Why large corporates need a 'foreign policy' nowadays too
It would align a company's external affairs activity in a clear strategic framework and enable the company to negotiate uncharted territory.
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THE United Nations has announced that it will be contacting AT&T, the US multinational telecommunications firm, about allegations reported last weekend that the company previously helped the US National Security Agency (NSA) wiretap communications at the world body's headquarters in New York City.
The development come in a broader context of accusations that AT&T granted the NSA access to huge quantities of emails and helped wiretap exchanges.
The leaked NSA documents, dated from 2003 to 2013, reportedly described AT&T as "highly collaborative" and praised the firm for its "extreme willingness to help" with NSA operations around the world. The documents reportedly also assert that AT&T maintained a "close partnership with FBI" and provided access to "Cable Stations/Switches/Routers (IP Backbone)".
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