The Analysis Corporation (TAC) was the Intelligence Solutions business of Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. (GTEC), now Sotera Defense Solutions, a
defense contracting
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company. Based in
McLean, Virginia
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, it is a
wholly owned subsidiary
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of Global Strategies Group (North America) Inc., the operating company of GTEC. From its inception in 1990 to its dissolution in 2012, TAC worked on projects in the
counterterrorism and national security realm by supporting national watchlisting activities as well as other counterterrorism requirements.
History
TAC was founded in 1990 by Cecilia nmi Hayes, previous owner and partner in Analytic Methods Inc. (AMI) and current owner of TAC Commercial Services (TCS) and Nations Home Group. In 2004, TAC was purchased by SFA and maintained as a wholly owned subsidiary. Ms. Hayes remained president of TAC into 2005. In November 2005,
John O. Brennan was appointed president and CEO of TAC. Mr. Brennan was the former interim director of the
National Counterterrorism Center
The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) is a United States government organization responsible for national and international counterterrorism efforts. It is based in Liberty Crossing, a modern complex near Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia ...
and a 25-year veteran of the CIA.
In January 2009, Brennan was selected by President
Barack Obama
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to serve in his administration as
Homeland Security Adviser and Deputy
National Security Adviser for Counterterrorism. In March 2013, Brennan was appointed director of the
Central Intelligence Agency
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.
Following Brennan's departure in October 2008 as advisor to then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, Alexander Drew became the acting president of TAC. Drew was named president in January 2009 and remained through February 2012, when TAC was dissolved and assimilated into Sotera Defense Solutions, formerly SFA, Global Strategies Group (North America), and GTEC.
Cooperation
GTEC's Intelligence Solutions business, which is staffed by other former senior officials from the
Intelligence community, operates within almost every entity in the Intelligence Community including the
US Department of State
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,
Department of Homeland Security
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(DHS),
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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(FBI), and
Defense Intelligence Agency
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A component of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the ...
(DIA).
Key areas
Prior to
9/11, TAC was instrumental in providing pattern recognition and data mining software applications that served as the basis for the US Government's original terrorist watchlist database called TIPOFF. In 2003, TAC assisted the Government in standing up the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) the Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC), and its successor, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Key practice areas included intelligence and Federal Law Enforcement support for terrorist screening,
watchlist
Watchlist or watch list may refer to:
*Watchlist (NGO), the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, a non-governmental organization
*Watchlist (wiki), a tool for monitoring changes on wikis
See also
* Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening S ...
development and operations;
intelligence analysis
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;
systems integration
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and
software development; multilingual name search; and pattern matching. It was awarded over $400m in government contracts since 2000, including some $30.6m in 2007, $19.5m in 2008, and $150m in 2009. Customers included the
Department of State, National Targeting Center (NTC), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), NCTC, TSC, and the FBI.
Passport info scandal
In early 2008 TAC found itself in the midst of a scandal when a State Department spokesman revealed that a TAC contractor, formerly a retired State Department employee, gained unauthorized access on March 14 to the passport records for Barack Obama and
John McCain. The TAC employee, who has not been named, is the only individual to have accessed both Obama's and McCain's passport information without proper authorization, a State Department spokesman said. The employee's actions triggered an electronic alarm system, according to sources familiar with the probe. TAC strongly disavowed the employee's actions in a subsequent press release.
References
External links
Official siteA collection of material related to the passport info scandalSpies for Hire
See also
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Airport security
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Aviation security is a combination of measures and hum ...
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Civil defense
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High policing
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Military-Industrial Complex
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Port security
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Supply chain security
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Terrorism in the United States
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Defense companies of the United States
Software companies established in 1990
Companies based in Virginia
1990 establishments in Virginia
Software companies disestablished in 2012
2012 disestablishments in Virginia