Project 6

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Project 6, or simply P6, is a global surveillance project jointly operated by U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in close cooperation with the German intelligence agencies Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) and Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV).^[1] As part of efforts to win the War on Terror, the project includes a massive database containing personal information such as photos, license plate numbers, Internet search histories and telephone metadata of presumed jihadists.^[1] The headquarters of the project is located in Neuss, Germany.^[2]

See also

List of government surveillance projects
Nachrichtendienstliches Informationssystem

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Matthias Gebauer, Hubert Gude, Veit Medick, Jörg Schindler and Fidelius Schmid. "CIA Worked With BND and BfV In Neuss on Secret Project". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
↑ "Germany, CIA cooperated on Islamist database". Global Post. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

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