NSA Special Source Operations - Various Documents

Title

NSA Special Source Operations - Various Documents

Subject

VPN - Virtual Private Network

Description

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 partners working with the NSA and their collaborations to provide access to bulk communications data, internationally and domestically. The documents also provide technical, geographic, and budgetary information on SSO, as well as details on the various oversight authorities, such as FAA, FISA and Transit Authority. The NYT article accompanying the release of these documents identified FAIRVIEW as the code name for AT&T, and STORMBREW as the code name for Verizon.

Creator

National Security Agency - Special Source Operations

Publisher

The New York Times

Relation

Snowden

Language

en

Date:Created

Various

Source:Classification

Top Secret

Source:Redactions

Names, locations and contact information has been redacted

Report:Creator

Jeff Larson

NumPages

74

CreatorOffice

SSO

Date:Leaked

2015-08-15

Distribution

NOFORN

Surveillance Programs

BLARNEY; Special Source Operations; FAIRVIEW; STORMBREW

Collection

Citation

National Security Agency - Special Source Operations, “NSA Special Source Operations - Various Documents,” Snowden Archive, accessed December 23, 2024, https://snowden.glendon.yorku.ca/items/show/557.

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