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The Snowden Archive

This repository is a complete collection of all documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden that have subsequently been published by news media around the world.

If you notice something is missing or wrong, please file an issue or tweet at @iamcryptoki.

Timeline of Revelations (2013-2018)

2013

DateSourcePublication
06/06/2013Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order for Verizon to provide U.S. call metadata to FBIThe Guardian
06/06/2013NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers dailyThe Guardian
06/06/2013NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection programThe Washington Post
08/06/2013Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance dataThe Guardian
08/06/2013New NSA tool to quantify, track intelligence collection revealed – liveThe Guardian
20/06/2013The top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrantThe Guardian
27/06/2013NSA collected US email records in bulk for more than two years under ObamaThe Guardian
30/06/2013New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European alliesThe Guardian
31/07/2013XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'The Guardian
09/08/2013NSA loophole allows warrantless search for US citizens' emails and phone callsThe Guardian
16/08/2013NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit findsThe Washington Post
23/08/2013NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companiesThe Guardian
30/08/2013'Black budget' summary details U.S. spy network's successes, failures and objectivesThe Washington Post
31/08/2013Snowden Document: NSA Spied On Al Jazeera CommunicationsDer Spiegel
01/09/2013'Success Story': NSA Targeted French Foreign MinistryDer Spiegel
03/09/2013Veja os documentos ultrassecretos que comprovam espionagem a DilmaO Globo Fantastico
05/09/2013Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and securityThe Guardian
08/09/2013NSA Documents Show United States Spied Brazilian Oil GiantO Globo Fantastico
11/09/2013NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with IsraelThe Guardian
16/09/2013'Follow the Money': NSA Monitors Financial WorldDer Spiegel
20/09/2013Belgacom Attack: Britain's GCHQ Hacked Belgian Telecoms FirmDer Spiegel
28/09/2013N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. CitizensThe New York Times
04/10/2013Secret NSA documents show campaign against Tor encrypted networkThe Washington Post
04/10/2013Talk by Roger Dingledine of Torproject.org at the NSAThe Washington Post
04/10/2013NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web usersThe Guardian
06/10/2013American and Canadian Spies target Brazilian Energy and Mining MinistryO Globo Fantastico
14/10/2013NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globallyThe Washington Post
20/10/2013Fresh Leak on US Spying: NSA Accessed Mexican President's EmailDer Spiegel
21/10/2013France in the NSA's crosshair: phone networks under surveillanceLe Monde
24/10/2013Espionnage de la NSA : "Une ligne rouge a été franchie", pour la CNILLe Monde
24/10/2013NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after US official handed over contactsThe Guardian
25/10/2013The NSA wiretapped French diplomats in the USLe Monde
27/10/2013Embassy Espionage: The NSA's Secret Spy Hub in BerlinDer Spiegel
28/10/2013La NSA espió 60 millones de llamadas en España en sólo un mesEl Mundo
30/10/2013NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents sayThe Washington Post
01/11/2013Snowden document reveals key role of companies in NSA data collectionThe Guardian
03/11/2013No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A.The New York Times
04/11/2013How we know the NSA had access to internal Google and Yahoo cloud dataThe Washington Post
04/11/2013Claves y giros del espionaje masivo en EspañaEl Mundo
17/11/2013'Royal Concierge': GCHQ Monitors Diplomats' Hotel BookingsDer Spiegel
17/11/2013Australia's spy agencies targeted Indonesian president's mobile phoneThe Guardian
19/11/2013DNI Clapper Declassifies Additional Intelligence Community Documents Regarding Collection Under Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ActOffice of the Director of National Intelligence
19/11/2013Dette sier Snowden-dokumentet om USAs overvåkning av norske telefonsamtalerDagbladet
20/11/2013US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal dataThe Guardian
22/11/2013NSA-files repeatedly show collection of data «against countries» - not «from»Dagbladet
23/11/2013NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious softwareNRC Handelsblad
23/11/2013N.S.A. Report Outlined Goals for More PowerThe New York Times
26/11/2013Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit 'Radicalizers'The Huffington Post
26/11/2013Microsoft, suspecting NSA spying, to ramp up efforts to encrypt its Internet trafficThe Washington Post
02/12/2013Revealed: Australian spy agency offered to share data about ordinary citizensThe Guardian
02/12/2013New Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in TorontoCBC
04/12/2013NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents showThe Washington Post
05/12/2013Revealed: How the Nsa Targets ItalyL'Espresso
05/12/2013The NSA Toolbox: ANT Product Cataloggov1.info
09/12/2013Spies Infiltrate a Fantasy Realm of Online GamesThe New York Times
10/12/2013New documents show how the NSA infers relationships based on mobile location dataThe Washington Post
10/12/2013NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hackingThe Washington Post
10/12/2013Snowden document shows Canada set up spy posts for NSACBC
11/12/2013Read the Snowden Documents From the NSASVT
23/12/2013Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission's accomplishedThe Washington Post
29/12/2013NSA: Die Klempner aus San AntonioDer Spiegel
29/12/2013Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking UnitDer Spiegel
30/12/2013NSA-Programm "Quantumtheory": Wie der US-Geheimdienst weltweit Rechner knacktDer Spiegel
30/12/2013NSA-Totalausspähung: FDP-Politiker Baum setzt auf GeneralbundesanwaltDer Spiegel
30/12/2013NSA's Secret Toolbox: Unit Offers Spy Gadgets for Every NeedDer Spiegel

2014

DateSourcePublication
02/01/2014NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryptionThe Washington Post
16/01/2014NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweepThe Guardian
27/01/2014Spy Agencies Tap Data Streaming From Phone AppsThe New York Times
27/01/2014Snowden docs reveal British spies snooped on YouTube and FacebookNBC
28/01/2014Angry Birds and 'leaky' phone apps targeted by NSA and GCHQ for user dataThe Guardian
30/01/2014For the NSA, espionage was a means to strengthen the US position in climate negotiationsInformation DK
31/01/2014CSEC used airport Wi-Fi to track Canadian travellers: Edward Snowden documentsCBC
04/02/2014Exclusive: Snowden Docs Show UK Spies Attacked Anonymous, HackersNBC
07/02/2014Exclusive: Snowden Docs Show British Spies Used Sex and 'Dirty Tricks'NBC
08/02/2014NSA hielp Nederland met onderzoek naar herkomst 1,8 miljoenNRC Handelsblad
11/02/2014The NSA's Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination ProgramThe Intercept
15/02/2014Document Describes Eavesdropping on American Law FirmThe New York Times
18/02/2014Snowden Documents Reveal Covert Surveillance and Pressure Tactics Aimed at WikiLeaks and Its SupportersThe Intercept
25/02/2014How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy ReputationsThe Intercept
27/02/2014Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQThe Guardian
05/03/2014The secret role of the Dutch in the American war on terrorNRC Handelsblad
07/03/2014The NSA Has An Advice Columnist. Seriously.The Intercept
11/03/2014How a Court Secretly Evolved, Extending U.S. Spies' ReachThe New York Times
12/03/2014How the NSA Plans to Infect 'Millions' of Computers with MalwareThe Intercept
13/03/2014Foreign Officials In the Dark About Their Own Spy Agencies' Cooperation with NSAThe Intercept
15/03/2014Compare the NSA's Facebook Malware Denial to its Own Secret DocumentsThe Intercept
18/03/2014NSA surveillance program reaches 'into the past' to retrieve, replay phone callsThe Washington Post
20/03/2014Inside the NSA's Secret Efforts to Hunt and Hack System AdministratorsThe Intercept
21/03/2014La France suspectée de cyberespionnageLe Monde
22/03/2014N.S.A. Breached Chinese Servers Seen as Security ThreatThe New York Times
29/03/2014'A' for Angela: GCHQ and NSA Targeted Private German Companies and MerkelDer Spiegel
04/04/2014The "Cuban Twitter" Scam Is a Drop in the Internet Propaganda BucketThe Intercept
30/04/2014British Spy Chiefs Secretly Begged to Play in NSA's Data PoolsThe Intercept
30/04/2014No Place to Hide DocumentsGlenn Greenwald
19/05/2014Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the BahamasThe Intercept
10/06/2014DEA/NSA SANDKEY Voice InterceptsCryptome
18/06/2014Keith Alexander Talking PointsDagbladet
18/06/2014The NSA in Germany: Snowden's Documents Available for DownloadDer Spiegel
30/06/2014Court gave NSA broad leeway in surveillance, documents showThe Washington Post
09/07/2014Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying OnThe Intercept
14/07/2014Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek to Control the InternetThe Intercept
23/07/2014Privacy watchdog's next target: the least-known but biggest aspect of NSA surveillanceThe Washington Post
23/07/2014The NSA's New Partner in Spying: Saudi Arabia's Brutal State PoliceThe Intercept
04/08/2014Cash, Weapons and Surveillance: the U.S. is a Key Party to Every Israeli AttackThe Intercept
05/08/2014Watch Commander: Barack Obama's Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the NumbersThe Intercept
12/08/2014NPR Is Laundering CIA Talking Points to Make You Scared of NSA ReportingThe Intercept
15/08/2014NSA/GCHQ: The HACIENDA Program for Internet ColonizationHeise Online
25/08/2014The Surveillance Engine: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret GoogleThe Intercept
31/08/2014A Two-Faced Friendship: Turkey Is 'Partner and Target' for the NSADer Spiegel
14/09/2014Treasure Map: The NSA Breach of Telekom and Other German FirmsDer Spiegel
15/09/2014New Zealand Launched Mass Surveillance Project While Publicly Denying ItThe Intercept
11/10/2014Core Secrets: NSA Saboteurs in China and GermanyThe Intercept
20/11/2014Vodafone-Linked Company Aided British Mass SurveillanceThe Intercept
25/11/2014Snowden-Leaks: How Vodafone-Subsidiary Cable & Wireless Aided GCHQ's Spying EffortsSuddeutsche Zeitung
04/12/2014Operation Auroragold: How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks WorldwideThe Intercept
13/12/2014Operation Socialist: The Inside Story of How British Spies Hacked Belgium's Largest TelcoThe Intercept
28/12/2014Obama's Lists: A Dubious History of Targeted Killings in AfghanistanDer Spiegel
28/12/2014NSA Documents: Attacks on VPN, SSL, TLS, SSH, TorDer Spiegel
28/12/2014Prying Eyes: Inside the NSA's War on Internet SecurityDer Spiegel

2015

DateSourcePublication
17/01/2015The Digital Arms Race: NSA Preps America for Future BattleDer Spiegel
17/01/2015The Digital Arms Race: How the NSA Reads Over Shoulders of Other SpiesDer Spiegel
27/01/2015CSE tracks millions of downloads daily: Snowden documentsCBC
04/02/2015Western Spy Agencies Secretly Rely on Hackers for Intel and ExpertiseThe Intercept
10/02/2015NSA Claims Iran Learned from Western CyberattacksThe Intercept
19/02/2015The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption CastleThe Intercept
26/02/2015CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to governmentCBC
26/02/2015CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to governmentCBC
26/02/2015CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to governmentCBC
07/03/2015Snowden files: Inside Waihopai's domesStuff
10/03/2015The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's SecretsThe Intercept
11/03/2015Snowden revelations: NZ's spy reach stretches across globeNZ Herald
25/03/2015Communication Security Establishment's cyberwarfare toolbox revealedCBC
02/04/2015Britain Used Spy Team to Shape Latin American Public Opinion on FalklandsThe Intercept

2016

DateSourcePublication
29/01/2016Anarchist Snapshots: Hacked Images From Israel's Drone FleetThe Intercept
02/02/2016Exclusive: Snowden intelligence docs reveal UK spooks' malware checklistBoing Boing
11/05/2016The Secret NSA Diary of an Abu Ghraib InterrogatorThe Intercept
16/05/2016The Most Intriguing Spy Stories From 166 Internal NSA ReportsThe Intercept
07/06/2016Facing Data Deluge, Secret U.K. Spying Report Warned of Intelligence FailureThe Intercept
15/08/2016The Raid: In Bungled Spying Operation, NSA Targeted Pro-Democracy CampaignerThe Intercept
19/08/2016Shadow Brokers: The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents ConfirmThe Intercept
29/12/2016Top-Secret Snowden Document Reveals What the NSA Knew About Previous Russian HackingThe Intercept
16/11/2016Titanpointe: The NSA's Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight (Project X)The Intercept
06/09/2016Inside Menwith Hill: The NSA's British Base at the Heart of U.S. Targeted KillingThe Intercept

2017

DateSourcePublication
10/04/2017Burn After Reading: Snowden Documents Reveal Scope of Secrets Exposed to China in 2001 Spy Plane IncidentThe Intercept
24/04/2017Why Soviet Weather Was Secret, a Critical Gap in Korea, and Other NSA Newsletter TalesThe Intercept
24/04/2017NSA Kept Watch Over Democratic and Republican Conventions, Snowden Documents RevealThe Intercept
24/04/2017NSA Blimp Spied in the United StatesThe Intercept
24/04/2017Japan Made Secret Deals With the NSA That Expanded Global SurveillanceThe Intercept
06/06/2017Fifty Years Later, NSA Keeps Details of Israel's USS Liberty Attack SecretThe Intercept
19/08/2017The U.S. Spy Hub in the Heart of AustraliaThe Intercept
20/08/2017Pine Gap plays crucial role in America's wars, leaked documents revealAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
25/10/2017NSA Concealed Records on JFK Assassination for DecadesThe Intercept
30/11/2017NSA Secretly Helped Convict Defendants in U.S. Courts, Classified Documents RevealThe Intercept

2018

DateSourcePublication
01/03/2018The Powerful Global Spy Alliance You Never Knew ExistedThe Intercept
01/03/2018Norway Used NSA Technology for Potentially Illegal SpyingThe Intercept
20/03/2018The NSA Worked to "Track Down" Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents RevealThe Intercept