SSO Collection Optimization Overview
Title
SSO Collection Optimization Overview
Subject
Email Address Books
Description
This document is an extract from an NSA internal Wiki page explaining the activities undertaken within Special Source Operations to optimize collection from SSO sites. This process is described by the NSA as "collection optimization", and impacts a variety of NSA systems including the MARINA, PINWALE, PRESSUREWAVE, and MAINWAY repository systems. The wiki article also describes SCISSORS, a system developed by the NSA to better parse electronic communications.
Creator
National Security Agency - Special Source Operations
Publisher
The Washington Post
Relation
Snowden
Language
en
Date:Created
2013-01-07
Source:Classification
TOP SECRET, SI-GAMMA, TALENT KEYHOLE, ORCON, PROPIN, RELIDO, REL TO USA, FVEY
Source:Redactions
None
Report:Creator
Ashkan Soltani
NumPages
4
CreatorOffice
NSA
Date:Leaked
2013-10-14
Distribution
5VEY
Surveillance Programs
MARINA ; PINWALE ; PRESSUREWAVE ; MAINWAY ; SCISSORS ; XKEYSCORE ; FALLOUT ; YELLOWSTONE
Collection
Citation
National Security Agency - Special Source Operations, “SSO Collection Optimization Overview,” Snowden Archive, accessed December 22, 2024, https://snowden.glendon.yorku.ca/items/show/159.
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