Doing my dailies, anons.
Check this out
NSA -ThinThread (TT) 1990s -> Trailblazer Project 2002 -> Turbulence Project 2005 ->
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> but according to the article, the program was discontinued three weeks before the September 11, 2001 attacks due to the changes in priorities and the consolidation of U.S. intelligence authority.[2]
Trailblazer
William Billney Whistblower and pic related for abuses
> FBI pointing guns at his wifes head.
> In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the NSA created new IT systems
> "selected communications links"
So they must have had routes and DNS set up special to bypass NSA entry/exist points.
IT and network gear isn't some magical thing. It's TCP/IP in some variety.
But if Q/POTUS/NoSuchAgency knew this in advance (SIGINIT would reveal it) then they can inject collection+shippers into those 'rogue' points, or 'TAP' the lines (mirror the packets).
There's multi types of encrpytion, SSL is for transport, PGP for 'data,' not to mention code words and other signals.
If they have the servers, then any encryption keys are in NSA hands.
I bet they've had keys for a long time.
Been listening to them before they even knew they were being listened to.