Corporate Partner DNI Access Initiated at NSAW

Document Date: November 6, 2009
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Agency: Press
Document Type: Internal NSA Documents/Presentations
Records Collected: Telephony Metadata, Internet Metadata

NSA memo details the agency's attempts to gain more access to metadata through OAKSTAR by rerouting a corporate partner's foreign telecommunications system data to NSA's own repositories. OAKSTAR, one of NSA's four programs categorized as Special Source Operations, exploits the access certain telecom companies have to international systems by redirecting the target country's communications data for NSA collection. In this specific memo, the aim is to gain access to Colombia and Brazil's internal communication systems.