NSA spy program hinges on state-of-the-art technology
	By Shane Harris, National Journal
	January 20, 2006
	http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=33212

The furor over the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping,  
authorized by President Bush, has focused largely on legal questions  
-- whether the NSA has the authority to spy on Americans inside the  
United States and whether the commander-in-chief can order the agency  
to do so.

But that debate has largely smothered examination of how the nation's  
largest intelligence agency is collecting -- and analyzing --  
information intercepted from hundreds, possibly thousands, of  
Americans. Since the 9/11 attacks, the NSA has abandoned the mantra  
that guided it in earlier decades -- Do not spy on Americans inside  
the nation's borders. Things have changed, and the NSA may be on the  
cusp of employing state-of-the-art technologies to uncover more  
information about potential terrorists, and about Americans here at  
home. ...

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The article goes on to discuss ...

ACIA - Advanced Capabilities for Intelligence Analysis

Admiral John Poindexter, sponsor of TIA

CDR - call detail records" trace the history of every call placed on  
a network, including a call's origin and destination, the time it  
started and ended, how long it lasted, and how it was routed through  
the network.)

DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

FISA - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

NIMD - Novel Intelligence from Massive Data

TIA - Total Information Awareness program