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• "the NSA - had a program called - "RAMPART-A"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described - "third-party partners"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a number of countries - beside the so-called Five Eyes alliance ! - ( UK - Canada - New Zealand - and Australia ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

• "private emails - phone calls - and Internet chats !"

 

 

 

 

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• "communications were described - in a clandestine program - known as "RAMPART-A"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that depended on the participation - of foreign agencies !"

 

 

 

 

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• "installed equipment - on fiber-optic cables !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described - foreign partners !"

 

 

 

 

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• "provided access to cables - and hosted equipment !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described - "congestion points"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there were content of - phone calls - faxes - e-mails - Internet chats !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "data from virtual private networks - and calls made using Voice over IP software - like Skype !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described 13 - "RAMPART-A" - sites !"

 

 

 

 

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• "codenamed "AZUREPHOENIX" - "SPINNERET" - and "MOONLIGHTPATH"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "70 cables - or networks ! - ( three terabits )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "one secret document described - that it was operated by a partner !"

 

 

 

 

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• "under the cover - of an overt comsat effort !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the document described 33 - third-party countries !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a government that participated - like Denmark !"

 

 

 

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• "got something in return - access to equipment !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Internet Backbone - Information: LINK ¤ INFORMATION

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• "these partnerships - were described !"

 

 

 

 

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• "as among the NSAs - closest-guarded secrets !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the tech specialist Bruce Schneier said - "if you looked at a map - of the Internet ?!""

 

 

 

 

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• "there were surprisingly few trunks - many data was flowing !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "through a surprisingly small number - of choke points !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described a - "RAMPART-A" - operation !"

 

 

 

 

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• "partner country "X" - tapped an international cable - at an access point !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "somewhere in country "X" - and forwarded the data - to a processing center !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "equipment processed the data - intercepted at the access point !"

 

 

 

 

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• "before the data was forwarded - to a NSA site !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "former NSA director Keith Alexander's - talking points - for a strategic meeting !"

 

 

 

 

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• "with the Danish defense intelligence service - DDIS !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he reminded the Danes - of the NSA-DDIS partnership - worked cable access with !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there had been "collection - and processing equipment"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Edward Snowden gave a statement - to a European Parliament committee !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he could have read - the private communications !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Denmark would have given the NSA - access to a tapping center !"

 

 

 

 

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• "on the condition - that NSA did not search it - for Danes !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and Germany would have given access - on the condition that it did not search - for Germans !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "so they captured the communications - of German citizens - as they transited Denmark !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and Danish citizens - as they transited Germany !"

 

 

 

 

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• "while considered it - in accordance - with their agreements !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UK Intel's Defence unconvincing - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the former UK chief surveillance inspector - has said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that their arguments - for justifying the programs - of the Internet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "were "unconvincing" - and based on "loopholes" - in legislation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Sam Lincoln says - reforms are needed - to the law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and to the watchdogs overseeing - surveillance systems !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "steps have to be taken - to ensure public trust !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and that regulation - keeps pace - with new technologies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Lincoln says - a package of reforms - is needed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "not just reform of - including to the laws - governing covert surveillance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "reforming the legislation on its own - has to deal with the next issue !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to have legislation - that keeps up - with the technology !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and we need to correct - our structures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"