Special Source Operations (Corporate Partners)

Document Date: May 13, 2014
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Agency: Press
Document Type: Internal NSA Documents/Presentations
Records Collected: Telephony Metadata, Internet Metadata

This NSA presentation explains four programs overseen by Special Source Operations. Overall, these programs exploit access that certain telecom companies have to international systems through contracts. The first program, Blarney, relies on the NSA's partnership with AT&T, Inc. to target other countries. Fairview and Oakstar collect mass data through ongoing surveillance (serialized production) through an unidentified corporate partner. Finally, Stormbrew is conducted in close partnerhsip with the FBI, giving the NSA access to Internet and telephone traffic in the US.This data is collected at established 'choke points' throughout the US (mapped in presentation).