The Pulitzer Prize - winning news group ProPublica has compiled a lean of all NSA programs let on in the past class and plotted them on a chart based upon whether they are bulk or targeted , foreign or domesticated . As is often the typeface with covert agency , the codenames attain the perfect balance of goofy and ominous .
“ Most of the programs fall within the NSA ’s stated delegation of foreign surveillance , ” says ProPublica , “ but some — particularly those that are both domestic and spacious sweeping — are more controversial . ” Those would be the programs in the upper right quadrant of the chart , admit “ Upstream ” ( which collects communications transit the cyberspace via commercial partner codenamed Fairview , Stormbrew , Blarney and Oakstar ) and “ Bullrun ” ( which is an drive to countermine and weaken cryptography standard and tools ) .
Visit theProPublica sitefor an synergistic version of the chart , where you may also test your knowledge on “ WillowVixen , ” “ Squeaky Dolphin , ” “ Royal Concierge ” and other secret programme that sound like rejected avatar names .
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