Telecom Firms Helped With Government's Warrantless Wiretaps

By Ellen Nakashima / The Washington Post
The Bush administration acknowledged for the first time that telecommunications companies assisted the government's warrantless surveillance program and were being sued as a result, an admission some legal experts say could complicate the government's bid to halt numerous lawsuits challenging the program's legality. "[U]nder the president's program, the terrorist surveillance program, the private sector had assisted us," Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell said in an interview with the El Paso Times published Wednesday. Full story...

Posted by Editor at August 24, 2007 12:22 PM