Stellar Wind
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Stellar Wind was a secret post-9/11 National Security Agency surveillance program that collected large-scale communications data on U.S. persons without traditional warrants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stellar Wind canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T604589 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stellar Wind Context triple: [National Security Agency, notableProgram, Stellar Wind]
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A.
The Stars, Like Dust
The Stars, Like Dust is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, following a young nobleman entangled in political intrigue and rebellion against a tyrannical interstellar regime.
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B.
Service of Light
The Service of Light is the opening part of the Easter Vigil liturgy, centered on the blessing of the new fire and the Paschal candle to symbolize Christ’s resurrection dispelling darkness.
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C.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
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D.
Follow a Star
"Follow a Star" is a 1959 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as an inept but endearing aspiring entertainer whose misadventures lead him toward unexpected success.
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E.
Forecourt of the Stars
Forecourt of the Stars is the famous courtyard at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre where numerous movie stars’ handprints, footprints, and signatures are immortalized in concrete.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stellar Wind Target entity description: Stellar Wind was a secret post-9/11 National Security Agency surveillance program that collected large-scale communications data on U.S. persons without traditional warrants.
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A.
The Stars, Like Dust
The Stars, Like Dust is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, following a young nobleman entangled in political intrigue and rebellion against a tyrannical interstellar regime.
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B.
Service of Light
The Service of Light is the opening part of the Easter Vigil liturgy, centered on the blessing of the new fire and the Paschal candle to symbolize Christ’s resurrection dispelling darkness.
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C.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
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D.
Follow a Star
"Follow a Star" is a 1959 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as an inept but endearing aspiring entertainer whose misadventures lead him toward unexpected success.
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E.
Forecourt of the Stars
Forecourt of the Stars is the famous courtyard at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre where numerous movie stars’ handprints, footprints, and signatures are immortalized in concrete.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
signals intelligence program
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surveillance program ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | President’s Surveillance Program ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States residents
ⓘ
surface form:
United States persons
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| authorizedBy | George W. Bush ⓘ |
| challengedBy | civil liberties organizations ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | highly classified ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Fourth Amendment privacy protections ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
bypassing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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warrantless surveillance of U.S. persons ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticizedBy |
American Civil Liberties Union
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Electronic Frontier Foundation ⓘ |
| dataCollectedFrom |
internet service providers
ⓘ
telecommunications companies ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstPublicReport | 2005 ⓘ |
| disclosedBy |
Thomas Tamm
ⓘ
whistleblowers within the U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ |
| endTime | mid-2000s ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
expansion of executive surveillance powers
ⓘ
public debate over privacy and national security ⓘ |
| implementedBy | National Security Agency ⓘ |
| inception | 2001 ⓘ |
| legalBasis | presidential authorization ⓘ |
| locationOfHeadquarters | Fort Meade, Maryland ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
communications metadata collection
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warrantless surveillance ⓘ |
| monitored |
email communications
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internet communications ⓘ internet metadata ⓘ telephone communications ⓘ telephone metadata ⓘ |
| operator | National Security Agency ⓘ |
| partlyReplacedBy |
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
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surface form:
FISA Amendments Act of 2008 authorities
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| partOf |
Global War on Terrorism
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surface form:
War on Terror
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| reasonForInitiation | September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
PRISM
ⓘ
Terrorist Surveillance Program ⓘ Upstream collection ⓘ |
| revealedInPublication |
The New York Times
ⓘ
Washington Post ⓘ
surface form:
The Washington Post
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| scope | large-scale communications data collection ⓘ |
| startTime | October 2001 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
congressional oversight hearings
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federal court challenges ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Office of the Vice President of the United States ⓘ |
| usedFor | counterterrorism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stellar Wind Description of subject: Stellar Wind was a secret post-9/11 National Security Agency surveillance program that collected large-scale communications data on U.S. persons without traditional warrants.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.