Who's calling?
Foundation for Economic Education
by Becky Akers
06/01/06
As we all know, thanks to USA Today, in 2001 the National Security Agency (NSA) pressured AT&T, Verizon, BellSouth, and Qwest to divulge 'call-detail' records for their customers. Only Qwest refused, though Verizon and BellSouth now claim 'inaccuracies' in reports that they helped the Feds spy on us. Whether you called from your home, cell, or office phone, whether you dialed next door, Netcong, or the Netherlands, the NSA apparently knows what number was dialed and the duration of the call. These records don't include names or street addresses, but -- comforting thought -- the government could match that information with the call-details any time it pleases. 'It's the largest database ever assembled in the world,' an unidentified source told USA Today. The newspaper went on, 'The agency's goal is ‘to create a database of every call ever made’ within the nation's borders, this person added'...
http://www.fee.org/in_brief/default.asp?id=516
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Becky Akers
06/01/06
As we all know, thanks to USA Today, in 2001 the National Security Agency (NSA) pressured AT&T, Verizon, BellSouth, and Qwest to divulge 'call-detail' records for their customers. Only Qwest refused, though Verizon and BellSouth now claim 'inaccuracies' in reports that they helped the Feds spy on us. Whether you called from your home, cell, or office phone, whether you dialed next door, Netcong, or the Netherlands, the NSA apparently knows what number was dialed and the duration of the call. These records don't include names or street addresses, but -- comforting thought -- the government could match that information with the call-details any time it pleases. 'It's the largest database ever assembled in the world,' an unidentified source told USA Today. The newspaper went on, 'The agency's goal is ‘to create a database of every call ever made’ within the nation's borders, this person added'...
http://www.fee.org/in_brief/default.asp?id=516
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 2. Jun, 16:25
