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BLARNEY is a communications surveillance program of the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States. It started in 1978, operated under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act[1][2] and was expanded after the September 11 attacks.[3]
The collection takes place at top-level telecommunications facilities within the United States, choke points through which most traffic will flow, including wireless. This type of surveillance is referred to as Upstream collection.
BLARNEY was first brought to public view in a PRISM slide revealed by Edward Snowden.[2] The FY 2013 budget for BLARNEY was $65.96 million.[4]
- ^ "NSA Documents Show United States Spied Brazilian Oil Giant". September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
- ^ a b Staff (June 6, 2013). "NSA Slides Explain the PRISM Data-Collection Program". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
- ^ Siobhan Gorman & Jennifer Valentio-DeVries (August 20, 2013). "New Details Show Broader NSA Surveillance Reach". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- ^ Craig Timberg & Barton Gellman (August 30, 2013). "NSA paying U.S. companies for access to communications networks". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 31, 2013.