Dun dun duh….. this article from slashdot.org is probably what some people need to hear about”

Your Rights Online: Phone Companies Refuse to Give Congress Data on Spy Program

Journal written by JohNNy1+4 (1174329) and posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 16, @11:22AM
from the would-be-unamerican dept.

JohNNy1+4 writes “Several US telephone communications firms are refusing to answer the questions of a congressional panel about spying on American citizens. The panel is making an inquiry into Bush administration tactics in the years since 2001, but has been stymied by the administration’s claim that releasing that information would be illegal. As a result Verizon, AT&T, and Qwest have declined to answer the panel’s queries. ‘”Our company essentially finds itself caught in the middle of an oversight dispute between the Congress and the executive relating to government surveillance activities,” AT&T Inc. General Counsel Wayne Watts said in a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee that was released today by the panel.’”