Australia gets 'huge volumes' of PRISM data: report
Australian intelligence agencies have reportedly recieved "huge volumes" of "immensely valuable" intelligence data from the US, including from its PRISM program.
The PRISM programme came to light after a US Booz Allen staffer leaked a powerpoint presentation to the Washington Post and the Guardian which detailed how the US was spying on the communications of foreigners without use of a warrant.
It was alleged that the US had access to servers operated by tech giants including Google, Facebook and Microsoft According to a source at The Age, PRISM intelligence was the most prolific contributor to US President Barack Obama's daily intelligence brief and had also formed part of Australian intelligence supplied to the cabinet National Security Committee.
