SKYNET: Courier Detection via Machine Learning
Title
SKYNET: Courier Detection via Machine Learning
Subject
Courier detection
Description
This document is an NSA powerpoint presentation from June 2012 that discusses the metadata collection and anylsis program SKYNET. The presentation shows the results of the statistical analysis of cell phone metadata to show travel behaviour, social networks and patterns-of-life in order to locate new targets. The presentation labels Ahmed Zaiden, Al Jazeera reporter, as a terrorist group member based on his travel to Peshawar and Lahore.
Creator
National Security Agency
Publisher
The Intercept
Relation
Snowden
Language
en
Date:Created
2012
Source:Classification
TOP SECRET
Source:Redactions
Names have been redacted
Report:Creator
Glenn Greenwald
NumPages
20
CreatorOffice
NSA
Date:Leaked
2015-05-08
Distribution
5VEY
Surveillance Programs
SKYNET ; SIGINT Enabling Project
Collection
Citation
National Security Agency, “SKYNET: Courier Detection via Machine Learning,” Snowden Archive, accessed December 23, 2024, https://snowden.glendon.yorku.ca/items/show/597.
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