November 9, 2007

AT & T gives info to Feds

After a visit to his house from the National Security Agency, former AT & T employee decided to look into what was behind this surprise visit, after all his is 62, retired and has no links to any terror organisations.

However after obtaining certain document he discovered that his former employer has been and probably still is passing on information to the security services, this would include email, internet searches and any other internet related activity. It seems that AT & T has been allowing the NSA and maybe other agencies to gain access to the network and look at what they please.

There is a class action law suit which covers the same sort of territory but it is believed that this will be blocked by the courts, and it would seem that both the White House and the NSA have nothing to say on the matter, which is hardly a surprise.

This is a worrying situation, especially as there are many people from the UK who have relatives who use AT & T so you could be on tape somewhere in a darkroom!

Source [Seattle Times]