NSA's Economic and Trade Espionage
Document Date:
January 1, 2006
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Agency:
Press
Document Type:
Internal NSA Documents/Presentations
This NSA memo from the global capabilities manager of the International Security Issues (ISI) mission identifies the NSA's economic, trade, and defense espionage against countries such as Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Spain, and Mexico. The Energy and Resource branch specifically focuses on gathering intelligence on worldwide energy production and development through monitoring of international investment, electrical and SCADA upgrades, and computer aided designs.