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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

NY's Windowless Skyscraper actually a NSA Spy Hub called TITANPOINTE

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files

Documentary, Science Fiction, Life Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Fiction

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

TITANPOINTE.  New York City has skyscrapers of all shapes and sizes. But why does this 500 foot tall, 29-story building have no windows, no lights and no markings at all?  Because it's a top-secret NSA spy station built to withstand nuclear war.   Officially, this is an AT&T telecommunications building. But thanks to leaked documents, we now know that 33 Thomas Street is actually a top secret NSA mass surveillance hub.  It's code name is: TitanPointe. And right now, as we speak, TitanPointe is listening.   The gray, granite tower is located at 33 Thomas Street in Lower Manhattan. Locals know the building as the "Long Lines Building" and it's been a source of mystery for years. What jumps out is that the building has no windows and no exterior lighting. During the day, it fades into the background of the New York City skyline. And at night, it becomes an invisible shadow.   Thanks to NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden, we now know that creating an invisible building wasn't an accident. It was absolutely by design.   33 Thomas Street operates under NSA codename TITANPOINTE. And Titanpointe is a core location used for a controversial, and possibly illegal, NSA-sponsored mass surveillance program. According to leaked documents, this program has targeted the communications of the UN, the World Bank, the IMF. It's been used to spy on at least 38 countries, including US allies like France, Germany and Japan.   It's common knowledge that AT&T is very cooperative with the NSA. Using an AT&T cell phone? Eh, you might want to rethink that.    Let's find out why. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewhyfiles/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, this is James Harkin and Anna Toshinsky, two writers of the TV show QI and

0:06.1

two-fourths of the hip-podcast, no such thing as a fish.

0:09.5

We'd like to let you know that we've written a book.

0:11.9

It is called Everything to Play for.

0:14.0

The most interesting things there are to know about the world of sports, it's for you,

0:18.5

whether you like sports or not.

0:20.2

Did you know that legendary Cricketer Gary Sobers scored his final century while drunk?

0:26.1

Or that games of lacrosse used to involve 100,000 players.

0:32.0

Learn that and so much more by getting everything to play for the QI Book of Sports available

0:36.3

in all bookshops and online right now.

0:39.3

Hey, it's your buddy A.J. from The White Files.

0:42.0

It's an Hekelfish.

0:43.0

Right.

0:44.0

An Hekelfish.

0:45.0

We just wanted to tell you that if you want to start a podcast, Spotify makes it easy.

0:48.5

They have to be easy for humans to understand it.

0:50.8

We've stopped that.

0:51.8

I'm just saying.

0:52.8

Spotify for podcasters lets you record and edit podcasts from your computer.

0:56.9

I don't have a computer.

0:57.9

Do you have a phone?

0:59.3

Of course I have a phone.

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