1. INDIA AMONG
TOP 5 COUNTRIES
THE US SPIES ON
PoliticalfalloutofUSsurveillancecontinuedonTuesday,
asBrazilianPresidentDilmaRousseffattackeditinthe
UN.InIndia,TheHindu carriedrevelationsofUSspying
"In the overall list of
countries spied on
by NSA programs,
India stands at
fifth place, with
billions of pieces of
information
plucked from its
telephone and
internet networks
just in 30 days."
GLENN GREENWALD
Reporter, The Guardian,
who broke the Snowden
story, in his column on
Monday
WHAT IS THE NSA?
TheUSNationalSecurityAgency,whichgathers
informationonUS'adversariesandprotectsits
securityinformationfromtheft,isinthemidstofa
stormforitscontroversialspyprogramme,PRISM
sinceEdwardSnowdenrevealeditsextensive
spyingonitsowncitizensandothercountries
WHO WAS SPIED ON AND HOW?
WHY Access to vast quantities of internet traffic, e-mails, telephone and office conversations and
official documents stored digitally
Permanent Mission
of India at the
United Nations
(Houses the Indian Ambassador,
Defence Attaches)
Located between
2nd and 3rd
Avenue, 43rd Street,
Manhattan
4 kinds of electronic snooping devices used: where they were used
LIFESAVER
facilitates
imaging of hard
drive of
computers
HIGHLANDS
makes digital
collection from
implants
VAGRANT
collects data of
open computer
screens
MAGNETIC
a collection of
digital signals
INDIAN EMBASSY:
Chancery building – 2107,
Massachusetts Avenue
and also by PRISM
INDIAN EMBASSY:
Annex – 2536, Massachusetts
Avenue (Houses an Isro office)
Sources: The Hindu newspaper, and columns of Glenn Greenwald