Unbelievable: AT&T, China Telecom to extend joint venture for business services. AT&T transports large quantities of internet traffic across the U.S. & the world-including classified NSA documents, public records, emails, etc. https://www.ctamericas.com/att-china-telecom-joint-venture/
NSA Super Spy Hub via AT&T: Data exchange between AT&T and other networks initially takes place outside AT&T’s control, at third-party data centers that are owned and operated by companies. AT&T uses the largest surveillance programs, code-named FAIRVIEW. https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hubs/
The CIA pays AT&T over $10 million a year for foreign call logs. The CIA's deal with AT&T is separate from the NSA's data-collection, likely duplicates some of its programs. CIA isn't held to the same court-imposed restrictions like the NSA-2013.
https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/7/5076540/cia-pays-att-10-million-each-year-for-call-data
