Mark Klein
Events (54)
- November 13-14, 2003: Telecommunications Equipment Firm Hosts Conference Featuring Surveillance Hardware 2003-11-13
- January 16, 2004: Senior AT&T Technician Writes Memo Outlining Specifics behind NSA’s Illegal Domestic Surveillance Program 2004-01-16
- April 19-20, 2004: Bush Claims All Surveillance Done with Court Warrants, Former AT&T Engineer Disputes Claim 2004-04-19
- June 9, 2005: Bush Again Claims All Surveillance Done with Court Warrants, Former AT&T Engineer Disputes Claim 2005-06-09
- June 9, 2005: White House ‘Fact Sheet’ Claims Government Always Obtains Warrants before Launching Surveillance Efforts; Former AT&T Technician Disputes Claim 2005-06-09
- December 10, 2005: Bush Says US Obtains Court Warrants before Mounting Surveillance Efforts; Former AT&T Technician Disputes Claim 2005-12-10
- December 15-31, 2005: Former AT&T Technician Decides to Become ‘Whistleblower’ on Illegal Government Surveillance Program 2005-12-15
- December 31, 2005: Retired AT&T Technician Prepares to Become NSA ‘Whistleblower’ 2005-12-31
- January 23, 2006 and After: Retired AT&T Technician Contacts Los Angeles Times Reporter 2006-01-23
- January 30, 2006: Washington Post: NSA Building ‘Massive’ Data Warehouse in Colorado, Key Element in Agency’s Domestic Surveillance Program 2006-01-30
- February 1-6, 2006: Senator’s Lawyer Rebuffs AT&T Whistleblower 2006-02-01
- February 5, 2006: NSA, Bush Administration Claim Number of Citizens Affected by Surveillance Infinitesimal, Others Disagree 2006-02-05
- February 11, 2006 and After: Newspaper Reveals AT&T Whistleblower’s Identity to Homeland Security Director, Spikes ‘Expose’ Story of NSA Wiretapping 2006-02-11
- February 23-28, 2006: AT&T Whistleblower Provides Documents, Legal Declaration to Civil Liberties Organization for Lawsuit 2006-02-23
- March 29, 2006: Expert Witness Says NSA Would Have Placed Signal ‘Splitters’ Differently if It Only Intended to Monitor International Communications 2006-03-29
- Late March - April 4, 2006: Justice Department Considers, Rejects Having AT&T Lawsuit Evidence ‘Secured’ 2006-04-04
- April 6, 2006: AT&T Whistleblower Issues First Press Release 2006-04-06
- April 6-8, 2006: AT&T Demands Whistleblower Return ‘Confidential’ Documents, Maintain Public Silence 2006-04-06
- April 7, 2006: New York Times Publishes Its First Mention of AT&T Whistleblower’s Allegations 2006-04-07
- April 12, 2006: New York Times’ Technical Experts Confirm Validity of AT&T Whistleblower’s Assertions 2006-04-12
- April 17, 2006: New York Times: AT&T Should ‘Come Clean’ about Violating Customers’ Privacy, ‘Stop Immediately’ 2006-04-17
- May 13, 2006: Justice Department Files Brief for Dismissal of AT&T Lawsuit on ‘State Secrets’ Grounds 2006-05-13
- May 17, 2006: Court Holds First Hearing on Government’s Request to Dismiss AT&T Lawsuit on State Secrets Grounds 2006-05-17
- May 17, 2006: Online News Site Publishes Whistleblower’s AT&T Memo 2006-05-17
- May 22, 2006: News Publication Explains Why It Published Sealed Documents in AT&T Lawsuit 2006-05-22
- June 23, 2006: Government Admits AT&T Lawsuit Documents Not Classified 2006-06-23
- July 20, 2006: Judge Refuses Government Request to Dismiss AT&T Lawsuit 2006-07-20
- September 25, 2006 and After: CBS Interviews AT&T Whistleblower for ‘60 Minutes,’ Refuses to Air Segment 2006-09-25
- March 26, 2007: Former Los Angeles Times Editor Denies Decision Not to Publish NSA Wiretapping Story Came in Wake of Government Pressure 2007-03-26
- April 19, 2007: NSA Announces Plans to Build Huge Facility near Microsoft Data Center in Texas 2007-04-19
- June 13, 2007: Civil Liberties Organization Publishes AT&T Documents Proving Existence of NSA Wiretapping Program 2007-06-13
- August 15, 2007: Appeals Court Hears Arguments to Dismiss AT&T/NSA, Al Haramain Lawsuits 2007-08-15
- November 7-8, 2007: Former AT&T Technician Lobbies Congress about NSA Wiretapping 2007-11-07
- March 6, 2008: Former Computer Security Consultant: Wireless Carrier Provided ‘Unfettered’ Access to US Citizens’ Communications, Records to Government Agency 2008-03-06
- June 27, 2008: AT&T Whistleblower: FISA Amendment Creates ‘Infrastructure for a Police State’ 2008-06-27
- July 10, 2008: FISA Amendment Act Signed into Law; Restores ‘Protect America Act’ Provisions, Grants Telecoms Immunity from Prosecution 2008-07-10
- February 3, 2009: Experts: NSA Would Have Chosen Different AT&T Facility for Data Surveillance Had Its Interest Not Been in Domestic Communications 2009-02-03
- July 7, 2009: Former AT&T Technician Publishes Book Exposing NSA, AT&T Actions in Eavesdropping on Americans’ Electronic Communications 2009-07-07
- Early January 2006: Retired AT&T Technician Joins Civil Liberties Group in Documenting Evidence of Government Surveillance Program
- Mid-February - Late March, 2006: Congressional Members, New York Times Reporters Fail to Contact AT&T Whistleblower
- February 2003: AT&T Completes Installing Equipment to Allow NSA to Monitor Domestic, International Communications
- Early February 2006: Retired AT&T Technician and Whistleblower Secures Legal Counsel
- May 2004: AT&T Technician Familiar with NSA Wiretapping Operation Retires
- Fall 2002: Rumors of ‘Secret NSA’ Facility Swirl Through AT&T Offices
- October 2003: AT&T Technician Learns Details of NSA ‘Secret Room’ in San Francisco Facility
- Fall 2003: AT&T Technician Learns that NSA Using AT&T Equipment to Spy on Internet, Telephone Data Exchanges
- Late 2002: AT&T Technician Convinced Joint AT&T/NSA Venture Connected to Government Information Collection Program
- Late 2003: AT&T Technician Visits NSA ‘Secret Room’ in San Francisco
- Late 2003: AT&T Technician Learns of Secret NSA-Connected ‘Study Groups’, More Details about NSA Spying on Citizens’ Telecommunications
- Summer 2002: AT&T Informs Staffers that NSA Plans to Begin Conducting ‘Some Kind of Business’ at San Francisco Facility