[–] HennyPenny 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
"And that is why, for the NSA, AT&T is so indispensable". That explains why the AT&T behemoth can grow larger without government interference. It just absorbed Time Warner. Anti trust monopoly laws dead?
[–] derram ago
https://archive.fo/c0vWe :
'CenturyLink, which owns Level 3, said it would not discuss “matters of national security.” The maps The Intercept used to identify the internet surveillance hubs. '
'According to the NSA’s documents, it was using AT&T’s networks as of March 2013 to gather some 60 million foreign-to-foreign emails every day, 1.8 billion per month. '
'And that is why, for the NSA, AT&T is so indispensable. '
'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. '
'Within AT&T’s networks, there is filtering equipment designed to separate foreign and domestic internet data before it is passed to the NSA, the agency’s documents show. '
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