AT&T HELPED U.S. SPY ON INTERNET ON A VAST SCALE.

The article discusses the role played by the telecommunications companies AT&T and Verizon played in assisting the U.S. National Security Agency (N.S.A.) in spying on Internet users from 2003 through 2013, including through giving the N.S.A. access to emails. The article references the disclosure of classified information by the former N.S.A. contractor Edward J. Snowden.