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• "there had been a program of the NSA - called "Boundless Informant"  !"

 

 

 

 

• "the documents described a GAO protoype - collection tool !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "self-documented SIGINT system - with no human intervention !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and graphically displayed - the information !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in a map view - bar chart - or simple table !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described a tool - users selected a country on a map !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and viewed the metadata volume - and selected details about the collection !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boundless Informant - NSA - PDF: LINK ¤ N S A

• "200,000,000 - records !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boundless Informant - NSA - PDF: LINK ¤ N S A

• "foreign records - 420,000,000 !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boundless Informant - NSA - PDF: LINK ¤ N S A

• "35,000,000 - records !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Boundless Informant - NSA - PDF: LINK ¤ N S A

 

• "the documents described JSA - as a US/German COMSAT site !"

 

 

 

 

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• "provided access - and had several restrictions - on what could be targeted !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "BASF.com - Debitel.net - Deutsche-Bank - DHL.com !"

 

 

 

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• "EADS.net - Mercedes-Benz.com - Siemens.com !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xkeyscore - NSA - PDF: LINK ¤ N S A

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• "the documents described an - European cryptologic center - ECC !"

 

 

 

 

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• "a facility in the outskirts of Darmstadt in Germany - looked like many !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "of the other random facilities - in the area !"

 

 

 

 

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• "you could not see the activity - from the analysts - of the ECC !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "queries - fingerprints - metadata of the program "Xkeyscore" - XKS !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described analysts - casted their nets - into the waters of network traffic !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and hauled in - anything that got caught - in the net !"

 

 

 

 

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• "with XKS - analysts could downsize - their nets !"

 

 

 

 

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• "to tiny - handheld goldfish-sized - nets !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "scooped out - from the oceans of data !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "student 1 said - "whoa"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the first time - he saw XKS !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he saw those queries - and fields !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "student 2 said - "at the training"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he was just happy - used it - and not went to jail !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "from the leadership level's perspective - analysts in the class !"

 

 

 

 

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• "got documents in XKS - that they were not getting in the - "Pinwale" queries !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "analysts - had found reportable material from the - Tunisian ministry of interior !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that had not been from any selectors - they were targeting !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the program "Xkeyscore" - made those discoveries !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described the introduction - of XKS skilz point !"

 

 

 

 

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• "analysts thought to themselves - "used the pivot data feature"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "would earn 30 points - so they went to try it !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and saw what happened - discovery - points !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they had been lured - by their desire to unlock achievements - and earn points !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there had been - bragging - by them !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "had they been proud - used XKS ?!"

 

 

 

 

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• "oh yeah - sure !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it was theirs - did with whatever - they liked !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

European Security Operations Center - NSA - PDF: LINK ¤ N S A

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• "an employee of the - Africa division of - ESOC !"

 

 

 

 

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• "described he was assigned for the - Gulf of Guinea hydrocarbon security mission !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the ESOC had worked the - Nigerian energy security mission !"

 

 

 

 

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• "due to resource constraints - relatively little work had been done - against the Angolan target !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Angola's state-owned oil firm - Sonagol !"

 

 

 

 

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• "its own airline - logistical service firms - and its own telecommunications subsidiary !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he conducted intensive SIGINT research - on Sonangol seed selectors !"

 

 

 

 

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• "gained a SIGINT window - into Angola's telecom sector - and energy industry !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he used chaining - metadata analysis - and visualization tools - such as "Cmap" - and "Renoir"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he identified - and unlocked - Sonangol target domains !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "located - and tasked - e-mail selectors - in "Cadence"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and identified several new targets - in the Angolan oil - and telecommunications sectors !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he used open source - "Pinwale" - "Blackpearl" - "NKB"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• ""Roadbed" - and "Surrey" - he located - identified !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and submitted several new targets - for Fornsat - and SCS collection !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he partnered with ESOC Sigdev - SCS - and Fornsat collection staff !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he drafted and submitted - the first collection requirement - for the Angola energy mission !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a Bad Aibling Veteran - NSA - PDF: LINK ¤ N S A

 

• "a Bad Aibling - BA - veteran remembered !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he drove eight hours - to buy pottery !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "while dining - he consistently chose beer - as his beverage !"

 

 

 

 

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• "as a general rule in restaurants - German dogs behaved better - than some American visitors !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "his windshield - had an Austrian autobahn toll vignette - on it !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he drove on the Autobahn - at 120 mph - which seemed safer than elsewhere !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he had a map - of every ESSO gas station - in Germany !"

 

 

 

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• "he was a recipient of a - "free bier at the club" - email !"