Gallery: How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet
01Based on reporting by Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Tagesschau, court documents, and documents leaked by Edward Snowden. | Illustration: Michael George Haddad. | Research: Cameron Bird and David Kravets
02Based on reporting by Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Tagesschau, court documents, and documents leaked by Edward Snowden. | Illustration: Michael George Haddad. | Research: Cameron Bird and David Kravets
03Based on reporting by Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Tagesschau, court documents, and documents leaked by Edward Snowden. | Illustration: Michael George Haddad. | Research: Cameron Bird and David Kravets
04Based on reporting by Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Tagesschau, court documents, and documents leaked by Edward Snowden. | Illustration: Michael George Haddad. | Research: Cameron Bird and David Kravets
05Based on reporting by Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Tagesschau, court documents, and documents leaked by Edward Snowden. | Illustration: Michael George Haddad. | Research: Cameron Bird and David Kravets
06Based on reporting by Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Tagesschau, court documents, and documents leaked by Edward Snowden. | Illustration: Michael George Haddad. | Research: Cameron Bird and David Kravets
07Based on reporting by Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Tagesschau, court documents, and documents leaked by Edward Snowden. | Illustration: Michael George Haddad. | Research: Cameron Bird and David Kravets
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