Bulk Collection of Signals Intelligence

Technical Options

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309325202
eISBN Pdf: 9780309325219
eISBN Epub: 9780309325233
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 2015
Month: March
Pages: 125
Language: English

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The Bulk Collection of Signals Intelligence: Technical Options study is a result of an activity called for in Presidential Policy Directive 28 (PPD-28), issued by President Obama in January 2014, to evaluate U.S. signals intelligence practices. The directive instructed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to produce a report within one year "assessing the feasibility of creating software that would allow the intelligence community more easily to conduct targeted information acquisition rather than bulk collection." ODNI asked the National Research Council (NRC)—the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering—to conduct a study, which began in June 2014, to assist in preparing a response to the President. Over the ensuing months, a committee of experts appointed by the Research Council produced the report.

FrontMatter
Preface
Acknowledgment of Reviewers
Contents
Summary
1 Introduction and Background
2 Basic Concepts
3 Use Cases and Use Case Categories
4 Bulk Collection
5 Controlling Usage of Collected Data
6 Looking to the Future
Appendixes
Appendix A: Observations about the Charge to the Committee
Appendix B: Acronyms
Appendix C: Biographical Information for Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff