Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Deaf Dumb and Blind
Suddenly, the Telco's know noooothing.

Bellsouth and Verizon have both denied having handed over phone records. It would appear that either a) the government has authorized them to lie or b) they are spinning their involvement.

The evidence for a lie is here:
Ordinarily, a company that conceals their transactions and activities from the public would violate securities law. But an presidential memorandum signed by the President on May 5 allows the Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, to authorize a company to conceal activities related to national security. (See 15 U.S.C. 78m(b)(3)(A))
If this is the case, the extension of fascism just continues with corporations being protected from the rule of law by a dictator. In fact, this is the essence of fascism. It will be quite interesting to watch the courts deal with all of this as time goes by.

As far as the spin. It appears that the government records have included only long distance calls. The telco's who provide local service can deny having provided anything as they route all long distance through the trunk carrier .... AT&T. Ma Bell has been completely mum on the issue.

The truth will ultimately be revealed. Like with everything Bush, expect the worst.
Written at 9:08 AM by Greyhair.
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