Verizon Supplied Data Without Court Order

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Yes, more on spying. You might find it boring, and easy to scroll past. Please don't. It is long past time for people to start feeling a little outrage. Not faux "flag pin" outrage. No silly "Petraeus/Betray Us" outrage. I'm talking, un-Constitutional, un-American, fundamentally wrong activity that should OUTRAGE any American.

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Verizon provided data to Feds 720 times without court order or determining its legality

As Congress debates whether to shield phone and Internet companies from lawsuits alleging they mishandled customers' private records, Verizon, the nations second-largest telecommunications firm, said it has provided telephone and Internet records to federal investigators hundreds of times since 2005.

Verizon has provided data to federal authorities on an emergency basis without a court order -- and without determining the requests' legality -- 720 times between January 2005 and September of this year. The company's revelation came in a 13-page letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee released Monday. . .

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