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title: ""In 2013, Hemisphere was revealed by The New York Times and described…"
date: 2016-10-25
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# "In 2013, Hemisphere was revealed by The New York Times and described…

*October 25, 2016 · Facebook*

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[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/25/at-t-is-spying-on-americans-for-profit.html?via=desktop&source=Reddit](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/25/at-t-is-spying-on-americans-for-profit.html?via=desktop&source=Reddit){target="_blank"}
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\"In 2013, Hemisphere was revealed by The New York Times and described only within a Powerpoint presentation made by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Times described it as a "partnership" between AT&T and the U.S. government; the Justice Department said it was an essential, and prudently deployed, counter-narcotics tool.\
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However, AT&T's own documentation---reported here by The Daily Beast for the first time---shows Hemisphere was used far beyond the war on drugs to include everything from investigations of homicide to Medicaid fraud.\
\"Hemisphere isn't a "partnership" but rather a product AT&T developed, marketed, and sold at a cost of millions of dollars per year to taxpayers. No warrant is required to make use of the company's massive trove of data, according to AT&T documents, only a promise from law enforcement to not disclose Hemisphere if an investigation using it becomes public.\"
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