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Nationality
  
American

Fields
  
Telecommunications

Institutions
  
AT&T

Notable awards
  
EFF Pioneer Award

Name
  
Mark Klein

Institution
  
AT&T

Role
  
Technician


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Known for
  
Revelations regarding Room 641A

Similar
  
Thomas Andrews Drake, William Binney, Russ Tice, Thomas Tamm, Edward Snowden

Whistleblower mark klein exposes nsa spyroom at at t


Mark Klein is a former AT&T technician and whistleblower who revealed details of the company's cooperation with the United States National Security Agency in installing network hardware at a site known as Room 641A to monitor, capture and process American telecommunications. The subsequent media coverage became a major story in May 2006.

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

For over 22 years Mark Klein worked for AT&T. Starting with the company as a Communications Technician in New York, where he remained from November 1981 until March 1991, he later continued in that capacity in California until 1998. From January 1998 to October 2003, Klein worked as a Computer Network Associate in San Francisco. Starting in October 2003, he returned to the role of Communications Technician, after which he retired in May 2004.

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References

Mark Klein Wikipedia