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!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a term used by the [National Security Agency] ([NSA]) of the [United States] for intercepting telephone and Internet [data] from the [Internet] backbone, i.e. major Internet cables and switches, both domestic and foreign.
Besides the [{$pagename}], [NSA] also gathers information from Internet communications through arrangements with Internet companies under the program code named [PRISM]. Both the [{$pagename}] programs and PRISM are part of the [Special Source Operations] (SSO) division, which is responsible for collection in cooperation with corporate partners.
One of the slides of a presentation about the [PRISM]-program describes Upstream as "collection of communications on fiber cables and infrastructure as data flows past" and says the [{$pagename}] is conducted under the following four major surveillance programs:
* [FAIRVIEW]
* [BLARNEY]
* [STORMBREW]
* [OAKSTAR]
!! Legal Implications
[{$pagename}] is justified by the [United States federal government] by Section 702 of the [FISA] to justify the collection of the communications of innocent people overseas and in the United States by tapping into the cables that carry domestic and international Internet communications through what's known as [{$pagename}]. !! Category
%%category [Government Surveillance]%%!! More Information
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:
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* [#1] - [Upstream_collection|Wikipedia:Upstream_collection|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-06-11-
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