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Ryan Singel

Mark Klein, the AT&T whistleblower who exposed domestic NSA internet spy rooms has died

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/memo

He was a true and brave whistleblower.

I had the luck of getting a hold of his docs when they were under court seal, and we published them at Wired.

Only met and interviewed him later. He was a gentle man with a moral compass. A rarity even among whistleblowers.

The world is poorer without him.

Electronic Frontier Foundation · In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass SpyingEFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a massive spying program that violated the rights of millions of Americans.Mark didn’t set out to change the world. For 22 years, he was a...