Since the NSA focuses on intercepting and analyzing communications for security purposes, it was a no-brainer that it asked the phone companies for the information, said Arthur Hulnick, an intelligence expert at Boston University, who likened the NSA to a giant vacuum cleaner.
Using panel data, we reproduce recent literature showing that hourly wages grow prior to marriage and decline prior to divorce - a nuance missed by fixed-effects models that focus on intercept shifts alone.
"The Russians claim they have a new system under development that focuses on intercepting missiles in the boost phase," or shortly after they have been launched.
During World War II, he was assigned here as a secret agent, with duties focused on intercepting Portuguese ships that smuggled diamonds from Africa to Germany.
American plans, which focus on eradication, possibly with the use of defoliants, also have their critics, including Mr. Rubin, who argues that effort should concentrate on intercepting the narcotics at the borders and catching the big smugglers.
American intelligence agencies intensified their focus on Mr. Awlaki, intercepting communications that showed the cleric's growing clout in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a Yemen-based affiliate of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.
A/S Cohen noted that the planned DHS/ICE cash courier training in February would focus on identifing and intercepting likely couriers.
Many security experts say the security agency is too focused on technologies for intercepting things — guns, knives, explosives — instead of focusing on stopping people.
The article reviews and updates the aspects of sampling design, with special focus on telephone, mall intercept, panel, and Internet surveys.
