Countdown: AT&T Whistleblower Speaks Out Against Immunity For Telcoms
Countdown: AT&T Whistleblower Speaks Out Against Immunity For Telcoms: If you have any reservations about Congress granting immunity to telecommunications companies like AT&T for illegally spying on Americans, this segment from last night’s Countdown should leave little room for doubt — they have, and continue to betray us and should be held accountable for their crimes.
Likening himself to a character from Orwell’s 1984, retired AT&T technician and whistle blower, Mark Klein, tells Keith Olbermann about his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during which he pleaded with them not to grant immunity to the telcom companies. Klein contends that his former employer is lying to the American people and that they were not only spying on overseas communications, but virtually ALL domestic internet and phone traffic — and they have been doing it for years.
Olbermann: “In talking to Congress today what did you hear? Did you get the sense that anybody is ready to go after not just the telecom execs, but the government officials who ordered this?”
Klein: “I couldn’t tell, I’m not a politician and they play their cards close to the vest. All I can do is emphasize again, that they’re copying everything, this is a violation of the Constitution, it’s domestic traffic, it’s phone calls as well as e-mail and something should be done to stop it and Congress should not kill the judicial process.”
(Read Original Article - Via Crooks and Liars .)
Recent blog posts
- Apple patching serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone
- Enter the Advertisers - self-regulatory principles ?
- Out of business, Clear may sell customer data
- TSA asked to ensure safety of customer data after Clear closing
- Several Facts about Google and HTTPS
- China thinks twice – and its 300m internet users scent a rare victory
- Did the Sanford E-Mail Tipster or the Newspaper Break the Law?
- Supreme Court Serves Up Remote-Recording Victory
- Deep-Packet Inspection in U.S. Scrutinized Following Iran Surveillance
- ATM Vendor Halts Researcher’s Talk on Vulnerability

Delicious
Digg
Reddit
Google
Yahoo
Technorati