The Raw Story | ACLU launches 20 state campaign to end NSA call data program

The Raw Story | ACLU launches 20 state campaign to end NSA call data program:

"ACLU affiliates in 20 states today filed complaints with Public Utility Commissions or sent letters to state Attorneys General and other officials demanding investigations into whether local telecommunications companies allowed the NSA to spy on their customers.

The ACLU today also sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to reconsider its refusal to investigate reports that at least three major telecommunications companies -- AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon -- cooperated with the NSA in an effort to collect calling information and call patterns on every American.

On Monday, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin responded to an earlier request by saying that, 'the classified nature of the NSA's activities makes us unable to investigate the alleged violations.'"