Newly unveiled National Security Agency programs detail how the US government has the ability to monitor approximately 75 per cent of American internet traffic, and further discloses how telecommunications companies are compelled to provide such data.
The programs – known as Blarney, Fairview, Oakstar, Lithium, and
Stormbrew – are able to monitor the writing of emails, not just a
message’s metadata, according to The Wall Street Journal. The
programs also affect digital phone calls placed inside the US.
Among other capabilities, the systems can “reach roughly 75
per cent of all US internet traffic, including a wide array of
communications by foreigners and Americans.”
The NSA commands internet service providers (ISPs) to send
“various stream internet traffic it believes most likely to
contain foreign intelligence,” then copies that data and
searches through it.
Republished from: RT
NSA has ability to read 75% of all US internet traffic – report
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