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This document contains slides from a weekly NSA presentation which allude to the discovery of an "access point for WHARPDRIVE" by personnel of a commerical target and the resulting cover up.

This document is a presentation describing the NSA's attempts at collection optimization, primarily through use of the SCISSORS system to "block" email address books and other useless that are unattributable to particular individuals.

This document is a memo authored by the Chief of the NSA's Texas TAO, Requirements and Targeting office, designated FTS327. This document describes operation FLATLIQUID, a TAO program that exploited key weaknesses in Mexican President Felipe…

This document is an extract from a presentation created by the NSA's Special Source Operations (SSO) division. It describes the key operational developments in the WINDSTOP program, including the implementation of an upgrade to the XKEYSCORE tool and…

This document is a selection of slides from an internal NSA presentation describing the PRISM program. This program involved mining internet metadata directly from the servers from several U.S. Internet companies: Microsoft (since 2007), Yahoo!…

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…

This document is a NSA classification guide for the WHIPGENIE program. WHIPGENIE has a security classification of ECI (Exceptionally Controlled Information). The program covers Special Source Operations (SSO) relationships with U.S. Corporate…

This document is a selection of slides from an internal NSA presentation describing the PRISM program. This program involved mining internet metadata directly from the servers from several U.S. Internet companies: Microsoft (since 2007), Yahoo!…

This collection of documents, which range from 2003 to 2013, includes NSA presentations and internal communications concerning Special Source Operations (SSO). The presentations provide information about the main commercial telecommunications…

This document is an entry in an internal NSA wiki. It describes the MYSTIC program, developed by Special Source Operations (SSO) for the installation of embedded collection systems into target networks. The program primarily focuses upon the…