The U.S. government is quietly pressuring telecommunications providers
to install eavesdropping technology deep inside companies' internal
networks to facilitate surveillance efforts.
FBI officials have been sparring with carriers, a process that has on
occasion included threats of contempt of court, in a bid to deploy
government-provided software capable of intercepting and analyzing
entire communications streams. The FBI's legal position during these
discussions is that the software's real-time interception of metadata is authorized under the Patriot Act.
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