Leaked Snowden on U.S. Intelligence Program

Edward Snowden divulge some confidential documents whose contents reveal espionage U.S. signals intelligence agency , the National Security Agency ( NSA ) and colleagues from a number of countries , including GCHQ ( Government Communications Headquarters ) England . Here are some programs that leaked that former NSA analyst , published in June 2013 the media since then . Snowden hunted in the U.S. and Russia is still a year after obtaining asylum in the past there since August 2013 .

Snowden 's disclosure sparked a public debate and a number of initiatives in the U.S. Congress , which then led to the announcement of the NSA operation reforms delivered by U.S. President Barack Obama , Friday, January 17, 2014 last .

PRISM PROGRAMS
Prism is a secret NSA surveillance program , at a cost of U.S. $ 20 million a year , which gave the NSA access to the server 's largest technology companies in the United States such as Google , Apple , Microsoft , Facebook , AOL , PalTalk and Yahoo . British signals intelligence agency , GCHQ , has access to the data Prism program . NSA technology company denied access to their servers . NSA pays millions of dollars to companies that participate in the program Prism .

PROJECT tempora
UK intelligence agency GCHQ to tap fiber optic cable and use it to create a " buffer Internet " giant named Tempora , which flows in and out of the UK . The content of the communication taken by the system and stored for three days , while the metadata - information about the sender , receiver , time , and more - are stored up to 30 days .
Telecommunications companies involved in the program called , among others, BT , Verizon Business , Vodafone Cable , Global Crossing , Level 3 Viatel , and Interoute .

NOTE COLLECTION CALL
NSA collecting phone records ( metadata ) millions of Americans , which began during President George W. Bush . This program allows the NSA store data of Americans who to contact , when, and for how long . But the NSA is not allowed to store the contents of the conversation .

UPSTREAM PROGRAM
Upstream refers to the amount of mass interception program which is conducted by the NSA , codenamed FAIRVIEW , STORMBREW , OAKSTAR and Blarney . This program involves tapping fiber optic communication cable , which crosses both the United States and in ground stations submarine cable .
This program allows the NSA access to a treasure trove of data the phone and internet . NSA stores all metadata obtained through upstream and Prism in a database system called MARINA for 12 months .

hacking encrypted
NSA and GCHQ has made a systematic effort to disrupt encryption , a technology that is the basis of safety and security aspects of the Internet , including email accounts , trading , banking , and official records . Code name used for the ultra- secret program is using the term civil war battle each country : BULLRUN for the NSA , and Edgehill for GCHQ .

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