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BellSouth: We Didn’t Give Data to NSA

The phone company says that, despite the claims made in the USA Today story, it never provided phone records to the NSA.

Posted on May 15, 2006 READ MORE


Telecom Companies Masquerading as Concerned Citizens

Companies like AT&T and BellSouth are backing an organization claiming to be saving the Internet by keeping it free of “burdensome and unnecessary regulation.” But that’s nonsense. They’re the ones that want to put toll lanes on the Internet. (These are the same companies that reportedly handed over America’s phone records to the NSA.)
Buzzflash sorts it out.

Posted on May 15, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


The Gravest Assault on Privacy in U.S. History

Late coming to the story about the NSA’s massive telephone record collection program? The Washington Post does a 360-degree report.

  • Neither Bush nor his aides denied any facts in the original USA Today story.
  • Senate Intel Chair Pat Roberts wants to shoot the messenger (USA Today).
  • Bush’s pick for CIA chief, Gen. Michael Hayden, oversaw this program at the NSA, a fact that guarantees fireworks at his confirmation hearing.
  • Check out the original story.

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    Posted on May 11, 2006 READ MORE  |  35 COMMENTS


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