FCC Wont Investigate NSA Phone Logs

FCC Wont Investigate NSA Phone Logs

Written By
Ed Oswald
Ed Oswald
May 25, 2006
1 minute read
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The FCC has declined to investigate whether telecommunications companies have broken consumer privacy laws by sharing phone call data with the NSA, saying the classified nature of the program prevents the agency from doing so.

Chairman Kevin Martin, a Republican, said that the FCC would be unable to investigate at this time due to the fact it would require the examination of highly classified information. According to Martin, the agency has no power in ordering the release of those documents.

Martin also mentioned that the government had already used the state secrets privilege in a court case against AT&T, which meant the FCC would have little chance of prevailing in any legal action.

The decision is likely to anger many, as politicians from both sides of the aisle have called for an investigation into whether laws had been broken.

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Ed Oswald

Ed Oswald is a freelance writer whose work appears on several technology sites as well as on Demand Studios. He has been writing since 2004 and graduated with a degree in Journalism from Temple University.

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