I'd be interested for evidence. Last i checked most of the federal stuff ran through the Verizon NAPs in Miami and Texas. Patriot Act also expired in March so intercept sites would be operating illegally. Only thing that should be left is the DHS data processing centers digging through historic data.
that AT&T building houses an intercontinental homeland security internet line, its critical infrastructure. Can't speak to what else goes on inside but I know this for sure
If you look hard enough though, physical infrastructure is VERY difficult to conceal if you know what to look for.
I know a bit about which lines run under my city; all 3 major telcos have buildings within a 1 block radius of each other, with a large underground complex conveniently across the street.
If you match that up with what has been leaked by snowden, you can get a pretty good idea of what is there.
my source is first hand an architect that did a building on 2nd ave right next door to the AT&T building. When they were doing the underground construction phase there was a guy who came by to make sure that line was secured and told the architect what the line was and how his job is have to keep a special phone on him 24/7/365 incase anything needs to happen in its maintenance. Idk if there's any sources online about it but can confirm this is real and from a very trusted source.
The small part of the Patriot Act that 'sunsetted' didn't immediately stop all surveillance. Not even close. Most of the Patriot Act provisions and authorizations were duplicated in the years following to apply to other departments outside of the NSA and DHS. 90%+ of domestic surveillance is still intact.
I'd be interested for evidence. Last i checked most of the federal stuff ran through the Verizon NAPs in Miami and Texas. Patriot Act also expired in March so intercept sites would be operating illegally. Only thing that should be left is the DHS data processing centers digging through historic data.
that AT&T building houses an intercontinental homeland security internet line, its critical infrastructure. Can't speak to what else goes on inside but I know this for sure
A source would be really nice to have.
Telco pede here - ain't gonna happen.
If you look hard enough though, physical infrastructure is VERY difficult to conceal if you know what to look for.
I know a bit about which lines run under my city; all 3 major telcos have buildings within a 1 block radius of each other, with a large underground complex conveniently across the street.
If you match that up with what has been leaked by snowden, you can get a pretty good idea of what is there.
my source is first hand an architect that did a building on 2nd ave right next door to the AT&T building. When they were doing the underground construction phase there was a guy who came by to make sure that line was secured and told the architect what the line was and how his job is have to keep a special phone on him 24/7/365 incase anything needs to happen in its maintenance. Idk if there's any sources online about it but can confirm this is real and from a very trusted source.
Yeah, a few years ago, AT&T had some surveillance location operating in Houston. Don't know if still active
So the point maybe was to disable a facility and not to take networks offline?
Or maybe to get federal agents in the vicinity of specific storage equipment?
The small part of the Patriot Act that 'sunsetted' didn't immediately stop all surveillance. Not even close. Most of the Patriot Act provisions and authorizations were duplicated in the years following to apply to other departments outside of the NSA and DHS. 90%+ of domestic surveillance is still intact.