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Qwest Praised for Refusing NSA Phone Records Request

Grant Gross writes on NetworkWorld:

A civil liberties group praised telecommunications carrier Qwest for refusing to turn over its customers' phone records to a U.S. spy agency. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) applauded Qwest's decision not to participate in a broad surveillance program, run by the National Security Agency (NSA), even though other large carriers have apparently complied.

In January, the EFF filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T for its alleged participation in the NSA's "massive and illegal program to wiretap and data-mine Americans' communications."

"In our country, we follow the law," said Rebecca Jeschke, the EFF's media coordinator. "We don't follow orders. Qwest decided it had a responsibility to its customers and also its shareholders to follow the law."

posted by Fergie @ 5/12/2006 03:31:00 PM