Though the National Security Agency is now well known for its vast network of digital surveillance, a new report from The Intercept has revealed eight of its most crucial pieces of real estate.

The NSA has a long and involved partnership with AT&T, one of the largest carriers of internet and telephone communications in the world, as first reported by the New York Times in 2015. Of the thousands of AT&T properties, The Intercept identified eight buildings that are used as "backbone" and/or "peering" facilities by the company and the NSA.

These facilities house and pass on troves of data, from AT&T customers and their competitors, as it passes across the country and through it from one foreign land to another. All the while, the NSA monitors the data as it passes through and accesses communication that possesses certain keywords or comes from flagged nations like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and other "regions of interest."

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The commercial real estate industry is evolving, but not everyone is keeping up. 

What was the norm only a decade ago has been upended by two key factors: The use of technology has made processes, investment strategies and properties more efficient and the health of the U.S. economy is experiencing its second-longest period of economic expansion in history.

These factors combined have worked together to change the built environment, transforming those trends that were previously the norm. To bring commercial real estate owners, investors and tenants up to date, Bisnow debunks six common misconceptions that professionals in the industry still operate under, according to studies conducted by Newmark Knight Frank researchers across the country in “Myth vs. Reality: Evaluating Popular Misconceptions in Commercial Real Estate.”

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