AT&T is making ‘millions’ by helping the government ‘spy’ on its citizens with a secretive telephone surveillance

Tuesday, October 25, 2016
By Paul Martin

Since 2007, AT&T has been secretly cooperating with law enforcement
Controversial project is known as Hemisphere
It means the telecoms giant profits by sharing the information
Program gives government access to a large database that stores telephone records spanning decades

By ARIEL ZILBER
DailyMail.com
25 October 2016

AT&T is earning millions from taxpayers by secretly helping the government and its law enforcement organs crack cases by providing information on trillions of telephone calls.

The existence of the controversial program, which is known as Hemisphere, was first reported back in 2013 and now The Daily Beast has revealed that AT&T is making millions of dollars from the scheme although the exact amount has not been revealed.

It has been criticized by civil liberties advocates for serving as what they say is essentially an espionage program targeting US civilians.

Hemisphere enables government agencies to tap into phone records and pinpoint the locations of cellular phone users, which law enforcement officials say is key to helping in the fight against narcotics traffickers.

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