Mark Klein
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Mark Klein is a former AT&T
technician who leaked knowledge of his company's cooperation with the United States National Security Agency
in installing network hardware to monitor and process American telecommunications. The subsequent media coverage became a major story in May 2006.
In recognition of his actions, the Electronic Frontier Foundation
picked Klein as one of the winners of its 2008 Pioneer Awards.
For over 22 years Mark Klein worked for AT&T. Starting with the company as a Communications Technician in New York, where he remained from November 1981 until March 1991, he later continued in that capacity in California until 1998. From January 1998 to October 2003, Klein worked as a Computer Network Associate in San Francisco. From October 2003 to May 2004 he returned to the role of Communications Technician, after which he retired in May 2004.
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
technician who leaked knowledge of his company's cooperation with the United States National Security Agency
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
in installing network hardware to monitor and process American telecommunications. The subsequent media coverage became a major story in May 2006.
In recognition of his actions, the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
picked Klein as one of the winners of its 2008 Pioneer Awards.
For over 22 years Mark Klein worked for AT&T. Starting with the company as a Communications Technician in New York, where he remained from November 1981 until March 1991, he later continued in that capacity in California until 1998. From January 1998 to October 2003, Klein worked as a Computer Network Associate in San Francisco. From October 2003 to May 2004 he returned to the role of Communications Technician, after which he retired in May 2004.
See also
- Hepting vs. AT&T - The lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier FoundationElectronic Frontier FoundationThe Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
against AT&TAT&TAT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
for the program. - Room 641ARoom 641ARoom 641A is an intercept facility operated by AT&T for the U.S. National Security Agency, beginning in 2003. Room 641A is located in the SBC Communications building at 611 Folsom Street, San Francisco, three floors of which were occupied by AT&T before SBC purchased AT&T...
External links
- Klein Declaration (redacted) of Hepting v. AT&THepting v. AT&THepting v. AT&T is a United States class action lawsuit filed in January 2006 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation against the telecommunications company AT&T, in which the EFF alleges that AT&T permitted and assisted the National Security Agency in unlawfully monitoring the communications of...
- Electronic Frontier FoundationElectronic Frontier FoundationThe Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States... - ABC Nightline Interview with Klein
- Klein's memo about the NSA program
- Wired coverage
- PBS NOW | Whistleblower Mark Klein
- PBS NOW | For Your Eyes Only?
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/homefront/view/
- A Story of Surveillance, Washington Post, November 7, 2007
- First interview on Countdown with Keith OlbermannCountdown with Keith OlbermannCountdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program that airs on Current TV, where it began airing on June 20, 2011. The program was broadcast on MSNBC from March 31, 2003, to January 21, 2011. On MSNBC, the show presented five selected news stories of...
: msnbc eff with embed - Wi ring Up the Big Brother Machine...And Fighting I t by Ma rk Klein
- Wired 2008 interview with Klein