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NSA Surveillance Program: PRISM

JUL 6 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-nsa-surveillance-program-prism3 minLast updated July 6, 2026

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COLD OPEN: This is a declassified document, released on November 22nd, 2020, by The Black Vault. S. internet companies. The program is also known by the SIGAD US-984XN. ) 13526. The declassification authority is the National Security Agency, and the release date is September 30th, 2019.

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JUL 6 · 2026
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Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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COLD OPEN: This is a declassified document, released on November 22nd, 2020, by The Black Vault. The document is a transmittal of material related to the NSA Surveillance Program: PRISM, a code name for a program under which the United States National Security Agency collects internet…

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What was NSA Surveillance Program: PRISM about?
COLD OPEN: This is a declassified document, released on November 22nd, 2020, by The Black Vault. S. internet companies. The program is also known by the SIGAD US-984XN. ) 13526. The declassification authority is the National Security Agency, and the release date is September 30th, 2019.
Why was this case declassified?
This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.
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