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MYSTIC (surveillance program)

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upright=1.35|thumb|MYSTIC reporting for the Philippines (VENATOR), Mexico (EVENINGEASEL), Kenya (DUSKPALLET), the Bahamas (BASECOAT) and the initially unnamed country from January through April 2012

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upright=1.35|thumb|MYSTIC reporting for the Philippines (VENATOR), Mexico (EVENINGEASEL), Kenya (DUSKPALLET), the Bahamas (BASECOAT) and the initially unnamed country from January through April 2012

MYSTIC was a National Security Agency (NSA) program between 2009 and 2014 that collected metadata and telephony. The program's existence was revealed in March 2014 from documents leaked by Edward Snowden.

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