Not really. There were murmurs, talk of a secret room with fiberoptic splitters ...

toomuchtodo · on Aug 16, 2020

The existence of this facility (as well as others) was confirmed.

https://www.wired.com/2013/06/nsa-whistleblower-klein/ (NSA Leak Vindicates AT&T Whistleblower)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A (Room 641A)

> Room 641A is a telecommunication interception facility operated by AT&T for the U.S. National Security Agency, as part of its warrantless surveillance program as authorized by the Patriot Act. The facility commenced operations in 2003 and its purpose was publicly revealed in 2006.

burfog · on Aug 16, 2020

That's what they want you to think. :-)

There's also point #4, "Some beautiful misdirection", in https://blog.thinkst.com/p/if-nsa-has-been-hacking-everythin... discussed 3 days ago at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24139828

Maybe they'd really prefer to take the public relations hit of everybody thinking that they spy on Americans.