Iraq Finance Ministry, Central Bank
of Iraq and Trade Bank of Iraq. Both National and Theatre
policymakers trying to assess Iraq's ability to function
independently use this intelligence.
(S) Build-Out Support to Counterterrorism and Combating
Proliferation
(S//SI) Today, ISI is actively partnering with the Combating
Proliferation (CP, S2G) and Counterterrorism (CT, S2I) product
lines to incorporate financial intelligence analysis into their mission
build-out plans. The idea is to integrate financial analysis with
traditional target efforts as opposed to working the target from two
separate perspectives, as is done in NSA Washington. ISI's longterm goal is to introduce financial analysis as part of the
Intelligence Analysis curriculum so any target can be enriched with
the use of financial intelligence. The first CP FTM-trained analyst
arrives at NSA Texas in June. NSA Hawaii's CT effort has several
analysts who partner with FTM on select Southeast Asia
counterterrorism targets.
(U//FOUO) NSA Texas
(TS//SI) While ISI has no official mission at NSA Texas, we benefit
from analytic support in several target areas. NSA Texas provides
SIGINT Development support to ISI's Venezuela Follow the Money
effort. NSA Texas' Russian effort also assists ISI on the Ukraine
target set. Ukraine military are deployed in a number of areas as
UN peacekeepers; they also participated in the coalition effort in
Iraq. NSA Texas will continue to follow the activities of the
Ukrainians until the Russian mission transfer to AMOC (Alaska
Mission Operations Center) and NSA Washington is complete.
(TS//SI) Texas and ISI are also engaged in discussions regarding
the Mexico target set. After years of wallowing in the NIPF
(National Intelligence Priorities Framework) basement, homeland
security requirements are raising the importance of Mexico. The
two organizations are discussing a division of effort. However, it is
important to note that as this is not a build-out mission, it will
require a realignment of existing resources. ISI and Texas are
engaged in conversation with Regional Targets (S2A) and
International Crime and Narcotics (S2F) on how Mexico military
and governmental targets fit into Texas' Southwest Border mission.
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
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