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• ""Tempora" - had been a data program - of the GCHQ !"

 

 

 

 

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• "adapted from a program of the NSA - called "XKEYSCORE"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

• "the documents described - big data !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "1000 machines - processed 40 billion pieces - of content !"

 

 

 

 

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• "had been available - for analysts !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a core base of 300 analysts - produced 200 reports !"

 

 

 

 

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• "this kind of "XKEYSCORE" - supported SIGINT !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• ""TEMPORA" - "slowed down" - the large chunk of Internet data !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described - a content-based program !"

 

 

 

 

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• "used the "GENESIS" language - for the analyst's tool kit !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "of selection targeting - and bulk meta-data !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• ""TEMPORA" appeared as an additional database - in XKS central !"

 

 

 

 

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• ""XKEYSCORE" - was a computer-network system - with high-speed filtering !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "analysts were asked before search - to pay attention - to details concerning !"

 

 

 

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• "the UK legality requirements - on the "TEMPORA" - user-guidance wiki page !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XKEYSCORE - NSA - PDF: LINK ¤ N S A

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• ""XKEYSCORE" - had been a data program - of the NSA !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described - three different types - of XKS !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they differed - on where in the processing chain - they sat !"

 

 

 

 

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• "whether the data had been sessionised - or whether they ingested the data they received !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "traditional was - when XKS was first developed - it received data !"

 

 

 

 

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• "from low data rate signals - processed through - "WEALTHYCLUSTER"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "stage 2 XKS was developed - for higher data rates - ingested data from - "TURMOIL"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it passed 5% of the packets - to XKS - which XKS then sessionized !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• ""TURMOIL" decided - which 5% of packets - passed based on criteria !"

 

 

 

 

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• "strong selection - technology promotion - e-mail domains !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in persona session promotion - 10 minutes' - or 10 MB of data - was collected !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in persona session collection - the data was collected !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and forwarded to - "PINWALE" - but was also passed to the XKS !"

 

 

 

 

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• "only JPC - "MUSCULAR" - at GCHQ - used stage 2 XKS !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "deep dive XKS was - when it sessionised - all data !"

 

 

 

 

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• "on a link - then promoted data !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that process could have three decisions - blocked data !"

 

 

 

 

• "that was legally not allowed - to be in the system - ie UK-UK traffic !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "allowed data - that was known to be wanted !"

 

 

 

 

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• "through use of - promotion rules !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and then dropped data - that did not meet either of these !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a factor in deciding - how much data kept !"

 

 

 

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• "was the scale of storage capacity - that could be provided !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYMROD - NSA - PDF: LINK ¤ N S A

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

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described - a name-matching system !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• ""NYMROD" - was developed by the center for content extraction - CCE !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and could accept queries - consisting of personal names !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "performed a "fuzzy" match - of the input name - to one or more sets - of stored names !"

 

 

 

 

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• "( ie intelligence reports - from NSA - CIA - and DoD database ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and returned a list - of potential matches - for presentation to the user !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the user interface was simple - type in the name - you were looking for !"

 

 

 

 

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• "set a matching threshold from 0.1 - tolerant of differences - to 1.0 - exact match !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "selected the datases - and submitted the query !"

 

 

 

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• "the results presentation - allowed to browse the snippets of text - that contained the matched name !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYMROD - NSA - PDF: LINK ¤ N S A

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• "most frequent mentions - in anchory reports !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in the "NYMROD" - name-matching program - had been !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Ban Ki-Moon !"

 

 

 

 

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• "UN Secretary General !"