Letters to the Editor

Will the Democratic presidential candidates adhere to their rhetoric? As the fight over warrantless eavesdropping and telecom immunity begins this week, only Obama, Clinton and Edwards can affect the outcome. Will they? Glenn Greenwald [2008-01-22]

• Maybe he read it in the NY Times?

  But the fiber optics revolution has sent more and more international communications by land and undersea cable, forcing the agency to seek company cooperation to get access.
  
  After the disclosure two years ago that the N.S.A. was eavesdropping on the international communications of terrorism suspects inside the United States without warrants, more than 40 lawsuits were filed against the government and phone carriers. As a result, skittish companies and their lawyers have been demanding stricter safeguards before they provide access to the government and, in some cases, are refusing outright to cooperate, officials said.

  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/washington/16nsa.html

  -- EJ
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