KevinTheOmnivore
May 17th, 2006, 02:26 PM
okay, so why did it take these companies almost a week to come out with these statements, and why was it a simultaneous public response???
This smells fishy...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7003601194
Two Phone Companies Deny USA Today Report
May 17, 2006 12:00 a.m. EST
Denise Royal - All Headline News Staff Writer
New York, NY (AHN) – There must have been a bad connection. Both Verizon and BellSouth are denying last week's USA Today report that they gave the National Security Agency the records of tens of millions of phone calls.
BellSouth was first in saying it didn't turn over bulk calling records. The Atlanta-based company also said today it would only transfer such data if there's a subpoena or court order.
Then Verizon denied it was asked to give, or gave, phone records.
A T and T has not denied giving the government information. The denials leave open the possibility that the NSA directed its requests to long-distance companies, or that call data was collected by other means.
This smells fishy...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7003601194
Two Phone Companies Deny USA Today Report
May 17, 2006 12:00 a.m. EST
Denise Royal - All Headline News Staff Writer
New York, NY (AHN) – There must have been a bad connection. Both Verizon and BellSouth are denying last week's USA Today report that they gave the National Security Agency the records of tens of millions of phone calls.
BellSouth was first in saying it didn't turn over bulk calling records. The Atlanta-based company also said today it would only transfer such data if there's a subpoena or court order.
Then Verizon denied it was asked to give, or gave, phone records.
A T and T has not denied giving the government information. The denials leave open the possibility that the NSA directed its requests to long-distance companies, or that call data was collected by other means.