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Fwd: [TSCM-L] {6221} Domain Awareness System
From: j f <jf () ownco net>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 07:36:11 -0400
While this is slightly OT, I'm sure many readers would find it interesting. Two emails; overview in the first, a bunch of copy/pastes of stratfor emails in the second. Cheers. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Justin Ferguson <jnferguson () gmail com> Date: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 7:29 AM Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] {6221} Domain Awareness System To: tscm-l2006 () googlegroups com Cc: michael.maness () abraxasapps com, dan.botsch () abraxasapps com, jeff.nielsen () abraxasapps com Ah, I forgot a couple details & had some typos; when I said "Ottawa and Canada", I meant Ottawa and London. I totally forget Austin, et cetera. Here's a bunch of links to copy/pastes from stratfor emails detailing a lot of what I had to say in the prior email. There's like 10+ pages of hits in the stratfor dumps, so it's not all of it, just what I had bookmarked while reading into it some. Cheers. http://privatepaste.com/c56f6848d2/trapwireCentralizedDatabaseMGMGrandLinkedSystemEtc centralized database, vegas hotels, linked sites, etc http://privatepaste.com/e5b7f4a21d/trapwireNYC - NYC circa 2010 http://privatepaste.com/a9bc9274ea/trapwireAustin - Austin http://privatepaste.com/04eaef4343/trapwireEveryHVTUSCANUK - note the last paragraph http://privatepaste.com/90198aa545/trapwireTexasBorder - Texas border circa 2009 http://privatepaste.com/568f0a512a/trapwireWalkTheCatBack - Talking about images to analyze and walking the cat back http://privatepaste.com/318e0e652b/trapwireHVTCitizens - Trapwire for certain citizens that are important, but not USSS important http://privatepaste.com/670091f5b0/trapwireLondonStockExchange - London Stock Exchange http://privatepaste.com/b62ceaf254/trapwireNYCDCVegasLondonOttawaLA - NYC, DC, Vegas, London, Ottawa, LA http://privatepaste.com/fba46e24ca/trapwireAustinDPSAllocated1Point8M - 1.8M for trapwire & equipment from Austin DPS http://privatepaste.com/caf299c230/trapwireOnDesksOfUSSSMI5LAPDRCMPNYPD - trapwire on the desks of USSS CP, MI5, RCMP, LAPD CT, NYPD CT http://privatepaste.com/5a71bac416/trapwireDCMetroNationalParkPoliceEtc - trapwire DC metro, National Park Police, etc http://privatepaste.com/e6031c14f6/trapwireLAPD - trapwire LAPD as a prototype http://privatepaste.com/febefa287f/trapwirePentagonArmyUSMCNavy - trapwire Army, Pentagon, USMC, Navy http://privatepaste.com/58a60bff35/trapwireNSIFBIFtMeadeSevenYears - Trapwire 7 years circa 2011, National SAR Initiative (NSI), FBIs eGuardian, Ft. Meade, etc http://privatepaste.com/f7b7ac02ab/trapwireAmtrackDHSFusionCenters - Amtrack, DHS fusion centers, DC Metro http://privatepaste.com/7add918e4c/trapwireBehaviorPatternsToIdentifySurveillance - "TrapWire is a technology solution predicated upon behavior patterns in red zones to identify surveillance. It helps you connect the dots over time and distance. http://privatepaste.com/d503851f0c/trapwireSalesforceGoogleDHSInstitute - salesforce, google, DHS institute http://privatepaste.com/626712c0fa/trapwireNigerianPresidentialPalace - Nigerian Presidential Palace http://privatepaste.com/bf0a0abf67/trapwireScotlandYardDowningWhiteHouseWalMartDell - Scotland Yard, 10 Downing St, White House, Wal-Mart, Dell On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Justin Ferguson <jnferguson () gmail com> wrote:
I'm not entirely sure how this is new so to speak, they've had this capability for years from the 'trapwire' system (trapwire.com formerly abraxas applications-- a subdivision of intelligence contractor abraxas and staffed almost exclusively by ex-CIA, see page 137 of 'spies for hire'). Per the stratfor email dump, the trapwire system contains functionality like facial recognition and is installed at every HVT in the continental US, in addition to Ottawa and Canada-- but confirmed in LA, NYC, NJ, DC, Las Vegas, et cetera. It's essentially a system setup to detect surveillance, so if you've ever taken a picture of basically anything 'important' you probably flagged a 'suspicious activity report' (SAR). It's logged to a central database and then cross-site reports are disseminated. If you're familiar with the 'see something say something' or 'iWatch' programs, that's the public reporting component, but in the email dumps when explaining similar systems they note repeatedly that trapwire has the capability to walk the cat back you just need a few pictures of the persons. From the emails, what's been enumerated specifically is NY/DC mass transit, unspecified sections of LA, London Stock Exchange, Scotland Yard, #10 Downing, the White House. From googling, we can find that NJ transit, all army bases, the department of energy, the marines, et cetera are as well. No idea if they got the contract, but they were apparently trying to get it into the Nigerian presidential palace as well. It's not just in public sector areas, it sounds like any big corporation that wants in gets to link their CCTV/surveillance systems into it as well-- apparently salesforce.com, google, potentially Dell, Wal-Mart, & Coca-cola, et cetera are all linked in. Throughout the email dumps they repeatedly ask for non-attribution and you have to google stalk quite a bit to really find much, but this magazine has an article on it
http://www.cjimagazine.com/archives_PDF/CJI_Magazine_Archive_2006_11-12.pdf
and what's been released of the stratfor emails contains a lot of chatter about it and the parts that haven't been released yet contain quite a bit more. I guess my biggest concern is that the parent company is the company that at least used to develop NOC companies/persona's for the agency, several members of the executive board also sit on the 'ntrepid networks' board-- which produces the software to create online persona's/sock puppet accounts as part of Operation Earnest Voice for DoD (
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks ),
that basically the entire executive staff and regular employee's are also ex-agency and I just refuse to believe that the CIA is passing up such a golden opportunity to get into the surveillance feeds from basically everywhere in the country (and all over London and Ottawa). That doesn't even include the tie in's to DHS & their fusion centers, the secret service accounts, etc etc. If you ask me, it sounds like that system is the CIAs version of the Trailblazer project. We'll have to wait on FOIA requests to confirm that though. Another interesting point is going to be that with foreign links, they (the CIA) have the authority to spy on them, but I wonder how they keep clear of FISA & their own charter/eo 12333/et cetera. I bet they dont. I've been kind enough to CC several of the people behind trapwire in case they have comments or want to further enlighten us, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Hopefully they make sure to thank Mr. Burton's big mouth for helping bring this to light. Best Regards, Justin N. Ferguson On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Its from Onion <aredandgold () msn com>
wrote:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/08/08/nypd-unveils-crime-and-terror-fighting-domain-awareness-system/
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A dramatic new way to track criminals and
potential
terrorists was unveiled Wednesday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. It melds cameras, computers and data bases capable of nabbing bad guys before they even know they’re under suspicion.
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