AT&T Is A Police State Enabler Of Epic Proportions

"Documents show law enforcement agencies obtain information from AT&T and then use “parallel construction” to build their cases without revealing the company’s involvement. In other words, police “confirm” the evidence through conventional police work, such as obtaining a court order for a wiretap or physical surveillance. That allows prosecutors to create what Electronic Frontier Foundation Adam Schwartz called a “false investigative narrative” in order to bring the case to trial without ever revealing the initial source of the information. A 2014 statement of work reveals the AT&T insists on this level of secrecy."