(26.Mai 2006) One of the documents listed the equipment installed in the secret room, and this list included a
Narus STA 6400, which is a „Semantic Traffic Analyzer“. The Narus STA technology is known to be used particularly by government intelligence agencies because of its ability to sift through large amounts of data looking for preprogrammed targets. The company‘s advertising boasts that its technology „captures comprehensive customer usage data … and transforms it into actionable information…. (It) provides complete visibility for all internet applications.“

One of the devices in the “Cabinet Naming” list is particularly revealing as to the purpose of the “secret room”: a Narus STA 6400. Narus is a 7-year-old company which, because of its particular niche, appeals not only to businessmen (it is backed by AT&T, JP Morgan and Intel, among others) but also to police, military and intelligence officials. Last November 13-14, for instance, Narus was the “Lead Sponsor” for a technical conference held in McLean, Virginia, titled “Intelligence Support Systems for Lawful Interception and Internet Surveillance.”* Police officials, FBI and DEA agents,
and major telecommunications companies eager to cash in on the “war on terror” had gathered in the hometown of the CIA to discuss their special problems. Among the attendees were AT&T, BellSouth, MCI, Sprint and Verizon. Narus founder, Dr. Ori
Cohen, gave a keynote speech.

One page lists the circuit IDs of key Peering Links which were
“cut-in” in February 2003 (pdf 8), including ConXion, Verio, XO, Genuity, Qwest, PAIX, Allegiance, Abovenet, Global Crossing, C&W, UUNET, Level 3, Sprint, Telia, PSINet, and Mae West. By the way, Mae West is one of two key Internet nodal points in the United States (the other, Mae East, is in Vienna, Virginia).

It‘s not just WorldNet customers who are being spied on — it‘s the entire Internet.