CRISSCROSS/PROTON Point Paper
Title
CRISSCROSS/PROTON Point Paper
Subject
DIRNSA
Description
This document is a point paper on CRISSCROSS/PROTON with the purpose to provide DIRNSA information on subject. The paper gives a detailed overview of the communications metadata collection and access applications CRISSCROSS and its more sophisticated counterpart PROTON, which allows access to NSA and CIA communications metadata. The paper then recommends that an IC-wide central communications metadata repository be established.
Creator
National Security Agency
Publisher
The Intercept
Relation
Snowden
Language
en
Date:Created
2006-02-22
Source:Classification
Top Secret
Source:Redactions
Operational information redacted
Report:Creator
Ryan Gallagher
NumPages
4
CreatorOffice
NSA
Date:Leaked
2014-08-25
Distribution
NOFORN
Surveillance Programs
CRISSCROSS; PROTON
Collection
Citation
National Security Agency, “CRISSCROSS/PROTON Point Paper,” Snowden Archive, accessed October 5, 2024, https://snowden.glendon.yorku.ca/items/show/26.
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