Revealed: US Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool That Includes Internet Browsing, Email Data
The “Augury” platform includes highly sensitive network data that Team Cymru, a private company, is selling to the military. “It’s everything. There’s nothing else to capture except the smell of electricity,” one cybersecurity expert said.
I remember this. Although perhaps I was off re: them being NCIS... BUT if anyone was going to be used, Navy would be the logical, correct and legal choice.
I'll proffer that NCIS would be the ideal "glue that binds" all other agencies. Civilian law enforcement up to the DOJ. Military law enforcement up to the DOD. International law enforcement above INTERPOL and up to treaty enforcement level.
With that in mind, there is also their website offering "Core Mission Areas" of NCIS. There are four listed, and I'll quote a bit from each.
Criminal Investigations (and it's subsections) https://www.ncis.navy.mil/About-NCIS/Core-Mission-Areas/Criminal-Investigations/
Counterintelligence https://www.ncis.navy.mil/About-NCIS/Core-Mission-Areas/Counterintelligence/
Counterterrorism https://www.ncis.navy.mil/About-NCIS/Core-Mission-Areas/Counterterrorism/
Cyber https://www.ncis.navy.mil/About-NCIS/Core-Mission-Areas/Cyber/
The point is that while NCIS mainly polices itself, it has been positioned as a clearing house for partnerships in these areas ranging from the state level to the treaty level.
This means if something was going to happen, NCIS would be the middle man between all parties. NCIS investigates a wide array of crimes within the DON, but also works with other partners to information share among all agencies.
So, if a big enough case came to pass. They would be a likely candidate to act as the middle man globally down to the city level.
Two words, Jethro Gibbs