> see http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_04.php#004538
>
> """EFF's evidence regarding AT&T's dragnet surveillance of its
> networks includes a declaration by Mark Klein, a retired AT&T
> telecommunications technician, and several internal AT&T documents.
> This evidence was bolstered and explained by the expert opinion of J.
> Scott Marcus, who served as Senior Advisor for Internet Technology to
> the Federal Communications Commission from July 2001 until July
> 2005."""
>
> I'm not clear on whther this affects AT&T Broadband customers only or
> if it's all traffic transiting their network.
>
> Either way there is no way this could possibly be legal.

It's not just AT&T.  All the big telecoms are secretly "cooperating"
with the NSA.  Have been for some time.  There was a pretty good
article in The Atlantic about this:

  Big Brother Is Listening
  http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200604/nsa-surveillance

Unfortunately you'll need to be a subscriber to read the entire
article on-line.  You can check bugmenot.com for possible logins
or simply go to the library and read it.
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