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The Rewards of Metadata

SUMMARY

By January 2004, the NSA's FASCIA II database held over 85 billion metadata records from telephone, wireless, billing data, and high-powered cordless phones. This data helped find Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Mohamed.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Jan 23, 2004

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Feb 05, 2018