AT LEAST one US cellphone network may have a direct link to the FBI, allowing it to wiretap mobile calls, texts and downloads without warrants, according to an industry insider.
The allegation comes from Babak Pasdar, a security engineer who was hired to upgrade the internet security systems at a mobile phone firm in 2003. While there, he told the Government Accountability Project, he discovered the existence of a system insiders dubbed the “Quantico circuit” – a high-speed line giving access to call content, billing and location data. The FBI’s intelligence unit is based in Quantico, Virginia.
The news comes as…
