Saturday, October 20, 2007
Who, What, Where, When, How, Why. What Is The FCC Hiding?
Update: Could the spying on Americans have started as early as seven months before 9/11? Anonymous Coward, there are a couple of Senators good for something. Let's see if anymore else steps up to the plate.
I found the answer (the tip of the iceberg) to my question.
Update: Could the spying on Americans have started as early as seven months before 9/11? Anonymous Coward, there are a couple of Senators good for something. Let's see if anymore else steps up to the plate.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin turned down a congressional request for an investigation as a top intelligence official concluded it would "pose an unnecessary risk of damage to the national security," according to a letter National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell sent to Martin on Tuesday.An anonymous coward at Slashdot said, "What is Congress good for?" Not exactly thoughtful analysis, but expresses the collective public frustration.
I found the answer (the tip of the iceberg) to my question.
The FCC is declining to investigate whether telephone companies are helping with federal surveillance...¶ 2:35 PM
The Energy and Commerce Committee also asked AT&T Inc , Verizon Communications Inc and Qwest Communications International Inc on Tuesday to describe how U.S. government agencies sought to obtain information about customer telephone and Internet use.
