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The wiretap rooms: The NSA's hidden spy hubs in eight US cities

Posted by microbug
Tags: privacy, nsa, usa, intelligence services, espionage, cities, wiretapping, author.ryan gallagher, author.henrik moltke, source.the intercept, long read
https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hubs/

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Authors
Ryan Gallagher, Henrik Moltke
Published
Jun 25 2018
Word count
3696 words

4 comments

  1. PlatoLake
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    Very interesting read. It'd say it's a fair bet that the NSA can access anything network based by now.

    Very interesting read. It'd say it's a fair bet that the NSA can access anything network based by now.

    4 votes
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    starchturrets
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    Has the NSA actually stopped a terrorist attack with these programs?

    Has the NSA actually stopped a terrorist attack with these programs?

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    1. Gaywallet
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      Even if they did, who's to say they wouldn't have been able to without this technology. There's really no way to prove its usefulness is better than it's intrusiveness. Especially given the...

      Even if they did, who's to say they wouldn't have been able to without this technology.

      There's really no way to prove its usefulness is better than it's intrusiveness. Especially given the sensitive nature of what they do.

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