Provision of XKeystore to BfV
Document Date:
June 18, 2014
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Agency:
Press
Document Type:
Internal NSA Documents/Presentations
Records Collected:
Internet Metadata, Internet Content
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Extract detailing the provision of NSA's XKeyscore software to the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), in order to facilitate collaborative counter-terrorism efforts. NSA-developed software allows analysts to narrow reams of intercepted internet data to focus in on selected targets.