Who is playing ball with the NSA?

[<rms () computerbytesman com>]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-05-nsa-telecoms_x.htm
 
Telecoms let NSA spy on calls 
By Leslie Cauley and John Diamond, USA TODAY
 
The National Security Agency has secured the cooperation of large
telecommunications companies, including AT&T, MCI and Sprint, in its efforts
to eavesdrop without warrants on international calls by suspected
terrorists, according to seven telecommunications executives.

The executives asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the
program. AT&T, MCI and Sprint had no official comment.

...

In domestic investigations, phone companies routinely require court orders
before cooperating.

A majority of international calls are handled by long-distance carriers
AT&T, MCI and Sprint. All three own "gateway" switches capable of routing
calls to points around the globe. AT&T was recently acquired by SBC
Communications, which has since adopted the AT&T name as its corporate
moniker. MCI, formerly known as WorldCom, was recently acquired by Verizon.
Sprint recently merged with Nextel.

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