The CIA Has Been Paying AT&T $10 Million a Year to Spy On Phone Calls
Nov 08, 2013 19:50
Can you still be surprised that the government has been spying on your phone calls? Here are some sketchy arrangements the CIA has with AT&T.
They have been paying the telco $10 million a year to spy on phone calls. The CIA simply gives AT&T a list of numbers, and AT&T voluntarily serves up the data. The calls are mainly phone records of overseas terrorism suspects.
Read the whole article over at the Times. [NYT]
