Background
Founded in 1987 and located near Boston, Massachusettss, Granite Island Group, is THE internationally recognized leader in the field of Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM), Bug Sweeps, Wiretap Detection, Surveillance Technology, Communications Security (COMSEC), Counter-Intelligence, Technical Security, and Spy Hunting.
Mission Statement
provides expert technical, analytical and research capability for the detection, nullification, and isolation of eavesdropping devices, technical surveillance penetrations, technical surveillance hazards, and physical security weaknesses... Simply put, we hunt spies, stop espionage, and plug leaks.
Granite Island Group was initially formed to provide TSCM and SIGINT training services to the Army Intelligence School located at Fort Devens, MA. Engineering, design, and related services were also provided to various research facilities and defense contractors throughout New England. These services also included product design, fully instrumented TSCM surveys, bug sweeps, wiretap detection, SCIF compliance inspections, shielding evaluations, and other engineering services related to the technical security and protection of classified information.
Design projects included the development of several briefcase and man-pack systems used for signals exploitation and surveillance, along with suites of software products used to control test instruments for automated ECM, SIGINT, Signals Analysis, TEMPEST, TSCM and related measurements.
In 1989 the services offered were expanded to include the design, installation, and maintenance of high performance computer networks used in secure facilities. This included performing TSCM, wiretap detection, and bug sweep services on desktop computers, data networks, and PBX/ESS systems to identify weaknesses which could allow technical penetrations or the compromise of classified or sensitive information. At the time there was only one company in the entire country who could do this... and we were it.
Granite Island Group currently provides TSCM, bug sweeps, wiretap detection, and communications engineering services to a wide range of clients and has become one of the most respected names in the industry.
Granite Island Group has had an Internet presence since 1987, and James Atkinson has been active on the Internet since the mid 1970's. With the growth on the Internet in the early 1990's came an FTP/UUCP library, then an IRC reflector, and a dedicated E-Mail based list for discussion and to publish and exchange files related to TSCM and ongoing projects. With the advent of "Mosaic browsers" several years later the informational files and documents were converted to HTTP (or Hypertext Documents) and placed on a dedicated domain in 1994 ()
The web site developed to over 1,950 publicly assessable documents related to TSCM, technical counter-intelligence and technical security which involves well over 78,200 printed pages. The site currently handles an average of over 4,500 visitors a day from all over the world. It is the first, the largest, and most complete site anywhere on the Internet dedicated to TSCM, Technical Counter-Intelligence, and Technical Security.
Warning Signs That You Have Been Bugged
What Is Bug Sweeps and Bug Detection All About?
Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ
What To Do If You Think You Have Been Bugged
How To Commission Someone To Check For Bugs
Wiretapping 101 ("Outside Plant" Devices)
Phone Set Bugging and Modification Techniques
What Does a Bug Sweep Involve?
Professional Executive Portraits
Location Photography of Work Sites or Construction Sites
Photography or Video of Scientific Experiments or Expiditions
Production of Court-Room Photographic Exhibits in Large Scale Formats
Photography of Injuries and Wounds of Injured Persons
Technical Examination of Photographs to Detect Manipulation or Forgery
Intelligence Analysis and Interpretation of Aerial Photography
Expert Review, Deconstruction, and Intelligence Analysis of:
Forensics, Criminalistics, Crime Scene Logs or Reports
Court Records and Case Transcripts
Physical Evidence (where are the holes in the case)
Electronic Records or Computer Related Evidence
Jury Selection, and Jury or Witness Behavioral Analysis Consultant
Contemporaneous Intelligence Analysis (provided at hearings and during trial)
Technical Advisor, Tutoring, and Technology Coaching for Attorneys
Computer Forensics and Expert Testimony
Recovery of Erased or Damaged Computer Files
Recovery of Erased or Damaged Digital Photography and Video
iPhone, iPod, and iPad Non-Tainting Duplications (Perfect Bit-by-Bit Direct from Memory Copies)
iPhone, iPod, and iPad Forensic Analysis
Assistance in Crafting and Properly Issuing "Preservation Letters for Telephone, Data, ISPs Records"
Assistance in Crafting and Properly Issuing "Subpoenas for Telephone, Data, ISPs Records"
Converting Raw Data Obtained from Telephone, Data, and ISPs into Readable Reports
Computer Source Code Analysis and Deconstruction
Methods Used To Manipulate or Fabricate Electronic Evidence
Methods Used To Manipulate or Fabricate "Forensics and Criminalistics"
Methods Used To Manipulate or Fabricate "Fake Crime Scenes"
Methods Used To Manipulate or Fabricate "Fake Evidence"
Methods Used To Manipulate or Fabricate Photographs
Methods Used To Illicit False Confessions and False Testimony
Bug Sweeps of Judges Chambers and/or Homes
Bug Sweeps of Jury Rooms, Juror Hotel Rooms, and other placed used by Jurors
Bug Sweeps of Attorney-Client Booths and Meeting Rooms
Bug Sweeps of Attorney Offices and Conference Rooms
Bug Sweeps of Attorneys Client Homes and/or Offices
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O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence hold the enemy's fate in our hands. |
Granite Island Group - Who We Are, What We do
Granite Island Group Mission Statement
Granite Island Group Profile and Backgrounder
Background and Qualifications - James M. Atkinson
Questions To Ask TSCM Specialists
The GOLD LIST
Bug Sweep Equipment Methods, and Reviews
Helpful Books to Read, and Training to Attend
TSCM-L Archives, over 10,000 messages
TSCM 101 - The Technical "Meat and Potatoes"
The following are a series of brief entry level tutorials regarding
specific areas and topics relative to TSCM and methods used to find
bugs and other eavesdropping devices.
Tutorial on Basic Bug Sweep Equipment
Start Here If You Need Equipment
Modeling Eavesdropping Devices
TSCM Antenna Methods and Protocols
Wireless Microphones Revisited
The Wavecom Eavesdropping Threat
Video Signal Eavesdropping Threat
Detection, Isolation, and Evaluation of Spread Spectrum Signals
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. |
Spectral Analysis of RF Bugging Devices
Time Domain Reflectometry Analysis (Wiretap Locating)
Time Domain Reflectometry Tutorial
Fluke LANMeter (Dry TDR Methods)
TSCM-L Technical Counterintelligence Mailing List
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We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth... For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst; and to provide for it. -- Patrick Henry |
Executive Order 12333 - United States Intelligence Activities
Title 50, Chapter 36 - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Title 18, Chapter 119 - Oral, Wire, and Electronic Communications Interception
Title 18, Chapter 121 - Stored Wire and Electronic Communications Records Access
Title 18, Chapter 205 - Searches and Seizures
Title 18, Chapter 90 - Economic Espionage Act of 1996
Deepwater Doo Doo - U.S. Government Conned Out Of Several Tens of Billion Dollars
Antennas and Signal Acquisition
Demodulation and RF Intercept Equipment
Photographic and Imaging Instruments
Special Purpose Vehicle Consideration (SPV)
you free." - John 8:32 KJV
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Cryptographic Devices and "Scramblers"
Tutorial on Real World Cryptographic Devices and Scrambling Equipment
TSCM Product Catalog "Bug and Wiretap Detectors"
Tutorial on Basic Sweep Gear
Equipment Index
Used Equipment Index
Telephone Equipment Index
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Granite Island Group
127 Eastern Avenue #291
Gloucester, MA 01930
Telephone: (978) 546-3803
International Callers: 001-978-546-3803