[privacy] Former AT&T Employees: NSA had 'Secret Room' in St. Louis Data Center

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via Salon.com.

[snip]

In a pivotal network operations center in metropolitan St. Louis, AT&T
has maintained a secret, highly secured room since 2002 where
government work is being conducted, according to two former AT&T
workers once employed at the center.

In interviews with Salon, the former AT&T workers said that only
government officials or AT&T employees with top-secret security
clearance are admitted to the room, located inside AT&T's facility in
Bridgeton. The room's tight security includes a biometric "mantrap" or
highly sophisticated double door, secured with retinal and fingerprint
scanners.

The former workers say company supervisors told them that employees
working inside the room were "monitoring network traffic" and that the
room was being used by "a government agency."

[snip]

More:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/06/21/att_nsa/index_np.html

- ferg


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