Begin forwarded message:
From: Ethan Ackerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: May 11, 2006 1:33:01 PM EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IP] more on NSA call database - NSA threatens Qwest
contracts
Greetings Dave,
More disturbing stuff in the USAToday article. Apparently _only_
Qwest balked at turning over call records - on the grounds that the
Communications Act clearly and explicitly prohibits it from doing so.
So what did the NSA do? Get a court order? - Nope, they even told
Qwest something to the effect of 'we don't think the FISA court or the
Attorney General would let us, but come on, do it anyway.'
Additionally, the NSA threatened their eligibility for government
contracts - an act which violates quite a few statutes and contracting
regulations. The USAToday article indicates these threats and requests
were confirmed by at least two people present in each case.
Perhaps Qwest could get back some of their lost shareholder value by
suing over these threats...
-Ethan
On 5/11/06, David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Begin forwarded message:
From: Richard Forno <[email protected]>
Date: May 11, 2006 7:01:54 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
It's a BIG Article, but here's a snippet....
"It's the largest database ever assembled in the world," said one
person,
who, like the others who agreed to talk about the NSA's activities,
declined
to be identified by name or affiliation. The agency's goal is "to
create a
database of every call ever made" within the nation's borders, this
person
added.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm
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