Project 6

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Project 6, or simply P6, is a global surveillance project jointly operated by the U.S.'s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in close cooperation with the German intelligence agencies Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) and Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV). Nominally a result 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. The headquarters of the project is located in Neuss, Germany.

See also

• List of government surveillance projects
• Nachrichtendienstliches Informationssystem

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