(Politics) EFF: AT&T forwards all Internet traffic into NSA

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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/6340/EFF%3A+AT%26T+forwards+all+Internet+traffic+into+N SA

EFF: AT&T forwards all Internet traffic into NSA
"The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is diverting Internet traffic into the hands of the NSA wholesale, in violation of federal wiretapping laws and the Fourth Amendment," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "More than just threatening individuals' privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now."

Read the full story at the link:
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/6340/EFF%3A+AT%26T+forwards+all+Internet+traffic+into+N SA
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[Des]

Interesting read Paularoid.

A classic example of knowing that the world is controlled by a handful of people.:rolleyes:

I’d like to know who’s watching the people who are watching the people.:confused:

[Rkitko]

I’d like to know who’s watching the people who are watching the people.:confused:
Hopefully their mothers. ;)

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This whole deal also has articles about it at Truthout and Wired.

Truthout article at
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040806D.shtml

Wired article at
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,70619-0.html

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(later addition)

AT&T Seeks to Hide Spy Docs

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70650-0.html?tw=wn_index_2
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