>>> ineffective operations against ISIS <<< ???
Well, NSA is SIGINT. Electronic signals/data collection. And they’re not exactly a secret these days.
If ISIS is going old school, low tech with their coms to slow NSA down, what can NSA do?
Lots of variables in play.
You are mostly correct, SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) is broken down into ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) and COMINT (Communications Intelligence).
NSA focuses more on the COMINT side of the house. My focus was more on ELINT, radars and such.
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