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Inside AT&T and the NSA's 'highly collaborative' partnership

Clip: 08/15/2015 | 4m 54s

An article published jointly by The New York Times and Pro-Publica reports that AT&T demonstrated an "extreme willingness to help" the NSA, according to documents from Edward Snowden. Among other revelations, the article reports that AT&T forwarded a million emails and handed over a billion cell phone records to the NSA. Pro-Publica reporter Jeff Larson joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

Aired: 08/15/15

Rating: NR

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