Targeting Rationale (TAR)
Title
Targeting Rationale (TAR)
Subject
UTT - Unified Targeting Tool
Description
This document is a memo that explains the rationale used by the NSA in its selection of surveillance targets outside the US. The document contains actual examples of certification examples that indicate that the staff of foreign heads of state and embassy officials were all targeted for surveillance.
Creator
National Security Agency
Publisher
The Washington Post
Relation
Snowden
Language
en
Date:Created
2007-01-08
Source:Classification
TOP SECRET, COMINT, NOFORN, MR
Source:Redactions
Examples describing actual certifications removed
Report:Creator
Barton Gellman
NumPages
4
CreatorOffice
NSA
Date:Leaked
2013-08-15
Distribution
NOFORN
Surveillance Programs
General Intelligence
Collection
Citation
National Security Agency, “Targeting Rationale (TAR),” Snowden Archive, accessed December 23, 2024, https://snowden.glendon.yorku.ca/items/show/129.
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