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20150701-intercept-xks_application_ids_brief.pdf
This document is an internal NSA presentation. It further describes the syntax underlying Application IDs in the NSA's ZKEYSCORE data analysis tools. Application IDs are designed to increase the efficiency of queries to repositories of intelligence…

20140618-der_spiegel-details_on_xkeyscore_from_an_internal_gchq_website.pdf
This document appears to be an extract from an NSA wiki. It describes the XKEYSCORE analytics program and its relationship with other NSA repositories such as PINWALEand TURMOIL, as well as GCHQ's MUSCULAR.

20131122-dagbladet-afghanistan_collection.pdf
This document is a report from the BOUNDLESSINFORMANT big data analysis tool used by the NSA. It shows the NSA's efforts in monitoring telephonic and internet communications in Afghanistan in a 30 day period between December 10 2012 and Janurary 8…

xks-system-administration.pdf
This document is an internal NSA presentation giving a detailde description of the systems adminstration of the XKEYSCORE data analysis tool. It provides a comprehensive outline of the tool's data architecture, GUI (Graphical User Interface), and…

20150701-intercept-tracking_targets_on_online_social_networks.pdf
This document is an internal NSA presentation. It outlines the procedures for retrieving intelligence located in NSA repositories harvested from from online social networks using the NSA's data analysis tool, XKEYSCORE.

20140618-DerSpiegel-internal_nsa_discussion_guidelines_relating_to_cooperation_with_the_bnd_and_bfv.pdf
This document is a briefing sheet describing elements of the intelligence relationship between the National Security Agency and the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV).…

20131205-svt-fra_russia.pdf
This document is a NSA report describing the nature of the NSA's surveillance relationship with Sweden's National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA). It is largely focused upon the FRA's collaboration in SIGINT against "high-priority Russian targets."

20131204-wapo-chalkfun_foreignness.pdf
This document is an excerpt from an NSA training tool explaining how to determine whether a targeted device is being used outside the United States. It illustrates a hypothetical example involving a query to CHALKFUN, the tool used to search FASCIA,…

20140616-der_spiegel-xkeyscore_fingerprints_1.pdf
This document is an extract from a presentation prepared by the NSA's site in Griesheim, Germany. It describes the storage and curation capabilities of the NSA's analysis tool, XKEYSCORE.

20131210-wapo-location_cookies.pdf
This document contains excerpts from an internal NSA presentation detailing signal surveillance techniques and success stories. They indicate that both the NSA and GCHQ use a Google-specific tracking cookie to pinpoint targets for hacking.
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