The American National Security Agency uses computer servers in Thailand to help run a massive collection of information about internet users, and to store and analyze the data.
Revelations about operation XKeyscore came Thursday from Edward Snowden, America’s most-wanted fugitive. Russia granted Mr Snowden a one-year amnesty, and he finally left the Moscow airport yesterday.
According to secret information leaked by Mr Snowden through The Guardian newspaper, XKeyscore is a massive programme that sweeps up email, social media activity and all browsing history.
The data, according to NSA slides detailing the program, is analyzed, sifted and stored on servers around the world – more than 700 servers at approximately 150 sites, as the “top secret” slide states.
A small-scale world map locates the sites with the use of red dots (see slide, above). There are three dots, which may also cover Myanmar, Vietnam or Cambodia. But at least one of the dots sits atop the image of Thailand, the Bangkok Post reported.
