STORMBREW

STORMBREW is a secret internet surveillance program of the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States. It was disclosed in the summer of 2013 as part of the leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

STORMBREW is an umbrella program involving surveillance of telecommunications. It falls under the category of "upstream collection," meaning that data is pulled directly from fiber-optic cables and top-level communications infrastructure. There is also a SIGAD of the same name, which is described as a "key corporate partner."

A map shows that the collection is done entirely within the United States. This corporate partner has servers in Washington, California, Texas, Florida, and in or around New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Upstream collection programs allow access to very high volumes of data, and most of the pre-selection is done by the providers themselves, before the data is passed on to the NSA.

The FY 2013 budget for STORMBREW is $46.06 million. STORMBREW consists of the following SIGADs:

Note: SIGADs not otherwise designated are presumed to operate under the legal authority of Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA)

Glossary

 * Cyber Hit Counts: no explanation has been provided in the source material.
 * Directory ONMR: no explanation has been provided in the source material.
 * DNI: Digital Network Intelligence.
 * DNR: Dial Number Recognition.
 * MARINA: An NSA Database of Internet metadata.
 * Transit Authority: A legal authority that states communications that transit the United States are collectible, provided that both endpoints are foreign.