SKYNET: Courier Detection via Machine Learning

Title

SKYNET: Courier Detection via Machine Learning

Subject

Courier detection

Description

This document is an NSA powerpoint presentation from June 2012 that discusses the metadata collection and anylsis program SKYNET. The presentation shows the results of the statistical analysis of cell phone metadata to show travel behaviour, social networks and patterns-of-life in order to locate new targets. The presentation labels Ahmed Zaiden, Al Jazeera reporter, as a terrorist group member based on his travel to Peshawar and Lahore.

Creator

National Security Agency

Publisher

The Intercept

Relation

Snowden

Language

en

Date:Created

2012

Source:Classification

TOP SECRET

Source:Redactions

Names have been redacted

Report:Creator

Glenn Greenwald

NumPages

20

CreatorOffice

NSA

Date:Leaked

2015-05-08

Distribution

5VEY

Surveillance Programs

SKYNET ; SIGINT Enabling Project

Collection

Citation

National Security Agency, “SKYNET: Courier Detection via Machine Learning,” Snowden Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://grid.glendon.yorku.ca/items/show/597.

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