Project 6 Explained

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). As part of efforts to combat terrorism, 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: CIA Worked with BND and BfV in Neuss on Secret Project . Spiegel Online . Spiegel Online . 2013-09-09 . 2014-03-22 . 2014-05-02 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502202929/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/cia-worked-with-bnd-and-bfv-in-neuss-on-secret-project-a-921254.html., Page 2 at archive.
2. Web site: Germany, CIA cooperated on Islamist database . GlobalPost-Autoren spm, ric . GlobalPost . 2013-09-08 . 2014-03-22 . 2014-05-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503061836/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130908/germany-cia-cooperated-islamist-database.