Video Demonstration Of Ii Tidings Analysis Tools

(Updated: May 9, 2015)

In a previous article nosotros provided a really extensive description of a communications analysis tool used past times the Canadian way CSEC. Here nosotros volition exhibit ii video demonstrations of analysis tools which are used past times intelligence too law enforcement agencies all over the world: Sentinel Visualizer too Analyst's Notebook.

Sentinel Visualizer

The commencement intelligence analysis programme is Sentinel Visualizer, which was developed past times FMS Advanced Systems Group. This is a 'minority-owned' little occupation organisation founded inwards 1986 too based inwards Vienna, Virginia, which provides custom software solutions to customers inwards over 100 countries.

This video shows a demonstration of how the Sentinel Visualizer software programme tin ship away hold out used to analyse telephony metadata inwards club to abide by novel targets:

FMS claims that In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture working capital missive of the alphabet arm is an investor inwards FMS, champaign inwards club to ameliorate their products too hence they tin ship away jibe the needs of the CIA. FMS also claims that its production is much cheaper than the alternative, amongst the toll of a single-computer license for its Sentinel Visualizer starting at 2699,- USD, spell IBM's Analyst's Notebook tool starts at 7160,- USD.

Analyst's Notebook

Very similar to the Sentinel Visualizer is Analyst's Notebook, which was developed inwards the early on 1990's past times i2, a UK-based arm of software companionship i2 Group which produced visual intelligence too investigative analysis software. After a issue of acquisitions, it became component subdivision of IBM inwards 2011.

Both programs offering similar functions, similar metadata/link analysis, telephone phone chaining, timeline views, social network analysis, geospatial visualizations, too the import of information from cognition bases too other information sets.

For analysing telephony metadata, Analyst's Notebook has an extension called Pattern Tracer, which enables rapid designing analysis for "quickly identifying potential targets too predict hereafter incidents to a greater extent than accurately".

This video demonstrates how a "Pattern-of-Life Analysis" tin ship away hold out conducted past times using Analyst's Notebook - Esri Edition:

Analyst's Notebook is said to hold out used past times close 2500 intelligence, safety too law enforcement agencies, every bit wel every bit constabulary forces (like for example the Federal Criminal Police Office too the London Metropolitan Police) too investigative organizations too companies inwards over 150 countries. According to a attain of chore descriptions, Analyst's Notebook is also used past times analysts at NSA.

Usage

As tin ship away hold out seen inwards the 2nd video, these intelligence analysis tools are quite powerful too able to render a deep insight into the life of a targeted person. But the presentation also shows that this sort of surveillance is consuming likewise much fourth dimension too resources for using it against millions of innocent civilians.

Like the example inwards the 2nd video, these tools are mainly used for operations against known too potential terrorists too a issue of other people of interest, similar drugs too weapons traffickers, too also simply about high marking unusual authorities too armed forces officials.

Regarding the intrusiveness of these tools, nosotros should also proceed inwards hear that they are used past times law enforcement too constabulary forces too. Where intelligence agencies occupation these tools to a greater extent than oftentimes than non for preparing reports for political too armed forces determination makers, their occupation inwards numerous criminal investigations past times the constabulary tin ship away acquit upon ordinary citizens much to a greater extent than directly.

Examples

On Dec 15, 2013 the CBS telly programme 60 Minutes provided simply about hitherto unseen vieuws from within the NSA headquarters. One of those was an NSA employee who gave a demonstration of how the metadata contact chaining method works. The next screenshots exhibit a tool really similar to the ones inwards the videos above:

Today, the High German periodical Der Spiegel published inwards its impress edition a slide from an NSA presentation that shows a contact graph based upon a social network analysis for the CEO too the Chairwoman of the Chinese telecommunication companionship Huawei:

(image provided past times @koenrh)

See our previous article close the Canadian OLYMPIA tool for how intelligence agencies tin ship away map such a social communications network past times using simply 1 or ii email addresses to start with. See also an before article close how NSA used similar techniques to create contact graphs close the Mexican too the Brazilian president.

Update:
The presentation below shows how Analyst's Notebook was used inwards an performance inwards which Italian law enforcement tracked CIA operatives who were involved inwards kidnapping a Muslim cleric inwards Milan inwards 2003: