Mark Klein

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Mark Klein
Mark Klein
Fields	Technician
Known for	Room 641A

This page is about the AT&T technician. For the singer, see Mark Klein (singer).

Mark Klein is a former AT&T technician who leaked knowledge of his company's alleged cooperation with the United States National Security Agency in installing network monitoring hardware to spy on American citizens. The subsequent media coverage became a major story in May 2006.

In recognition of his actions, the Electronic Frontier Foundation picked Klein as one of the winners of its 2008 Pioneer Awards.^[1]

Klein worked for AT&T as a technician for over 22 years, first in New York and then in California, before retiring in 2004.^[2]

[edit] See also

• Hepting vs. AT&T - The lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation against AT&T for the program.
• Room 641A

[edit] External links

• Klein's memo about the NSA program
• Wired coverage
• "For Your Eyes Only?" (February 16 2007). NOW.  on PBS
• [1]
• A Story of Surveillance, Washington Post, November 7, 2007