Latest NSA Revelation: The U.S. Works With Dozens of Countries (37 To Be Exact) To Directly Tap Into Fiber Optic Cables

How Secret Partners Expand NSA’s Surveillance Dragnet -- The Intercept

Huge volumes of private emails, phone calls, and internet chats are being intercepted by the National Security Agency with the secret cooperation of more foreign governments than previously known, according to newly disclosed documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The classified files, revealed today by the Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information in a reporting collaboration with The Intercept, shed light on how the NSA’s surveillance of global communications has expanded under a clandestine program, known as RAMPART-A, that depends on the participation of a growing network of intelligence agencies.

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EU states let NSA tap data cables, Danish media say -- EU Observer
Danes tapped Norway data for NSA: Information -- The Local

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