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Telcoms Reportedly Aided NSA in Domestic Surveillance

HeadlineDec 27, 2005

Meanwhile new questions are being raised about the extent of the National Security Agency’s surveillance program inside the United States. Both the New York Times and Boston Globe have run a series of articles suggesting the extent of unchecked domestic surveillance is far greater than previously reported. The White House has admitted the NSA has monitored the calls of individuals with suspected ties to Al Qaeda but the Globe is reporting that in fact the NSA has been using computers to monitor and datamine all international phone and Internet communications by Americans. The Times also revealed that the U.S. telecom companies agreed to give the NSA “backdoor access” to all of their networks.

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