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(U//FOUO) Video: SID Leaders Talk About How SIGINT Geared Up for
Iraq
FROM:
and Lucia Jesus
Operation SIGINT
Run Date: 09/22/2006
(U/FOUO) The first of a series of video interviews with SID leaders is now ready for viewing! The
topic of the interview? Former Deputy Director of SID, Charlie Meals, and current SIGINT
Director MG Quirk recall the preparing, planning and orchestration of efforts and events leading
up to the invasion of Iraq 2003.
(S//SI) According to Charlie Meals, this was one of the most successful SIGINT operations and is
rich in lessons that should be captured and shared. MG Quirk lives up to his reputation as a
great storyteller when he highlights the creation and evolution of the Iraq Issue Management
Team (IMT), the coordination of the Rock Drills and the unprecedented customer support that
was established.
(U//FOUO) This short, 30 minute video-capture serves as a primer for a series of video-captures
that will drill down further in exploring those components that made the SIGINT support to
operations such a success. Here's the link:
Video: SIGINT support to Iraqi campaign
(S//SI) Watch for the next video-capture on this topic, in which the SID Technical Director, Dave
Hurry, engages in an informal and nostalgic dialogue with the current Deputy Chief of NTOC
(NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center),
Together they discuss what SID and IAD
(Information Assurance Directorate) contributed to the Iraq IMT, and they share the formation,
evolution, challenges and successes during the time of the Invasion of Iraq in 2003.
(U//FOUO) The POC for this effort is Lucia Jesus
).
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