| − | '''PRISM''' is a (formerly secret) program of the [[National Security Agency]] and the [[FBI]] to "tap directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. [[Internet]] companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs".<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html U.S., [[British]] [[intelligence]] mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program], [[Washington Post]], June 6–7, 2013</ref> | + | '''PRISM''' is a (formerly secret) program of the [[National Security Agency]] and the [[FBI]] to "tap directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. [[Internet]] companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs".<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html U.S., [[British]] [[intelligence]] mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program], [[Washington Post]], June 6–7, 2013</ref> |
| | Discovery of the program, intended to track foreign targets, dismayed some [[American]]s concerned that it might be used for domestic political advantage. Some others worried that its effectiveness in countering anti-US [[espionage]] or [[terrorism]], might be diminished. | | Discovery of the program, intended to track foreign targets, dismayed some [[American]]s concerned that it might be used for domestic political advantage. Some others worried that its effectiveness in countering anti-US [[espionage]] or [[terrorism]], might be diminished. |