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Data Warehouse System Electronic Surveillance Data Management System
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<p>The Data Warehouse System — Electronic Surveillance Data Management System (DWS-EDMS) is an electronic <a href="/facts/Database/VYcpkevb">database</a> created by the Special Technologies and Applications Section (STAS) of the <a href="/facts/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation/UY93jwX6">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a>. Disclosed in a heavily redacted review of the FBI's role in the prevention of the <a href="/facts/2009_Fort_Hood_shooting/CY0T3dzE">2009 Fort Hood shooting</a>, its full capabilities are classified but at a minimum, provides a searchable archive of intercepted electronic communications, including email sent over the Internet. Another report suggests that <a href="/facts/Online_chat/UXwSoP4j">online chat</a> transcripts, email attachments, and audio of unspecified origin are stored. </p><p>By the third quarter of 2006 it was involved in 130 successful investigations and 370 active cases. In June 2007 a total of 70 million intercepts from 16,500 online accounts were present on the system, and were expected to increase to 350 million intercepts from over 50,000 accounts by June 2009. </p>