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NIMA Helps in War on Terror, Possible War in Iraq
Aired December 09, 2002 - 14:31 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, our next report is a fascinating look at some of the high-tech tools in the war on terrorism. For that, we turn to Washington and CNN national correspondent -- security correspondent, that is, David Ensor -- hi, David.
DAVID ENSOR, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra. You know, everybody's heard of the CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency, but do they realize, do you realize that there are over a dozen U.S. intelligence agencies?
We got an unprecedented chance and unprecedented access to look at one of those agencies which, if we have a war in Iraq, will be playing a very important role in that.
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ENSOR (voice-over): ... high above the earth, it spies on terrorists and rogue states. It guides the war fighter to the target, and in a disaster helps rescue teams with an array of space-age technologies. Yet hardly anyone has ever heard of NIMA, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
LT. GEN. JAMES CLAPPER, RET., NIMA: If you think about it, everything and everybody has to be someplace. So we, I think, try to create the setting, the geographical setting, if you will, and help determine where things and people could be.
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ENSOR: It's all about geospacial intelligence. NIMA -- its job is to make the maps for the war fighter, but also to find targets to look for a chemical weapons factory through satellite photography in Iraq, or to find al Qaeda individuals in northwestern Pakistan.
So they're really on the cutting edge. There's a lot of new technology. Today and for the next few days, we're going to look at how they help the war fighter, how they help defend the homeland, and what kinds of new, interesting technologies may be coming down the pike for the U.S. intelligence community -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: David Ensor, interesting stuff. Thank you so much.
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Aired December 9, 2002 - 14:31 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, our next report is a fascinating look at some of the high-tech tools in the war on terrorism. For that, we turn to Washington and CNN national correspondent -- security correspondent, that is, David Ensor -- hi, David.
DAVID ENSOR, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra. You know, everybody's heard of the CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency, but do they realize, do you realize that there are over a dozen U.S. intelligence agencies?
We got an unprecedented chance and unprecedented access to look at one of those agencies which, if we have a war in Iraq, will be playing a very important role in that.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ENSOR (voice-over): ... high above the earth, it spies on terrorists and rogue states. It guides the war fighter to the target, and in a disaster helps rescue teams with an array of space-age technologies. Yet hardly anyone has ever heard of NIMA, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
LT. GEN. JAMES CLAPPER, RET., NIMA: If you think about it, everything and everybody has to be someplace. So we, I think, try to create the setting, the geographical setting, if you will, and help determine where things and people could be.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
ENSOR: It's all about geospacial intelligence. NIMA -- its job is to make the maps for the war fighter, but also to find targets to look for a chemical weapons factory through satellite photography in Iraq, or to find al Qaeda individuals in northwestern Pakistan.
So they're really on the cutting edge. There's a lot of new technology. Today and for the next few days, we're going to look at how they help the war fighter, how they help defend the homeland, and what kinds of new, interesting technologies may be coming down the pike for the U.S. intelligence community -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: David Ensor, interesting stuff. Thank you so much.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
