New details about AT&T's cooperation with the NSA in domestic spying
Scope of AT&T-NSA collusion in domestic spying on AT&T customers’ Internet traffic revealed in court documents
The New AT&T must contend with some lingering business of the old AT&T, as more documents offering details of secret government surveillance of AT&T’s Internet traffic are released to the public. The release is part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) class-action lawsuit against the telecom giant.
Some of the unsealed information was released earlier in redacted form, but EFF has now filed newly unredacted documents describing a secret, secure room in AT&T’s facilities which gave the National Security Agency (NSA) direct access to AT&T’s customers’ e-mails and other Internet communications. “This is critical evidence supporting our claim that AT&T is cooperating with the NSA in the illegal dragnet surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans,” said EFF legal director Cindy Cohn. “This surveillance is under debate in Congress and across the nation, as well as in the courts. The public has a right to see these important documents, the declarations from our witnesses, and our legal arguments, and we are very pleased to release them.” Oral arguments in the 9th Circuit appeal are set for the week of 13 August.
