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AT&T gets paid millions by the CIA to give up user data

                        AT&T gets paid millions by the CIA to give up user data The second-largest telecom country in the United States has been on the Central Intelligence Agency’s payroll to the tune of $10 million a year in exchange for voluntarily handing over troves of phone logs, the New York Times reported Thursday. Citing federal officials with knowledge of the program, The  Times’ Charlie Savage wrote that telecommunication giant AT&T  has been routinely collaborating in CIA investigations by  surrendering phone records to the agency and even scouring vast  archives… View Article