Verizon, Bell South Say They Did Not Give NSA Phone Records

Verizon has joined Bell South in denying that it gave the National Security Agency customer phone records, contrary to a report in USA Today which appeared last week. However, Verizon’s carefully worded denial did not mention its long-distance arm, MCI. AT&T maintains that it cannot comment on the matter. Read more in a New York Times story here. Meanwhile, Republican Senator Orrin Hatch said that at least two FISA judges knew of the NSA’s program. Read Lawrence Tribe’s discussion of the constitutionality of the program in the Boston Globe here.