The largest U.S. intelligence agency will spend millions to upgrade the technology it uses to sift through the huge volume of telephone conversations, e-mail and other worldwide communications chatter it monitors, under a new contract. The National Security Agency has signed . . .
The largest U.S. intelligence agency will spend millions to upgrade the technology it uses to sift through the huge volume of telephone conversations, e-mail and other worldwide communications chatter it monitors, under a new contract. The National Security Agency has signed a $282 million contract with Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego to help develop a more refined system for culling useful intelligence from a flood of data it collects daily. Officials disclosed the 26-month contract on Monday. Most details about it are classified, as is most information about the security agency. But analysts said the deal reflects the growing challenge of electronic eavesdropping. ``There's a ton more communications out there and how to sift through that is an increasing problem for the NSA,'' said Richard A. Best Jr. of the Congressional Research Service.

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