Secret base between New York heart of US intelligence agency

The 29-storey non-windowed building in downtown New York, the US is home to many secret intelligence programs of the National Security Agency (NSA).

With its anti-nuclear bomb design, New York's AT&T Long Lines Building is one of the NSA's most important facilities, operating large intelligence programs, Intercept said on November 17. believe.

AT&T Long Lines Building on Google Map.(Photo: Google).

The simple building is located at 33 Thomas Street in the Lower Manhattan business district, comprising 29 floors and three underground floors. Built by John Carl Warnecke & Associates between 1969 - 1974, the building is simply called Project X during the planning phase.

The 168m skyscraper was designed to store enough food and necessities to help 1,500 people survive for two weeks in the event of a Cold War.

Not only equipped with modern computer networks, cables and circuit boards for long-distance international calls, AT&T telecommunication contact center is also the basis for eavesdropping on calls, faxes and Internet.

The NSA called the building Titanpointe, according to documents published by Edward Snowden, a former employee of the agency. An important NSA program named Blarney is run inside the building focusing on "contacts of the United Nations, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and at least 38 countries, including many close American allies like Germany, Japan and France ". Data collected by Blarney divided into 6 different categories is against nuclear proliferation, anti-terrorism, diplomacy, economy, military and politics.