I just saw this, so forgive me if it has already been diaried.
Wired has decided to release the sealed NSA documents in the AT&T v. EFF case on their website:
AT&T claims information in the file is proprietary and that it would suffer severe harm if it were released.
Based on what we've seen, Wired News disagrees. In addition, we believe the public's right to know the full facts in this case outweighs AT&T's claims to secrecy.
As a result, we are publishing the complete text of a set of documents from the EFF's primary witness in the case, former AT&T employee and whistle-blower Mark Klein -- information obtained by investigative reporter Ryan Singel through an anonymous source close to the litigation. The documents, available on Wired News as of Monday, consist of 30 pages, with an affidavit attributed to Klein, eight pages of AT&T documents marked "proprietary," and several pages of news clippings and other public information related to government-surveillance issues.
Here's the direct link to the PDF file (since the link in the article did not work for me):
http://blog.wired.com/...
Some highlights from the PDF...
In 2003 AT&T built "secret rooms" hidden deep in the bowels of its central
offices in various cities, housing computer gear for a government spy operation which
taps into the company's popular WorldNet service and the entire Internet. These
installations enable the government to look at every individual message on the Internet
and analyze exactly what people are doing. Documents showing the hardwire installation
in San Francisco suggest that there are similar locations being installed in numerous other
cities.
Go read the whole thing, it's rather nice to see a website like Wired take a stand on this issue when the mainstream media does not seem to think it worth more than an afterthought.