[ NNSquad ] Telecoms giants reportedly join tech firms in pushing back against NSA

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Telecoms giants reportedly join tech firms in pushing back against NSA

http://j.mp/NoFUgN  (Inside Bay Area / AP)

    "The central pillar of Obama's plan to overhaul the surveillance
     programs calls for shifting storage of Americans' phone data from the
     government to telecom companies or an independent third party. But
     telecoms don't want that job.  Phone industry executives have
     privately told administration officials they don't like the idea of
     storing phone records gathered by the NSA because they don't want to
     become the government's data minders. Companies say they are wary of
     being forced to standardize their own data collection to conform to
     the NSA's needs."

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--Lauren--
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