Snowden Documents Reveal NSA's 'Own Secret Google'

[JEB]

Agency has been sharing more than 850 billion telecom records on foreigners and U.S. citizens with law enforcement, documents reveal
by
Nadia Prupis, staff writer

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/25/snowden-documents-reveal-nsas-own-secret-google

Documents linked to Edward Snowden's leak last year, obtained by the Intercept, show the NSA shared and continues to share more than 850 billion records of emails, cell phone calls and locations, internet chats, and other metadata sent and received by people throughout the world — who have not been accused of any wrongdoing — by using a "Google-like" search engine called ICREACH, which was built specifically for the agency.

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But ICREACH may hold even more records than what is currently estimated. The Intercept writes:

While the NSA initially estimated making upwards of 850 billion records available on ICREACH, the documents indicate that target could have been surpassed, and that the number of personnel accessing the system may have increased since the 2010 reference to more than 1,000 analysts. The intelligence community’s top-secret “Black Budget” for 2013, also obtained by Snowden, shows that the NSA recently sought new funding to upgrade ICREACH to “provide IC analysts with access to a wider set of shareable data.”

[JEB]

1. Just found a post on this same article:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025443331

Better discussion there.