Posted on 07/03/2018 1:02:53 PM PDT by SERKIT
The NSA has reportedly set up shop in AT&T buildings across the US for at least the past several years.
The Intercept says it's identified eight AT&T facilities that are used for the National Security Agency's surveillance initiative. They are reportedly linked to a program called "Fairview," started in 1985, and AT&T is the only company involved with it. The facilities are spread out in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, DC, according to the report. Last year, The Intercept reported on a likely NSA surveillance site in New York. Monday's report is the first time it's identified other AT&T facilities it says are involved in the program.
"Like all companies, we are required by law to provide information to government and law enforcement entities by complying with court orders, subpoenas, lawful discovery requests and other legal requirements," said Jim Greer, the director of corporate communication at AT&T, in an emailed statement. "And, we provide voluntary assistance to law enforcement when a person's life is in danger and in other immediate, emergency situations. In all cases, we ensure that requests for assistance are valid and that we act in compliance with the law.
This isn't the first time AT&T's relationship with the government surveillance agency has grabbed attention. In 2006, AT&T technician Mark Klein disclosed that he met with NSA officials and witnessed domestic internet traffic being "diverted" to a secure room, 641A, in the AT&T building at 611 Folsom St. in San Francisco. This building is one of the eight the Intercept reports is "central to an NSA spying initiative that has for years monitored billions of emails, phone calls and online chats passing across US territory."
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bttt
Statist scumbags. They make sure all domestic calls and internet traffic gets crowded over to Europe and back. Then they can claim their conducting surveillance over foreign phone calls. It’s just a scam so they can spy on Americans.
This ATT hit piece was hashed over here a week or so ago from another “news source”
International access points.
They play all kinds of games with the routing and switching of internet traffic. Your email from Colorado to Texas can easily be routed out of the country and back in, giving the eavesdroppers am illegal fig-leaf of legality. If a city cop did this kind of thing the feds would call it a pretext and arrest the cop
AT&T should be sued real bad. Let’s take a look those warrants— there must have been millions of them.
I think it’s not just AT&T. I don’t have first-hand knowledge. But I know somebody that did. That’s all I’ll say publicly or privately.
Everybody say hi and wave at the nice people from the NSA who’re monitoring FR today!
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Big Bro has a presence in ALL major carrier facilities.
Always has always will.
Not news
[Big Bro has a presence in ALL major carrier facilities.]
I think especially since 9/11/2001. But don’t know for sure.
Ultimately, your security is provided by the law. Security coding is like locks that just keep out the honest and unmotivated.
Wave to the dude behind your computer screen.
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