Which country's phone calls are we recording?

YankeeFan · Mar 19, 2014

And, should the Post withhold the information from us?

The voice interception program, called MYSTIC, began in 2009. Its RETRO tool, short for “retrospective retrieval,” and related projects reached full capacity against the first target nation in 2011. Planning documents two years later anticipated similar operations elsewhere.

In the initial deployment, collection systems are recording “every single” conversation nationwide, storing billions of them in a 30-day rolling buffer that clears the oldest calls as new ones arrive, according to a classified summary.

The call buffer opens a door “into the past,” the summary says, enabling users to “retrieve audio of interest that was not tasked at the time of the original call.” Analysts listen to only a fraction of 1 percent of the calls, but the absolute numbers are high. Each month, they send millions of voice clippings, or “cuts,” for processing and long-term storage.

At the request of U.S. officials, The Washington Post is withholding details that could be used to identify the country where the system is being employed or other countries where its use was envisioned.

http://wapo.st/1j10w8T
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Songbird · Mar 19, 2014

Right, the paper owned by Bezos, who has that $600 million government contract.

Michael_ Gee · Mar 19, 2014

It must be a country that has some tangible relationship to security, like Iran or North Korea or Syria. If it was, say, China, or an ally like Germany, I think the Post would've told the government to go screw.
Not that they should've done this. The idea the press is there to help the government keep its moronic secrets is abominable.

joe king · Mar 19, 2014

Answer: All of them.

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