''The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America'' is a book on the

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by author

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Bamford's book contains a description of a processing center at NSA's Fort Gordon, Georgia facility, and Operation Highlander, with which it was associated. The staff there analyzed satellite telephone signals (like Inmarsat) from all over the Middle East. They performed various operations such as matching up phone numbers with names of organizations or individuals, recording messages, finding the locations of cellphones,

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, language identification and translation, and assigning 'importance' numbers to the "cuts" (recordings). Bamford's book contains the statements of people who worked there, including Adrienne J. Kinne and John Berry. Berry says that the operation never violated Americans' rights and contributed a good deal to the war effort. Kinne says that they were listening to the phone calls of Americans in the Middle East making calls back to the States, including NGOs, aid workers, and journalists at the

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. Kinne contrasts her years of work before 9/11 in SIGINT and the careful attention paid to

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with her work after 9/11 and the way USSID 18 was essentially ignored. Kinne later became part of

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. The NSA

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and the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) investigated her allegations. They claimed they 'found insufficient evidence to support Kinne's allegations of improper intelligence activities'. Kinne says the NSA IG never even interviewed her. The Congress also questioned NSA and the Army about the matter.Did NSA Lie, Cover-Up? Senators Open Second Probe, ABC News
By BRIAN ROSS and ANNA SCHECTER, Oct 13 2008

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''After Words'' interview with Bamford on ''The Shadow Factory'', October 18, 2008
2008 non-fiction books Books about the National Security Agency Doubleday (publisher) books {{US-int-book-stub

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