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AT&T Seeks to Hide Spy Docs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the let-me-know-how-that-works-out dept.

UltimaGuy writes to mention a Wired article about some AT&T documents that have gone off the farm. An ex-employee provided some information to the EFF, to assist in their wiretapping case against the company. Ma Bell is now arguing the files are confidential, and shouldn't be used in a court case. From the article: "The documents, which the EFF filed under a temporary seal last Wednesday, purportedly detail how AT&T diverts internet traffic to the National Security Agency via a secret room in San Francisco and allege that such rooms exist in other AT&T switching centers."

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  1. Doesn't help fight terrorism by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The problem is that stuff like this DOES NOT help fight terrorism, as the NSA would content. It just makes it even harder to find the important intelligence, because it's drowned out by all the noise.

    -Eric

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
    1. Re:Doesn't help fight terrorism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
      The problem is that stuff like this DOES NOT help fight terrorism, as the NSA would content. It just makes it even harder to find the important intelligence, because it's drowned out by all the noise.

      First, this does help fight terrorism iff ALL traffic goes through it, and the terrorist uses it.

      Now, with that said, what makes you think that this limited to ATT? Because people on /. have not seen it? because EFF has not found all the evidence?

      Next what is making people think that Al Qaeda, who received CIA training (thanks to reagan) to survive, does not know that they will be monitored and is actively not on the wire?

      The problem is that this system is targeted at terrorism, but with the patriot act, it allows all this power to actively be used against americans. Worse, we have now seen that the white house consists of cowards, liars, and traitors. There is no doubt that they are using this system for their personal use. If nothing else, do you remember the East Coast Democrat mayor who was being tracked? There is a LOT of circumstanstial evidence of the feds using all this against Americans. By itself, no big deal. By taken as a whole, and it should be apparent that we are not the land of the free, but we are recruiting the USSR but with capitalism thrown in.

    2. Re:Doesn't help fight terrorism by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Insightful
      The problem is that stuff like this DOES NOT help fight terrorism, as the NSA would content.

      No, that's not the problem. The problem is that they're spying on their own people as a matter of course, eavesdropping on our communications, reading our mail.

      Whether or not it helps fight terrorism is irrelevant. Even if it could prevent another September 11th, it would still be unacceptable.

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      Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
  2. Re:Hold by wombatmobile · · Score: 5, Funny

    The call was placed in a queue while all available agents were attending to other customers.

    This is known as the "far queue".