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This article, from the internal NSA newsletter, SIDtoday, is one in a series written by the "SIGINT philosopher." This article discusses the performance and peer review system among NSA analysts.

This document is a memo created by an official within the Signals Intelligence Directorate (SID) of the NSA. In it, the author describes "analysis paralysis", a situation where over analysis hinders developing coherent action. The article then goes…

This document is a memo created by an official within the Signals Intelligence Directorate (SID) of the NSA. In it, the author describes "analysis paralysis", a situation where over analysis hinders developing coherent action. The article then goes…

This articles, from the SIGINT philosopher series, published in the internal NSA newsletter, SIDtoday, discusses the analysts role in acknowledging the SIGINT information gaps. The article gives insight into the work of a SIGINT analyst.

This report was prepared by an official in the Signals Intelligence Directorate (SID) of the NSA. It criticizes some commonly held philosophical viewpoints within the administration of the NSA.

This document is a memo prepared by an official in the NSA. It describes the "channel capacity" of the NSA's Signals Intelligence Directorate (SID). This capacity refers to the divisions ability to meaningfully analzye the amounts of data that it…

This document is a column from the NSA newsletter, SIDtoday, written by the "SIGINT philosopher." As part of a recurring column about surveillance ethics, the author dicusses the rationale for surveilling more rather then less in terms of diplomatic…

This article, from the internal NSA newsletter, SIDtoday, is one in a series written about ethics for NSA analysts. The author, likens intelligence analysis to the American Civil War, encouraging fellow analysts to trust the chain of command when…

This article, from the NSA internal newsletter, SIDToday, is a SIGINT analyst's reflection on the nature of their work filtering raw signals intelligence to the rest of the intelligence community, including its possible flaws and the margin of error…

This document is an extract from an internal NSA briefing. It describes the triparteid relationship between Sweden's FRA, the NSA and GCHQ in COMINT, SIGINT and ELINT matters. This document is classified as top secret due to its sensitivity…