
19 May
2014
19 May
'14
11:47 p.m.
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/05/19/data-pirates-caribbean... ---- SOMALGET is part of a broader NSA program called MYSTIC, which *The Intercept* has learned is being used to secretly monitor the telecommunications systems of the Bahamas and several other countries, including Mexico, the Philippines, and Kenya. But while MYSTIC scrapes mobile networks for so-called “metadata” – information that reveals the time, source, and destination of calls – SOMALGET is a cutting-edge tool that enables the NSA to vacuum up and store the actual content of every conversation in an entire country.