WINDSTOP/2P System Highlights
Title
WINDSTOP/2P System Highlights
Subject
Buddy Lists
Description
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 optic cables that carry information among the data centers of major tech companies, including Google and Yahoo. This update on the state of the program, which is administered by GCHQ, was created by the NSA's Special Source Operations. It describes a problem with Yahoo mailbox transfers, which required a throttling of data capture.
Creator
National Security Agency - Special Source Operations
Publisher
The Washington Post
Relation
Snowden
Language
en
Date:Created
2013-02-28
Source:Classification
SI
Source:Redactions
Analyst's names removed
Report:Creator
Ashkan Soltani
NumPages
3
CreatorOffice
NSA
Date:Leaked
2013-10-30
Distribution
REL USA, GBR
Surveillance Programs
MUSCULAR ; WINDSTOP ; INCENSER ; TURMOIL
Collection
Citation
National Security Agency - Special Source Operations, “WINDSTOP/2P System Highlights,” Snowden Archive, accessed December 23, 2024, https://snowden.glendon.yorku.ca/items/show/579.
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