NSA: More Than Just Spying on TerroristsNick &Cayce

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PRISMSurveillance program created by the NSA to gather information Gathered from the 9 major US internet companies Sanctioned under the what FISA amendments act in 2008The most well known NSA program to the public

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PRISM: Continued According to these major companies, they only turn over data that is legally requiredComes directly from the servers of the companiesMany of these companies deny even knowing what PRISM is PRISM data collection is an example of downstream collection because data is collected off of the servers, not while in transitThe Five EyesAlso known as FVEYOrigins traced back to WWIIIntelligence alliance comprised of the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand and CanadaBound by the UKUSA agreementGermany is interested in joining the allianceThe Five Eyes has access to the SIPRNet The United States classified version of the internet

The Five Eyes ContdEdward Snowden described it as a supra-national intelligence organization that doesnt answer to the known laws of its own countries

OlympiaCanadian Spy Agency CSEC Uses OLYMPIA program to infiltrate Brazils energy ministryThe Five Eyes shared the information with other countries so they knew what Brazil was up toThey monitored email and electronic communications and also eavesdropped on telephone conversationsOlympia ContdThey were then able to identify numbers, SIM card registrations and the make of the phoneEven snooped on Brazils former ambassador to Canada Paulo CordeiroCanada refuses to comment on the spy programSince Canada is one of the worlds leading energy producers, they have high economic interest in BrazilXKeyscoreProbably the scariest program of the NSAThe widest reaching program for developing intelligence from the internet I, sitting at my desk, could wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant, to a federal judge or even the president, if I had a personal email. -Edward Snowden on Xkeyscore

XKeyscore: ContinuedCan collect everything a typical user does on the InternetAn analyst can even see the contents of emails and chats in real timeMust have a warrant from the FISA court only if both parties are U.S. CitizensReports state that it has been used to spy on Brazilian mining companies and political figures

FISA CourtA very secure court located in a windowless room in the basement of the U.S District Court in Washington, D.C.11 judges sit on the bench not known to the publicAppointed by one person: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

FISA Court ContdPurpose: to grant warrants for secret wiretapping and other foreign intelligence services In 2012, 1856 applications for surveillance were issuedNone were denied40 were heavily modifiedSketch of the FISA Hallway