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Data stored in BLACK HOLE
This document is an internal GCHQ wiki page. It describes BLACK HOLE, a data repository holding a variety of differnent data sources including: webmail, email transfers, ftp transfers, internet browsing metadata and website logins. The document also…
Corporate FAA Reporting Metrics
This document contains a NSA graph detailing the reports made by data from various telecommunications companies, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook and Paltalk.
Using XKS to find and search for logos embedded in documents
This document is an internal NSA memo. It describes the use of the XKEYSCORE data analysis tool to retrieve intelligence from attatched logos embedded in online documents.
Procedures Used by the National Security Agency for Targeting Non-United States Persons
This document is a memo submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that describes the procedures used by the NSA for determining the "foreignness" of persons targeted for surveillance. The document also describes the oversight and…
Excerpts from the "black budget," Volume 2 "Combined Cryptologic Program"
This document is an extract from a larger document, the "black budget," detailing the research and technology behind two US signals and intelligence projects: "Penetrating Hard Targets" and "Owning the Net." Both projects are housed under the arm of…
TRANSGRESSION Overview for Pod58
This document is a presentation deck from the NSA giving an overview of the TRANSGRESSION program, which aims to discover, evaluate and exploit foreign CNOs and hopes to provide cryptanalytic exploitation support. The presentation includes the…
Site Make First-Ever Collect of High-Interest 4G Cellular Signal
This document is a NSA news release announcing a successful collaborative effort, codenamed RAINFALL, to collect "Time Division-Long Term Evolution (TD LTE) 4G (fourth generation)" cellular communicatons, a high-priority goal for the NSA and the…
Minimization Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection With Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information
This document is a memo submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court detailing the targetting minimization procedures used by the NSA in their surveillance of foreign and domestic communications.
Memorandum for the Attorney General : Proposed Amendment to Department of Defence Procedures to Permit the NSA to Conduct Analysis of Communications Metadata Associated with Persons in the United States
This document is a memo addressed to the Attorney General of the United Statesm Michael B. Mukasey by Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division. The memo proposes an amendment of Department of Defence procedures to…
BOUNDLESSINFORMANT : Describing Mission Capabilities from Metadata Records
This document is a presentation describing the mission statement BOUNDLESSINFORMANT, the NSA's tool used to track and visualize global surveillance data. This document is an expanded version of that released by the Guardian.