Qwest, the telephone company, apparently rejected a request from the Administration to hand over phone records because it concluded that the request was illegal. The New York Times reports the story here: Company Explains Rejection of N.S.A. Requests Is it just me or does this just add to the confusion? Why can one out of […]

The wiretapping of domestic phone calls by the NSA attracted more attention in the last couple of days because USA Today published a story suggesting that the NSA has established a goal of building a database of all calls made within the US. That would be a scandalous violation of what rights may remain to […]