> Autocratic Sam wrote: > This was top secret so it couldn't go before the entire > congress. Now that al Qeada knows about it it's useless. >
Looks like the legislative branch is asking questions ... Phone, Cable Executives Queried In Government Surveillance Probe By DIONNE SEARCEY Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 23, 2006 11:20 a.m. The ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is seeking information from 20 phone, cable and Internet company executives about whether they provided information to the federal government for a secret domestic surveillance program. Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers, a leading critic of President Bush's surveillance program, sent a letter Friday to the chief executives of the Bell phone companies such as Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc., wireless companies such as Cingular Wireless and cable companies including Comcast Corp., as well as Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., among others. "I write to inquire whether your company has allowed the federal government to eavesdrop on customer communications through your facilities or has turned over customer records when not compelled to do so by law," Rep. Conyers wrote in the letter. Rep. Conyers, who along with other Democrats on the Judiciary Committee, held a forum related to the surveillance program last week, is seeking to know detailed information about what types of communications, if any, were monitored and whether customers were notified as well as whether the companies provided the government with access to the companies' hardware and software. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193847 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
