Snowden Archive
The Powerful Global Spy Alliance You Never Knew Existed
Documents shine light on a secretive coalition that eavesdrops on communications in countries across the world.
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How London's 7/7 Bombings Led to "Unprecedented" Surveillance Tactics
After attacks in London in 2005, British and American spies accelerated a secret plan for "unfettered" sharing of people's communication records.
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Sloppy U.S. Spies Misused a Covert Network for Personal Shopping — and Other Stories from Internal NSA Documents
Campaigns to spy on internet cafes and tap Iraqi communications, as well as an intimate NSA examination of Czech spying, are detailed in NSA newsletters.
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How the NSA Built a Secret Surveillance Network for Ethiopia
Amid concerns about Ethiopia's human rights abuses, the NSA forged a secret relationship with the country that expanded exponentially over the years.
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NSA’s Quiet Presence at a Base in England’s Countryside Revealed in Snowden Documents
From a countryside compound in Lincolnshire, British and American spies eavesdropped on the Arab Spring and directed drones in the Middle East.
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NSA Broke the Encryption on File-Sharing Apps Kazaa and eDonkey
The spy agency didn’t care about copyright violations; it was trying to determine if it could find valuable intelligence.
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Japan Made Secret Deals With the NSA That Expanded Global Surveillance
Top-secret documents reveal the complex relationship the NSA has maintained with Japan over a period of more than six decades.
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Drowning in Information: NSA Revelations From 262 Spy Documents
Highlights from 2004 editions of the internal NSA newsletter SIDtoday also show NSA support of the FBI and OPSEC slip-ups by NSA employees.
How We Prepared the NSA's Sensitive Internal Reports for Release
A team of Intercept staffers subjected the documents to a careful process of research, editorial evaluation, legal review, reporting, redaction, and digital processing. Here are the details.