The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected a congressional request to investigate telephone companies for allegedly turning over confidential customer information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and National Security Agency (NSA) without proper court authorization.
National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell wrote a letter to the FCC, warning that such and investigation would "pose an unnecessary risk of damage to the national security," and the FCC agreed.
Representative Edward Markey, the member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that requested the investigation, said he was unconvinced by the logic, but not surprised by the FCC's refusal. The FCC's actions, he said, were "unsurprising given that this administration has continually thwarted efforts by Congress to shed more light on the surveillance program."
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