NSA PINECONE Location
I've been doing some research trying to locate the PINECONE SCIF facility mentioned in leaked NSA documents. PINECONE is described as the centralized processing site for the NSA's FAIRVIEW surveillance program, which operates in partnership with AT&T. It's somewhere in New Jersey southwest of the AT&T cable landing station in Tuckerton.
I assume that the markers on the NSA FAIRVIEW map were not placed at random, they indicate specific real-world locations. I believe the map was created using GIS software. For instance, the Nedonna Beach cable landing station falls squarely on the map where it should in Oregon.
I browsed https://co-buildings.com/ to identify central office buildings in the area (Telephone Exchanges). I noticed the Pleasantville "Main" central office, which has Verizon signage and is listed as Verizon/Bell Atlantic/New Jersey Bell. Across the street there is an AT&T Long Lines POP, which stood out because none of the other facilities in the area have anything like it. AT&T Long Lines has been defunct since the 1980s, it's strange that the site would still be actively maintained.
The building is heavily secured. It has a heavy chain link fence with barbed wire, a large exhaust ventilation shaft on the roof, and keypad access on all doors. Using Google Street View I was able to determine the HVAC system was upgraded between 2008 and 2013 despite the fact the site should be no longer operational. In the most recent Google Street View image there is actually a technician actively servicing the unit with someone standing over his shoulder. There are also warning signs posted on the fence approximately every ten feet that contain considerably more text than a standard no trespassing notice, though I cannot make out the specific language.
I cross referenced the location against the map of NSA facilities in the Snowden documents and the location appears consistent.
I then used Infrapedia's free terrestrial fiber map and found a direct fiber route connecting Tuckerton to the Pleasantville area, with a corridor continuing inland toward the Philadelphia/DC corridor in the direction of Fort Meade, at the NSA headquarters. Pleasantville appears to be the only town in South Jersey with a direct fiber connection to Tuckerton on that map. This is consistent with the description of the site in the documents.
Does anyone have any advice or insights?