Starting up a New Mission at the European Security Operations Center End-to-End SIGINT

Document Date: June 18, 2014
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Agency: Press
Document Type: Internal NSA Documents/Presentations
Records Collected: Internet Metadata, Telephone Content, Internet Content

Report by an Intelligence Analysis intern detailing assignment to the European Security Operations Center (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. Details of U.S. personnel stationed at ESOC in addition to the center's work with African and European counter-terrorism and intelligence collection. Work includes an African Energy Security Division covering Nigeria and Angola, with the author claiming to have used electronic surveillance to identify targets within the Angolan oil and technology sectors.