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posted by takyon on Tuesday June 26 2018, @10:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the room-641a-and-friends dept.

The Wiretap Rooms: The NSA's Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities

The secrets are hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering, windowless skyscrapers and fortress-like concrete structures that were built to withstand earthquakes and even nuclear attack. Thousands of people pass by the buildings each day and rarely give them a second glance, because their function is not publicly known. They are an integral part of one of the world's largest telecommunications networks – and they are also linked to a controversial National Security Agency surveillance program.

Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. In each of these cities, The Intercept has identified an AT&T facility containing networking equipment that transports large quantities of internet traffic across the United States and the world. A body of evidence – including classified NSA documents, public records, and interviews with several former AT&T employees – indicates that the buildings are central to an NSA spying initiative that has for years monitored billions of emails, phone calls, and online chats passing across U.S. territory.

The NSA considers AT&T to be one of its most trusted partners and has lauded the company's "extreme willingness to help." It is a collaboration that dates back decades.


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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by khallow on Tuesday June 26 2018, @03:14PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 26 2018, @03:14PM (#698796) Journal

    The fact that someone else will likely help the government do evil if you don't is no excuse to become a willing accomplice yourself.

    But it does indicate which party is more to blame - the indispensable party without which the scheme couldn't happen in the first place.

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