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• "which was shared - with other agencies !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "data was searched in records about - phone calls !"

 

 

 

 

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• "emails - cellphone locations - and Internet chats !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• ""ICREACH" contained information - on the private communications - of some foreigners !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and mainly millions of records on - US citizens !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "who have not been accused - of any wrongdoing !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a planning document from 2007 - listed the DEA - FBI !"

 

 

 

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• "CIA - and the DIA - as members !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the search tool was designed - for internally sharing records - in the US !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it was designed for handling - two to five billion - new records - a day !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and for a one-stop search - of information - from a wide variety - of separate databases !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the mastermind behind "ICREACH" - was retired NSA Keith Alexander !"

 

 

 

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• "he had outlined the system - in a classified 2006 letter - to DNI John Negroponte !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the search tool - Alexander wrote - would allow unprecedented volumes - of communications !"

 

 

 

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• "opened up a source of information - for other agencies !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "by late 2007 the NSA reported to its employees - that the system had gone live !"

 

 

 

 

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• "as a pilot program - used "ICREACH"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the NSA planned the amounts of - communications "events"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it shared with other agencies - from 50 billion - to 850 billion !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "engineers designed a simple - "Google-like" - search interface !"

 

 

 

 

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• "with searches of particular - "selectors"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "associated with a person - such as an email address - or phone number !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "for instance - a page of results display !"

 

 

 

 

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• "a list of phone calls - made and received - over a month-long period !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "these results could show the - "social network" - of the person !"

 

 

 

 

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• "those communicated with - such as friends - family - and other associates !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey was a Target - Spiegel online: LINK ¤ SPIEGEL ONLINE

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• "for the NSA - Turkey - was mainly a target !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and sometimes a - partner !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "documents showed that Turkey - was one of the leading targets !"

 

 

 

 

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• "at the same time - the NSA provided Turkey - with telephone conversations of a PKK member !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "( location of the mobile phone - updated information every six hours ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "one top-secret document stated that - Turkey was itself a target !"

 

 

 

 

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• "information about the "leadership intention" - of the Turkish government !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "was given the second-highest - priority rating !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and information about the military - and its infrastructure !"

 

 

 

 

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• "foreign policy goals - and energy security - were given the third-highest priority rating !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "one classified document of the GCHQ stated - "Five Eyes" partner !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that it tasked agents - with improving access - to the Turkish energy ministry - MENR !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "as well as enterprises included the - Petroleum Pipeline Corporation - BOTAS !"

 

 

 

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• "the Turkish Petroleum Corporation - TPAO - and the energy company Calik Enerji !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany ratchets up Counterintelligence Measures - Spiegel online: LINK ¤ SPIEGEL ONLINE

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• "Angela Merkel reportedly told Barack Obama - in a telephone conversation !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that anger over NSA activities - in Berlin's government quarter !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "as well as the recruitment of an informant - inside Germany's BND !"

 

 

 

 

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• "foreign intelligence service - had in no way subsided !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the Foreign Ministry - Frank-Walter Steinmeier - had no illusions about the situation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "this is about decency - but also more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there has to be an understanding - between friendly states !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that they do not spy - on each other !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "if this then would happen anyway - there has to be a reaction !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"