[Drago]

No court order or subpoena in this case. 200 million American's phone records (calls made and to whom) where just turned over under pressure from the NSA. Quest was the only major company to decline.

[Political Junkie Too]

Another point: Verizon says it MUST when presented a court order, but it MAY to protect its property and customers from abuse, or if required by law. One could argue that Congressional approval has the force of law, or that it is complying to protect its customers from al Qaeda.

-PJ

[Wurlitzer]

"200 million American's phone records (calls made and to whom) where just turned over under pressure from the NSA. "

The only correction I would make Drago is that we don't know the "whom" only the numbers. There is an unknown person (or fax machine/modem) for each of the 2 numbers.

Of the few (maybe more than a few) things this administration has done wrong (and certainly most of the Clinton admin), I find this number tracking brilliant. I want my government to be able to backtrack calls made to RagHeads-R-Us at 1-800-Mosque-Bomb. At the point were the government knows RagHeads-R-Us blew up something, the government can then, using the proper warrant process find out who the scum was calling this group.