Gordon Carrera

There's a little race, but The Guardian publishes a story on something called PRISM. The Washington Post, which also, remember, had got some of these documents, also publishes just before, a few moments before, to get ahead. So you get a sense of the journalistic race there. Now, this is another biggie in terms of a reveal. And I think for a lot of people, this is perhaps...

There's a little race, but The Guardian publishes a story on something called PRISM. The Washington Post, which also, remember, had got some of these documents, also publishes just before, a few moments before, to get ahead. So you get a sense of the journalistic race there. Now, this is another biggie in terms of a reveal. And I think for a lot of people, this is perhaps...

There's a little race, but The Guardian publishes a story on something called PRISM. The Washington Post, which also, remember, had got some of these documents, also publishes just before, a few moments before, to get ahead. So you get a sense of the journalistic race there. Now, this is another biggie in terms of a reveal. And I think for a lot of people, this is perhaps...

particularly around the world, this is the more famous one, Prism. So maybe just briefly I'll try and explain what it is. This is about the content of emails and communications which are coming from big US tech firms. So this is about basically the idea that the US and the Prism story and the slides that it was based on suggested that the NSA had access to

particularly around the world, this is the more famous one, Prism. So maybe just briefly I'll try and explain what it is. This is about the content of emails and communications which are coming from big US tech firms. So this is about basically the idea that the US and the Prism story and the slides that it was based on suggested that the NSA had access to

particularly around the world, this is the more famous one, Prism. So maybe just briefly I'll try and explain what it is. This is about the content of emails and communications which are coming from big US tech firms. So this is about basically the idea that the US and the Prism story and the slides that it was based on suggested that the NSA had access to

directly, and we can come back to what that really meant, to companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Apple, to things like Gmail, Outlook, photos, all the data that people are sending around the world. This is, in some ways, a more stunning revelation because everyone around the world... uses American tech companies.

directly, and we can come back to what that really meant, to companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Apple, to things like Gmail, Outlook, photos, all the data that people are sending around the world. This is, in some ways, a more stunning revelation because everyone around the world... uses American tech companies.

directly, and we can come back to what that really meant, to companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Apple, to things like Gmail, Outlook, photos, all the data that people are sending around the world. This is, in some ways, a more stunning revelation because everyone around the world... uses American tech companies.

Those were basically the only companies you used for email and for everything else. Suddenly, this program is being revealed saying the NSA appears to have access to it and is able to target and get particular accounts and details of it. It's different from the bulk collection of American data, which is the phone records. This is more about foreigners around the world having their

Those were basically the only companies you used for email and for everything else. Suddenly, this program is being revealed saying the NSA appears to have access to it and is able to target and get particular accounts and details of it. It's different from the bulk collection of American data, which is the phone records. This is more about foreigners around the world having their

Those were basically the only companies you used for email and for everything else. Suddenly, this program is being revealed saying the NSA appears to have access to it and is able to target and get particular accounts and details of it. It's different from the bulk collection of American data, which is the phone records. This is more about foreigners around the world having their

and the content of their communications targeted specifically as individuals. But it's still, again, pretty stunning.

and the content of their communications targeted specifically as individuals. But it's still, again, pretty stunning.

and the content of their communications targeted specifically as individuals. But it's still, again, pretty stunning.

I mean, there's a phrase which, you know, in the spy agencies they use, which was home field advantage. And it's an interesting one because it works in two ways that the US and the UK for a long time built and owned the infrastructure of the internet, the kind of fiber optic cables. which meant they could kind of tap into them. And we'll come to that a bit later.

I mean, there's a phrase which, you know, in the spy agencies they use, which was home field advantage. And it's an interesting one because it works in two ways that the US and the UK for a long time built and owned the infrastructure of the internet, the kind of fiber optic cables. which meant they could kind of tap into them. And we'll come to that a bit later.

I mean, there's a phrase which, you know, in the spy agencies they use, which was home field advantage. And it's an interesting one because it works in two ways that the US and the UK for a long time built and owned the infrastructure of the internet, the kind of fiber optic cables. which meant they could kind of tap into them. And we'll come to that a bit later.

But also now at this period, the US has a particular home field advantage because it's US tech companies, which are being used by everyone around the world. And as we know, collecting a whole load of their data. And I guess the spies think, well, we want access to that. I mean, it is interesting because much of the story is built around a kind of slide deck, which Snowden had passed on.

But also now at this period, the US has a particular home field advantage because it's US tech companies, which are being used by everyone around the world. And as we know, collecting a whole load of their data. And I guess the spies think, well, we want access to that. I mean, it is interesting because much of the story is built around a kind of slide deck, which Snowden had passed on.