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Government

Feb. 15, 2007

FCC Cites Judge Walker for Why it Didn't Probe Wiretapping

WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission decided because of a pending San Francisco court challenge to an anti-terrorism eavesdropping program not to investigate last year whether telecom companies broke the law in allegedly giving the government access to customer records, the agency has revealed.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission decided because of a pending San Francisco court challenge to an antiterrorism eavesdropping program not to investigate last year whether telecom companies broke the law in allegedly giving the government access to customer records, the agency has revealed.
      Last summer, U.S. District Judge Va...

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