
Reports: Slides outline data-mining program —
U.S. intelligence agencies operated a broad data-mining program that extracted e-mail, photos and other private communications from some of the biggest Internet companies, The Guardian and The Washington Post reported on Thursday, June 6.

Reports: Slides outline data-mining program —
The Washington Post said it had been provided a detailed briefing presentation document on the program, called PRISM. This slide explains how international traffic is intercepted as it passes through the United States.

Reports: Slides outline data-mining program —
The intelligence agencies reportedly have access to the central servers of nine major firms, including Microsoft, Apple, Google, Yahoo and Facebook. The information they can collect varies by provider.

Reports: Slides outline data-mining program —
The program has been running since 2007 and has undergone "exponential growth" since then, The Washington Post reported.