Evolution of Mass Surveillance in the United States Quiz
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What is the focus of Section III of the chapter on mass surveillance?

  • The technology behind carrying out mass surveillance programs
  • The Fourth Amendment and the collection of metadata and content under FISA
  • The debate regarding mass surveillance
  • The links between FISA, E.O. 12333, and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (correct)
  • What does FISA primarily focus on initially?

  • Unprivileged enemy belligerents
  • Terrorist activities outside the United States
  • Foreign-connected terrorists (correct)
  • Domestic terrorists
  • What does Section VII of the chapter on mass surveillance examine?

  • The legal authorities used to support the surveillance program
  • The debate regarding mass surveillance
  • The Fourth Amendment and the collection of metadata and content under FISA (correct)
  • The technology behind carrying out mass surveillance programs
  • What reflects the evolution of mass surveillance over the years?

    <p>A reduction of the scope of materials collected</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the program in which the NSA works with the United Kingdom’s intelligence agency to tap into the cables connecting internal Yahoo and Google networks?

    <p>MUSCULAR</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which program involves the government asking companies to turn over targeted communications?

    <p>PRISM</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the law applicable to the program that involves the government directly obtaining massive amounts of customers’ telephony metadata from communication providers?

    <p>FISA §215</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Under which program does the NSA first identify selectors that are sent to a United States electronic communication service provider to acquire communications transiting through circuits used to facilitate Internet communications?

    <p>Domestic upstream collection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the technology involved in the upstream content collection by the NSA?

    <p>Tapping into the backbone of the Internet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which program involves the NSA intercepting every cell phone call made 'to, from, and within the Bahamas, Mexico, Kenya, the Philippines, and Afghanistan'?

    <p>External collections</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which program involves telecommunications firms tapping into network switches located on U.S. soil to acquire content and metadata of foreign-to-foreign communications flowing past for the NSA?

    <p>Transit authority</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the program that involves the NSA obtaining a wide range of information transmitted, stored, and accessed on the Internet?

    <p>MUSCULAR</p> Signup and view all the answers

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