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NSA Collecting Phone Records of Millions of Verizon Customers Daily

June 6, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order
The Guardian (UK)
The Government is collecting phone records for millions and millions of Americans under the PATRIOT Act. It's an outrage: The Guardian has obtained long sought-after evidence of the extent of ongoing spying on Americans under the PATRIOT Act -- and it's as bad as we'd worried.

Verizon Responds to Domestic Spying Report

June 6, 2013
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130606/TECHNOLOGY/130609919
Crain's New York Business
Verizon Communications has responded to an explosive report that outlines the telecommunications giant's role in an ongoing domestic spying program. The response, in a memo to employees, seems aimed at containing a public relations disaster. The wording, however, has to adhere to restrictions, imposed on Verizon by the secret court, not to disclose that the company was ordered to hand over phone logs to the FBI and the National Security Agency.

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May 30, 2013
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