Stellar Wind
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Stellar Wind was a secret post-9/11 National Security Agency surveillance program that collected large-scale communications data on U.S. persons without traditional warrants.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
signals intelligence program
ⓘ
surveillance program ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | President’s Surveillance Program ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States residents
ⓘ
surface form:
United States persons
|
| authorizedBy | George W. Bush ⓘ |
| challengedBy | civil liberties organizations ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | highly classified ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Fourth Amendment privacy protections ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
bypassing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
ⓘ
warrantless surveillance of U.S. persons ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedBy |
American Civil Liberties Union
ⓘ
Electronic Frontier Foundation ⓘ |
| dataCollectedFrom |
internet service providers
ⓘ
telecommunications companies ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstPublicReport | 2005 ⓘ |
| disclosedBy |
Thomas Tamm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
whistleblowers within the U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ |
| endTime | mid-2000s ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
expansion of executive surveillance powers
ⓘ
public debate over privacy and national security ⓘ |
| implementedBy | National Security Agency ⓘ |
| inception | 2001 ⓘ |
| legalBasis | presidential authorization ⓘ |
| locationOfHeadquarters | Fort Meade, Maryland ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
communications metadata collection
ⓘ
warrantless surveillance ⓘ |
| monitored |
email communications
ⓘ
internet communications ⓘ internet metadata ⓘ telephone communications ⓘ telephone metadata ⓘ |
| operator | National Security Agency ⓘ |
| partlyReplacedBy |
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
ⓘ
surface form:
FISA Amendments Act of 2008 authorities
|
| partOf |
Global War on Terrorism
ⓘ
surface form:
War on Terror
|
| reasonForInitiation | September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
PRISM
ⓘ
Terrorist Surveillance Program ⓘ Upstream collection ⓘ |
| revealedInPublication |
The New York Times
ⓘ
Washington Post ⓘ
surface form:
The Washington Post
|
| scope | large-scale communications data collection ⓘ |
| startTime | October 2001 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
congressional oversight hearings
ⓘ
federal court challenges ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Office of the Vice President of the United States ⓘ |
| usedFor | counterterrorism ⓘ |
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