AT&T technician exposed Room 641A: a secret NSA facility splitting all internet traffic through AT&T's network — documented evidence
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Mark Klein, an AT&T technician for 22 years, discovered Room 641A at AT&T's San Francisco facility — a secret room where optical splitters created exact copies of all internet traffic passing through AT&T's backbone and redirected it to the NSA. The room contained a Narus STA 6400, capable of intercepting and analyzing internet communications at very high speeds. Klein went public in 2006 after reading about Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. The EFF filed Hepting v. AT&T, but Congress passed retroactive immunity for telecoms in 2008.

AT&T technician exposed Room 641A: a secret NSA facility splitting all internet traffic through AT&T's network

TECH·April 7, 2006·By Mark Klein (AT&T / Room 641A)·3.8K upvotes·101 comments
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AT&T built a secret room where the NSA copies all internet traffic flowing through their network. Every email, every web page, every phone call — they're copying everything.
Mark Klein (AT&T / Room 641A)April 7, 2006Source

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