URGENT - Yes, the government IS reading your emails
This is a bit of a switch for me to be blogging about, but I have not seen this picked up anywhere else. At 2 a.m. yesterday, Wired posted an account from a former technician at AT&T, Mark Klein, describing his participation in an NSA program called "Total Information Awareness".Klein details his experience while he was working for San Francisco's AT&T WorldNet. Just one excerpt:
In 2003 AT&T built "secret rooms" hidden deep in the bowels of its central offices in various cities, housing computer gear for a government spy operation which taps into the company's popular WorldNet service and the entire internet. These installations enable the government to look at every individual message on the internet and analyze exactly what people are doing. Documents showing the hardwire installation in San Francisco suggest that there are similar locations being installed in numerous other cities.
According to Wired, there is a file that describes AT&T's compliance in the NSA program under seal in a San Francisco courthouse. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed suit to unseal these documents, and their information on the case is quite thorough.
As the saying goes, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. The man about to be confirmed as head of the CIA is the man who has authorized this program and the phone wiretapping program for the NSA.
What can you do? Pass this blog post around.
According to Wired, there is a file that describes AT&T's compliance in the NSA program under seal in a San Francisco courthouse. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed suit to unseal these documents, and their information on the case is quite thorough.
As the saying goes, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. The man about to be confirmed as head of the CIA is the man who has authorized this program and the phone wiretapping program for the NSA.
What can you do? Pass this blog post around.
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