New Slides Almost Nsa Collection Programs

(Updated: Nov 30, 2014)

Over the terminal month, the publication of diverse slides of a powerpoint presentation virtually the superlative hush-hush NSA collection plan PRISM caused almost worldwide media attention. Less known is that a issue of novel slides virtually other NSA collection programs were published on July half dozen past times the Brazilian paper O Globo.

These too a few other slides were also shown on Brazilian televion, combined amongst an interview amongst Guardian-columnist Glenn Greenwald, who lives inwards Rio de Janeiro. Screenshots of some of the slides shown on Brazilian idiot box became available on Flickr (see Links too Sources). On July 21, the German linguistic communication periodical Der Spiegel published some extra details virtually the XKEYSCORE program.

- FAIRVIEW-slides - FORNSAT-slide - PRISM-slides - XKEYSCORE-slides -

FAIRVIEW-slides

Brazilian idiot box too the O Globo website presented a whole novel serial of 4 slides from what seems to endure a presentation virtually the FAIRVIEW plan or mayhap the broader "collection of communications on fiber cables too infrastructure every bit information flows past", which was called "Upstream" inwards 1 of the PRISM-slides.

The showtime slide (below) shows the logos of the NSA too its Special Source Operations (SSO) unit, too a map representing "1 Day stance of authorized (FAA ONLY) DNI traffic volumes to Democratic People's South Korea inside FAIRVIEW environment". As DNI stands for Digital Network Intelligence, this map plainly shows meshwork traffic to North Korea, every bit traced past times the FAIRVIEW program.

According to O Globo these maps exhibit the amount of exchanged messages too telephone calls (allthough DNI solely refers to meshwork traffic) past times diverse countries inwards the the world amongst North Korea, Russia, Islamic Republic of Pakistan too Iran. Below nosotros come across DNI traffic to Islamic Republic of Pakistan on March 4 too 5, 2012:

H5N1 3rd slide shows a listing op "Top twenty Pakistani domains (.pk)" which where plainly tracked betwixt Feb 15, 2012 too March 11, 2012:

H5N1 4th slide shows some lines amongst names of collection managers of OAKSTAR, BLARNEY too what appears to endure the STORMBREW too (the hitherto unknown) OCELOT programs (Update: newly disclosed slides exhibit that the latter discussion is genuinely MADCAPOCELOT). Brazilian idiot box showed this slide uncensored amongst the names visible, exactly hither nosotros blacked them out:

According to sometime NSA official Thomas Drake FAIRVIEW is a highly classified plan for tapping into the world’s intercontinental fiber-optic cables. It acts every bit an "umbrella program" amongst other programs underneath it. One of them is BLARNEY, which is a plan to access meshwork information at key junctions too is facilitated past times arrangements amongst commercial cable companies too meshwork servce providers.

According to Drake, "BLARNEY is to the international Internet infinite every bit PRISM is to the domestic". FAIRVIEW is plainly also the method through which the NSA receives the information it has collected, essentially co-opting the fiber oculus cables to transmit the information dorsum to the agency to endure analyzed past times information mining programs.

> See for many more: Slides virtually NSA's Upstream collection

FORNSAT-slide

The Brazilian idiot box also showed 1 slide from a presentation which wasn't mentioned or seen earlier. The solely information nosotros have, is the slide itself too what the O Globo website tells virtually it:

The slide is titled PRIMARY FORNSAT COLLECTION OPERATIONS, too the O Globo website says it shows a network of xvi facilities for intercepting transmissions from unusual satellites. The slide shows markings inwards bluish too green, where bluish represents "US Sites" too greenish "2nd Party" for intercepting locations run past times partner signals intelligence agencies of the UKUSA Agreement.

US Sites:
- JACKKNIFE, Yakima (US)
- TIMBERLINE, Sugar Grove (US)
- CORALINE, Sabena Seca (Puerto Rico)
- SCS, Brasilia (Brazil)
- MOONPENNY, Harrogate (Great Britain)
- GARLICK, Bad Aibling (Germany)
- LADYLOVE, Misawa (Japan)
- LEMONWOOD, Thailand
- SCS, New Delhi (India)

2nd Party Sites:
- CARBOY, Bude (Great Britain)
- SOUNDER, Ayios Nikolaos (Cyprus)
- SNICK, nigh Seeb (Oman)
- SCAPEL, Nairobi (Kenya)
- STELLAR, Geraldton (Australia)
- SHOAL BAY, Darwin (Australia)
- IRONSAND, Waihopai (New Zealand)

Most of these locations were business office of the ECHELON satellite intercept program. The NSA station at Bad Aibling inwards Deutschland was shut downwardly inwards 2004 too turned over to the German linguistic communication unusual intelligence agency BND. At the same time, a articulation NSA-BND unit of measurement was established at the nearby Mangfall Barracks.

According to Snowden, the NSA personnel from this unit of measurement hold their ain communications hub connected to the NSA headquarters. This cooperation betwixt NSA too BND is based on a Memorandum of Agreement dated Apr 28, 2002.

The SCS sites inwards Brasilia too New Delhi are units of the Special Collection Service, a articulation CIA/NSA plan to collect information through covert listening posts based inwards U.S. of America embassies inwards unusual capitals.

Update:
An article showing a ameliorate version of the map says that it's from 2002, which explains why it shows the stations at Bad Aibling too Sabena Seca, both of which convey since closed.

> See for the 2012 situation: NSA's global interception network - FORNSAT

PRISM-slides

Already nine slides from the presentation virtually the PRISM information collection plan were published on the websites of The Guardian too The Washington Post. On this weblog nosotros also discussed the showtime five slides too the next four slides, which were additionally published past times the Post.

The Brazilian idiot box showed 2 novel pictures, the showtime is the 5th slide published past times The Guardian, exactly solely showing the the world map amongst fiber oculus cables, too without the text balloons virtually "Upstream" too "PRISM" collection methods, which plainly exhibit upwardly afterward clicking the master copy powerpoint presentation:

The slide which is below was non published earlier. Just similar the previous slide, this 1 is also virtually "FAA702 Operations", which way operations nether department 702 of the FISA Amendment Act (FAA) of 2008. The slide shows the same the world map amongst fiber-optic cables too is hardly readable, exactly according to Wikipedia, the subheader reads "Collection solely possible nether FAA702 Authority" too the plan holler FAIRVIEW is the fundamental cyan colored box. Maybe the codenames of other programs are inwards the xanthous box at the correct side:

An eleventh slide of the PRISM presentation appeared on the website of O Globo, some days afterward the previous slides were shown on television. This slide is titled "A Week inwards the Life of PRISM Reporting" too shows some samples of reporting topics from early on Feb 2013:

New slides virtually NSA collection programs

It seems the bottom business office of this slide was blacked out past times Brazilian media, every bit the Indian
paper The Hindu disclosed that this slide also mentions "politics, space, nuclear" as
topics nether the header "India", too also information from Asian too African
countries is contributing to a total of "589 End production Reports".

These lists exhibit that PRISM is used for collecting information virtually the usual strategical too tactical targets too non virtually ordinary people, every bit most of the media reports suggest.

> See for all known PRISM slides: What is known virtually NSA's PRISM program

XKEYSCORE-slides

Brazilian idiot box showed a whole novel laid of slides virtually the XKEYSCORE program. According to O Globo, XKEYSCORE detects the nationality of foreigners past times analysing the linguistic communication used inside intercepted emails, which the paper claims has been applied to Latin America too specifically to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela too Mexico.

In total, O Globo showed 4 slides virtually the XKEYSCORE program, which are classified every bit TOP SECRET//COMINT//REL TO USA, AUS, CAN, GBR, NZL. This way this information tin endure shared amongst signals intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, Britain too New Zealand, which are cooperating nether the too then called UKUSA Agreement.

XKEYSCORE collects information amongst the aid of over 700 servers based inwards "US too allied armed services too other facilities every bit good every bit U.S. of America embassies too consulates" inwards several dozen countries. These locations are shown on the slide below:

The side past times side slide shows how the collected information of so-called sessions are processed past times separating them into dissimilar communication information, which are stored inwards diverse databases:

According to O Globo the XKEYSCORE tin also runway people past times localities when they are using Google Maps:

This slide is follewed past times 1 showing a map of Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan too surrounding countries amongst a lot of coloured mark points, without whatever clarification of what they represent:

According to novel information published past times the German linguistic communication periodical said that XKEYSCORE is used past times the BND since 2007, that BfV uses a exam version since 2012, too that this plan is non for collecting data, exactly solely for analysing them. The manager of the BfV fifty-fifty gave a partial demonstration of the exam version of XKEYSCORE.

Update:
On July 31, The Guardian published a full presentation virtually XKEYSCORE, which confirms that this plan is non for information collection, exactly for information analysing.