Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Spying On US

Verizon, like AT&T, illegally gave the government YOUR phone records - AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth

"Surprise!

Verizon spied on your phone records too! Without a court order! Simply because the government said "give em to us."

Why didn't Verizon go to court and demand a court order to release your private phone records, like the law says they need? Oh, let's have a look at how the Washington Post characterized what Verizon told them:
The company said it does not determine the requests' legality or necessity because to do so would slow efforts to save lives in criminal investigations.... Verizon and AT&T said it was not their role to second-guess the legitimacy of emergency government requests..."

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