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Free File Uploaders (FFU)
This document is an internal NSA presentation. It outlines strategies for using the XKEYSCORE data analysis tool to retrive intelligence data from free file uploader websites.
A5/3 crypt attack proof-of-concept
This document is an extract from a GCHQ programme report that discusses decryption research and development for accessing "A5/3 enciphered GSM air-interface." The programme name is OPULENT PUP.
FASCIA : Example of Current Volumes and Limits
This document shows the volumes and limits of the NSA's FASCIA database between the beginning of 2011 to June 2012. FASCIA is used to store the location information of mobile devices. Analysts query this database using the CHALKFUN tool. It also…
CIA Colleagues Enthusiastically Welcome NSA Training
This document is a NSA news release giving a summary of the ongoing success of NSA-led training initiatives for the CIA. These efforts help in the "development of a cadre of CIA Target Analysts who are capable of using SIGINT target-development…
NSA Core Intelligence Oversight Training
This document contains training materials relating to NSA signals intelligence collection activities, including: Executive Order 12333, December 1982 DoD Procedures Governing the Activities of DoD Intelligence Components, NSA Policy 1-23, and DoD…
SNOWGLOBE: From Discovery to Attribution II
This document is an expanded version of a previously released presentation deck from CSEC, outlining the discovery of an intelligence CNO effort, codenamed SNOWGLOBE. The document outlines in detail the process of discovery through current CSEC…
Events Analysis
This document describes the surveillance tools SALAMANCA, HAUSTORIUM, THUGGEE and IMMINGLE at a high level of abstraction.
WINDSTOP/2P System Highlights
This document contains of NSA Special Source Operations slides and speaking remarks related to the MUSCULAR program. WINDSTOP is a trusted secondary component of this program. MUSCULAR involves the interception of the data flows across the fibre…
Op-ed: Leave Bright Pebbles, Not Breadcrumbs, for Those Coming After You
This document is a memo composed by an official within the Signals Intelligence Directorate (SID) of the NSA. In this memo, the author describes the importance of inter-agency cooperation in sharing intelligence.
Afghanistan: Intelligence Summary, 19 June - 20 June
This document is an intelligence report created by Regional Command Southwest. It describes the political situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan on June 19 - 20 2011.