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28: NY's Windowless Skyscraper actually a NSA Spy Hub called TITANPOINTE

2022/6/26
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播音员：本期节目揭露了位于纽约市托马斯街33号的一座神秘无窗大楼——TitanPointe，它表面上是AT&T的电信大楼，实际上是NSA的秘密大规模监控中心。该建筑建于冷战时期，旨在抵御核战争，并保护关键的电信设备。然而，斯诺登泄露的文件显示，TitanPointe被用于监控联合国、世界银行、国际货币基金组织以及至少38个国家的通讯，包括美国盟友。NSA通过与AT&T的合作，能够轻松获取数十亿客户的电子邮件和电话元数据，进行全方位监控，收集元数据和完整内容，甚至包括用户的在线活动。这种大规模监控活动引发了人们对隐私和自由的担忧，并引发了关于政府权力和国家安全之间平衡的讨论。尽管NSA声称不会故意收集美国公民的数据，但意外收集的可能性依然存在，这使得美国公民的隐私安全受到威胁。此外，节目还讨论了NSA与其他公司的合作关系，以及政府机构在监控活动中对法律的解读和规避。节目最后呼吁人们关注隐私安全，并警惕政府机构对个人自由的侵蚀。

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33 Thomas Street, a 500-foot-tall, 29-story building in New York City, is a top-secret NSA spy station known as TitanPointe, designed to withstand nuclear war and operate as a mass surveillance hub.

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TITANPOINTE. 

New York City has skyscrapers of all shapes and sizes. But why does this 500 foot tall, 29-story building have no windows, no lights and no markings at all?  Because it's a top-secret NSA spy station built to withstand nuclear war.  

Officially, this is an AT&T telecommunications building. But thanks to leaked documents, we now know that 33 Thomas Street is actually a top secret NSA mass surveillance hub.  It's code name is: TitanPointe. And right now, as we speak, TitanPointe is listening.  

The gray, granite tower is located at 33 Thomas Street in Lower Manhattan. Locals know the building as the "Long Lines Building" and it's been a source of mystery for years. What jumps out is that the building has no windows and no exterior lighting. During the day, it fades into the background of the New York City skyline. And at night, it becomes an invisible shadow.  

Thanks to NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden, we now know that creating an invisible building wasn't an accident. It was absolutely by design.  

33 Thomas Street operates under NSA codename TITANPOINTE. And Titanpointe is a core location used for a controversial, and possibly illegal, NSA-sponsored mass surveillance program. According to leaked documents, this program has targeted the communications of the UN, the World Bank, the IMF. It's been used to spy on at least 38 countries, including US allies like France, Germany and Japan.  

It's common knowledge that AT&T is very cooperative with the NSA. Using an AT&T cell phone? Eh, you might want to rethink that.   

Let's find out why.

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