RAMPART-A

RAMPART-A is the code name for global mass surveillance and world-wide signals intelligence partnership program led by the United States National Security Agency (NSA).

[2][3] Aim of the program is to "gain access to high-capacity international fiber-optic cables that transit at major congestion points around the world".

[4][5] NSA is working with secret cooperation with the partner countries, which are hosting U.S. equipment and providing access to the fiber-optic cables.

[8] The program was publicly revealed in June 2014, by the Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information[3] and by The Intercept.

[2] Revelation of the program was based on as part of the leaks by the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Screenshot from one of the unclassified slides in the published top secret documents. [ 1 ] The aim of the program is to gain access to these fiber-optic cables.
NSA lists "Approved SIGINT countries" which are divided into two groups by their cooperation level with the NSA.
Second Partners
Third Partners