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Second Party SIGINT Directors Hold Virtual Meeting

SUMMARY

Announcement of the first virtual meeting of second-party SIGINT directors (the directors of SIGINT for each Five Eyes agency) using the InfoWorkSpace tool. “GCHQ was unable to attend due to a computer failure.”

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Dec 19, 2003

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Mar 12, 2018

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DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U//FOUO) Second Party SIGINT Directors Hold Virtual Meeting FROM: SIGINT Planning and Forecasting (S01X2) Run Date: 12/19/2003 (U//FOUO) SID and Second Party SIGINT seniors (MG Quirk and his counterparts from CSE, DSD and GCSB) recently held their first "virtual" meeting using the InfoWorkSpace (IWS) tool. (GCHQ was unable to attend due to a computer failure.) As noted in a previous SIDtoday article , the tool allows voice conversation, messaging, collaboration on documents, etc. The decision to hold this and subsequent meetings was made by the leadership group as a way to work together to advance the 5-Eyes Business Vision , which they prepared earlier this year. (U//FOUO) Most of the IWS discussion, which lasted over an hour, was centered on efforts against terrorism, especially ways to extend cooperation across the SIGINT community, and to include the HUMINT community. The leaders agreed to schedule another session around the middle of January. "(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 (DL sid comms)." DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108