[governance] FW: [Dewayne-Net] Seven telcos named as providing fiber optic cable access to UK spies

[michael gurstein]

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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Seven telcos named as providing fiber optic cable
access to UK spies

Seven telcos named as providing fiber optic cable access to UK spies New
Snowden leaks show Verizon, Vodafone, and BT share direct data.
By Cyrus Farivar
Aug 2 2013
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/seven-telcos-named-as-providing-
fiber-optic-cable-access-to-uk-spies/>

In the latest leak from the documents acquired by former National Security
Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, a German newspaper has published a
list of the telecommunications companies that have provided British
intelligence with direct access to their undersea fiber optic cables.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung (Google Translate) and German public broadcaster NDR
(Google Translate) published not only the names of the companies, but also
their Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) nicknames: "Verizon
('Dacron'), BT ('Remedy'), Vodafone Cable ('Gerontic'), Global Crossing
('Pinnage'), Level 3 ('Little'), Viatel ('Vitreous') and Interoute
('Streetcar')."

The German newspaper cited as its source an internal GCHQ presentation
slide. It also slammed the GCHQ, the NSA's British counterpart, saying that
the GCHQ had “lost all sense of proportion.”

Under Britain's Regulatory and Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) of 2000, the
government does have broad powers to conduct digital surveillance; however,
many believe that this wholesale data sharing is outside the scope of
targeted warrants as described under RIPA. In July 2013, Privacy
International, a London-based advocacy group, sued the British government,
alleging abuses under the law.

NDR also pointed out that many of these companies operate major hubs and
data centers in German cities, including Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf,
Frankfurt, and Munich, and that a Global Crossing landing station even sits
on the northern German island of Sylt.

BT, Level 3, Viatel, Interoute, and Vodafone did not immediately respond to
our request for comment.

Many of the companies, however, did provide a brief statement to The
Guardian, largely reiterating the same comments they've made since Snowden
began leaking documents—that they were essentially forced to.

[snip]

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