NSA codenames: can you tell fact from fiction?

Can you tell which of these terms refers to covert activity by your government, and which comes from a Bourne thriller?
  
  


  1. Blackbriar: a secret training programme from the Bourne novels and films, or an NSA program gathering phone call data from mobile operators?

    1. NSA

    2. Bourne

  2. EgotisticalGiraffe: an NSA technique to target users of Tor anonymity software, or a type of Ubuntu operating system used at a covert CIA base in The Bourne Ultimatum?

    1. NSA

    2. Ubuntu

  3. XKeyscore: a procedure for "assets" in the Bourne universe to draw funds from Swiss bank accounts, or a wide-ranging NSA tool used to assemble metadata on internet activity of citizens?

    1. NSA

    2. Bourne

  4. Treadstone: elite covert operations unit of the CIA in the Bourne universe, or NSA codename for an unidentified data centre where the agency has a covert tap?

    1. Bourne

    2. NSA

  5. Prism: a "clandestine mass electronic surveillance data mining program" operated by the NSA, or medical interventions to enhance the capabilities of CIA agents in the Bourne universe?

    1. Bourne

    2. NSA

  6. Fairview, Blarney: NSA codenames for data centres being tapped by the agency, or "response under duress" codes used by CIA agents in the Bourne books and films?

    1. Bourne

    2. NSA

  7. Manheim: an "asset" – sleeper assassin – in the Bourne pantheon, or an NSA base in the Middle East?

    1. Bourne

    2. NSA

  8. Menwith: short name for a GCHQ monitoring station mentioned in NSA documents, or Alaskan training station in the Bourne Legacy?

    1. NSA

    2. Bourne

  9. Boundless Informant: a tool for analysing how much metadata the NSA is collecting, or a defector outreach unit in The Bourne Identity?

    1. NSA

    2. Bourne

  10. LARX-3: a medically enhanced killer from The Bourne Legacy, or "metadata from a subset of tasked strong-selectors", according to an NSA presentation?

    1. NSA

    2. Bourne

Solutions

1:B, 2:A, 3:A, 4:A, 5:B, 6:B, 7:A, 8:A, 9:A, 10:B

Scores

  1. 5 and above.

    Unclassified. <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I took the @guardian Bourne vs NSA test and rated Unclassified http://gu.com/p/3jdh5">Share your result on Twitter</a>

  2. 8 and above.

    Classified. <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I took the @guardian Bourne vs NSA test and rated Classified http://gu.com/p/3jdh5">Share your result on Twitter</a>

  3. 10 and above.

    Top secret. Do you know too much? <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I took the @guardian Bourne vs NSA test and rated Top Secret http://gu.com/p/3jdh5">Share your result on Twitter</a>

 

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