Congressional Energy and Commerce committee hears wireless telco consultant outline existence of program allowing a federal entity known as the "Quantico Circuit" unfettered access to all customers voice calls and data packets of at least one major wireless carrier.
RCR Wireless News reports:
"A new whistleblower has surfaced with allegations that a major wireless carrier may have given the U.S. government wholesale access to subscribers' calls and other proprietary information..
Babak Pasdar, a computer security consultant who heads Bat Blue Corp., made the allegations in an affidavit given to the Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit whistleblower advocacy group. Pasdar said he was brought in to work on a project for an unnamed large wireless company, and became concerned about the legality of the "Quantico Circuit," a high-speed line from the wireless carrier to an unnamed third party. Quantico, Va., is the site of a U.S. intelligence and military base."
Congressional committee chairs John Dingell and Ed Markey apparently are taking Pasdar seriously as witnessed in this letter.
For further background see Kevin Poulsen's piece in Wired Threat Level.
(Thanks to EFF)
RCR Wireless News reports:
"A new whistleblower has surfaced with allegations that a major wireless carrier may have given the U.S. government wholesale access to subscribers' calls and other proprietary information..
Babak Pasdar, a computer security consultant who heads Bat Blue Corp., made the allegations in an affidavit given to the Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit whistleblower advocacy group. Pasdar said he was brought in to work on a project for an unnamed large wireless company, and became concerned about the legality of the "Quantico Circuit," a high-speed line from the wireless carrier to an unnamed third party. Quantico, Va., is the site of a U.S. intelligence and military base."
Congressional committee chairs John Dingell and Ed Markey apparently are taking Pasdar seriously as witnessed in this letter.
For further background see Kevin Poulsen's piece in Wired Threat Level.
(Thanks to EFF)
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