Close Access SIGADS
Title
Close Access SIGADS
Subject
RADON
Description
This document is a NSA briefing of the close access SIGADs used by the NSA's Tailored Access Operations to perform diplomatic surveillance on embassies in New York and Washington, DC. The document also contains a glossary defining certain key SIGADs such as BLACKHEART, DROPMIRE and DEWSWEEPER. Many SIGADs are bugs that are "implanted" in the embassy's communications infrastructure.
Creator
National Security Agency - Tailored Access Operations
Publisher
Le Monde
Relation
Snowden
Language
en
Date:Created
2010-09-10
Source:Classification
COMINT
Source:Redactions
Names, Targets, Locations and Coverterm of certain SIGADs redacted
Report:Creator
Jacques Follorou
NumPages
2
CreatorOffice
NSA
Date:Leaked
2013-10-25
Distribution
NOFORN
Surveillance Programs
BLACKFOOT; WABASH; DROPMIRE; GENIE
Collection
Citation
National Security Agency - Tailored Access Operations, “Close Access SIGADS,” Snowden Archive, accessed November 21, 2024, https://snowden.glendon.yorku.ca/items/show/470.
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