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(TS//SI) Special Advisor to the V.P. Meets With NSAers, Praises
SIGINT
FROM:
SINIO for WMD and Proliferation (S17)
Run Date: 05/26/2006
(TS//SI//REL) Advisor to the Vice President talks with NSA analysts about Iran, Syria, North
Korea weapons proliferation, other topics.
(C) Robert W. Swartz, Special Advisor to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, visited
NSA on 15 May for in-depth discussion with NSA collection and analytic experts from across SID
on several Middle East-related topics.
(TS//SI//REL) White House Account Manager
and D/SINIO WMD and Proliferation
organized this visit at Mr. Swartz's request to discuss several topical areas
concerning weapons proliferation: North Korea's military assistance to Iran, North Korea-Syria
military collaboration, and other developments in the Middle East as well as NSA's collection
posture against those countries.
(U) President Ahmadinejad of Iran, Bashar al-Assad of Syria, and Kim Jong-il of North Korea
(Reuters)
(TS//SI//REL) Mr. Swartz expressed the Vice President's appreciation for NSA's many
intelligence contributions in these areas. He also stated that the VP's intelligence staff are
enthusiastic consumers of SIGINT and look for NSA reporting on the hottest topics, such as
Iran and North Korea, "on an hourly basis."
(TS//SI//REL) Thanks to the active participation of NSA analysts and collection experts, Mr.
Swartz deemed his visit here a huge success. He was clearly impressed with the depth of
knowledge imparted to him. All SID elements worked in collaboration to give Mr. Swartz the big
picture of how NSA thoroughly tackles a target from top to bottom. He promised to maintain a
closer relationship with NSA through repeated visits here and invited NSA to send teams to brief
him and his colleagues on matters of national interest.
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