The Towering NSA 'spy hubs' built to peer into Americans' lives from their own backyards

The National Security Agency is using internet data processing centers run by telecommunications powerhouse AT&T to spy on American and foreign citizens, a new investigation claims.

The Intercept has identified eight AT&T facilities across the United States which are allegedly being used by the NSA to monitor internet users' emails, social media posts and internet browsing.

The centers are known as 'peering' facilities' and processes data from both AT&T customers and those of other U.S. internet providers, as well as telecoms companies from Sweden, India, Germany and Italy.

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