Concerned
about the militarization of law enforcement, a source within the
intelligence community has provided The Intercept with a secret,
internal U.S. government catalogue of dozens of cellphone surveillance
devices used by the military and by intelligence agencies. Some of the
devices are already in use by federal law enforcement and local police
forces domestically, and civil liberties advocates believe others will
eventually find their way into use inside the U.S. This product
catalogue provides rare insight into the current spy capabilities of
local law enforcement and offers a preview of the future of mass
surveillance of mobile communications.
The product descriptions contained in this catalogue were taken verbatim from the text of the original government documents and may include typos and other errors.
Blackfin I/II
Survey Equipment
“Can get you in a lot of trouble”
Review by Nathan Wessler
$75,000.00
DRT 1101B
Survey Equipment
“Up to 10,000 targets”
Review by Jennifer Lynch
$78,850.00
DRT 1183B
Survey Equipment
“Intercept and record digital voice data”
Review by Jennifer Lynch
DRT 1201C
Survey Equipment
“Mount in an aircraft to fly over the crowd”
Review by Jennifer Lynch
DRT 1301C
Survey Equipment
“No noisy fan to give it away”
Review by Jennifer Lynch
$100K
DRT 1301B3
Survey Equipment
“No one may ever know you’ve used it”
Review by Jennifer Lynch
$100K
DRT 4411B
Survey Equipment
“Monitor a huge political protest”
Review by Jennifer Lynch
$40K
Typhoon
Fixed Wing Geo-Location (Manned)
“Sure to capture data from thousands of bystanders’ phones”
Review by Nathan Wessler
$175,800.00
Spartacus II
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
“Can be easily moved from plane to car to body”
Review by Jennifer Lynch
$180K
Kingfish
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
“Low price tag, portable”
Review by Jennifer Lynch
Stingray I/II
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
“Ensnares bystanders, drains batteries, blocks calls”
Review by Nathan Wessler
$134,952.00
Stargrazer III
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
“Attack mode’ can jam a handset while capturing metadata”
Review by Jennifer Lynch
THORACIC
Direction Finding Systems
“Officers conducting surveillance can blend right in”
Review by Nathan Wessler
$7,500.00 (w/ antennas)
CYBERHAWK
Battlefield Data Recovery/SSE
“More than enough data to map an entire social network”
Review by Jennifer Lynch
CELLBRITE
Battlefield Data Recovery/SSE
“Will suck every last byte of data out of a seized cellphone”
Review by Nathan Wessler
$9,920.00 (+ $900/1 yr service support & maintenance
ICS2
Survey Equipment
$195,000.00
Nemo Handy (N95)
Survey Equipment
approx $11,500.00
Nemo Outdoor
Survey Equipment
Approx $80,000.00
Sagem OT488, 498
Survey Equipment
approx $10,000.00
QRC Autonomous/ Lighthouse
Survey Equipment
$35,995.00
Garuda (G-Box)
Fixed Wing Geo-Location (Manned)
$185,000.00
Carman II
Fixed Wing Geo-Location (Manned)
$130,000.00
Windjammer
Fixed Wing Geo-Location (Manned)
$192,000.00
Radiance
Fixed Wing Geo-Location (Manned)
Raven
Fixed Wing Geo-Location (Manned)
$800K
Deerpark
Fixed Wing Geo-Location (Manned)
$250K
Traveler (EW FoS)
Fixed Wing Geo-Location (Manned)
$750K
Nebula
Fixed Wing Geo-Location (Manned)
TBD
ICARUS/ NVDF
Fixed Wing Geo-Location (Manned)
$1.5 mil
Twister - Firescout APG
PGL Payloads on UAVs
Boeing/Schiebel S-100
PGL Payloads on UAVs
TBD
GUAVA (G-Pod/STE) -- LOS
PGL Payloads on UAVs
GarWind/ BLOS Pod
PGL Payloads on UAVs
Gilgamesh
PGL Payloads on UAVs
Airhandler
PGL Payloads on UAVs
BLOS Pod
PGL Payloads on UAVs
RADPOD (Radiance Pod)
PGL Payloads on UAVs
Jagged Amber - Next Gen BLOS
PGL Payloads on UAVs
Traveler Pod - T-Pod
PGL Payloads on UAVs
Artemis
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
$83,333.00
Artemis II
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
$83,333.00
Maximus
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
$365,000.00
Cyclone Mx9 (micro/Macro)
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
$106,000.00 estimate
Buckshot
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
$40,000.00
Yellowstone
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
$38,382.00
PRD-13
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
$20,000.00
Hayden I/II
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
$110,000.00
Sidewinder
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
TBD
REBUS
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
$152,000.000
RadioEye
Ground Based Geo-Location (Vehicular)
$97 K
JUGULAR 2
Direction Finding Systems
$5500.00
QUASIMODO
Direction Finding Systems
HEATR
Direction Finding Systems
$48,000.00 (w/ antennas)