The U.S. government is apparently spying on all Internet traffic and voice calls goingthrough AT&T’s backbones, according to a former employee of the company who testified before the Congress. Mark Klein, a former AT&T technician, says that the National Security Agency (NSA) installed special equipment which splits communication backbones and sends an exact copy to the government. Indiscriminately, and without any warrant. The U.S. government could peek at any e-mail, Web search, phone call or data transfer sent trough AT&T which also serves more than a dozen global and regional telecom providers. Contrary to the government’s version which claims the surveillance program as aimed at overseas terrorists, Mark Klein said the large majority of the data sent by AT&T to the NSA was purely domestic. Mr. Klein saw wiring diagrams for an AT&T office in San Francisco, where he worked, which showed special optic splitters were installed to send the entire traffic to a secret room built by the NSA. ‘That was my ‘aha’ moment,’ Klein said. ‘They’re sending the entire Internet to the secret room.’ ‘This splitter was sweeping up everything, vacuum-cleaner-style,’ he said. ‘The NSA is getting everything. These are major pipes that carry not […]