our network
This internal NSA technical update from March 2013 makes it clear that information from the access point codenamed MONEYROCKET, which tracked Bitcoin users, could be accessed through the agency’s main search interface for analysts, XKeyScore: see the Intercept article The NSA Worked To “track Down” Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal, 20 March 2018.
Revealed documents
OAKSTAR Weekly Update – 15 March 2013
This internal NSA technical newsletter states that the source of information codenamed MONEYROCKET is collecting information on “senders and receivers of bitcoin” and users Liberty Reserve: see the Intercept article The NSA Worked To “track Down” Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal, 20 March 2018.
OAKSTAR Weekly Update – 8 March 2013
This internal NSA technical update from March 2013 describes a source of information codenamed MONEYROCKET, which provides data on users of the digital currency Bitcoin: see the Intercept article The NSA Worked To “track Down” Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal, 20 March 2018.
NSA High Frequency (HF) Collaboration efforts with Japan
This internal briefing dated 2 January 2013 provides talking points for the NSA Director on restoring Japanese participation in the CROSSFIRE programme, which had stopped in 2009: see the Intercept article Japan Made Secret Deals With The NSA That Expanded Global Surveillance, 24 April 2017.
NSA Assistance to Japanese Directorate for SIGINT in Developing Capabilities to Provide SIGINT Support to CND
This internal briefing dated 29 January 2013 provides talking points for the NSA Director on improving cooperation with Japan in the cyber realm : see the Intercept article Japan Made Secret Deals With The NSA That Expanded Global Surveillance, 24 April 2017.
The International Security Issues Build-Out
This section of a 17 May 2006 article from an internal NSA newsletter makes it clear that Japanese foreign policy and trade activities are surveillance targets for the agency: see the Intercept article Japan Made Secret Deals With The NSA That Expanded Global Surveillance, 24 April 2017.
CROSSHAIR – Foreign Partners Filling HF/DF Gaps for the US
This 24 February 2005 article from the internal NSA newsletter Foreign Affairs Digest describes third party cooperation and interoperability in High Frequency Direction-Finding (HFDF): see the Intercept article Japan Made Secret Deals With The NSA That Expanded Global Surveillance, 24 April 2017.
NSA Liaison in Tokyo Opens New Office
This 23 October 2010 article from the internal NSA newsletter FAD Digest describes how US-Japanese intelligence cooperation has begun to operate more openly: see the Intercept article Japan Made Secret Deals With The NSA That Expanded Global Surveillance, 24 April 2017.
Shift to Software Demodulation in Misawa Expands Collection, Saves Money
This 23 March 2009 article from the internal NSA newsletter SIDToday describes technological advances at the NSA facility in Misawa, Japan and progress towards the Agency’s goal of “collecting it all”: see the Intercept article Japan Made Secret Deals With The NSA That Expanded Global Surveillance, 24 April 2017.
US, Japan Now Exchanging Collection From Reconnaissance Missions
This 13 March 2007 article from the internal NSA newsletter SIDToday describes cooperation between the US and Japan in sharing information from airborne reconnaissance: see the Intercept article Japan Made Secret Deals With The NSA That Expanded Global Surveillance, 24 April 2017.