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Ring of Fire: Country’s Largest Telecoms Are Giving The Government Your Personal Data
AT&T is one of the top companies helping the NSA collect the private data of US citizens. Not once during the Republican debates has the issue of domestic spying been brought up, but the problem just seems to be getting worse.
Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins and attorney Michael Burg explain how telecom giant AT&T is helping the NSA get their hands on your private data, and why the issue of domestic spying is being overshadowed in this election cycle.