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Telecommunications Companies Respond to Committee Inquiry into NSA Wiretapping Program Participation

Press release: “Three telecommunications companies have provided responses to inquiries by the Committee on Energy and Commerce about their involvement with the National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping program. On October 2, Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, sent letters to AT&T, Verizon and Qwest, requesting that the telecommunications companies provide details on the reported efforts by government agencies to obtain information about customers’ telephone and Internet use.”

  • AT&T response
  • Verizon response
  • Qwest response
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation response
  • Computer and Communications Industry Association response
  • Related links and documents:

  • Via FAS, Comcast Cable Law Enforcement Handbook, September 2007
  • and beSpacific postings on domestic surveillance program
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