An EFF release issued Thursday tells of another telecom employee who has revealed government access to Americans’ communications.
Babak Pasdar, a computer security consultant, has gone public about his discovery of a mysterious “Quantico Circuit” while working for an unnamed major wireless carrier. Pasdar believes that this circuit gives the U.S. government direct, unfettered access to customers voice calls and data packets. These claims echo the disclosures from retired AT&T technician Mark Klein, who has described a “secret room” in an AT&T facility.
Given the lack of information available to Congress on this and other allegations, three House Committee Chairmen have written their colleagues arguing against a “vote in the dark” on FISA reform and telecom immunity.
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