BellSouth demands retraction
NetworkWorld.com, 05/19/06
BellSouth is demanding that USA Today retract a story claiming it and two other carriers were under contract to the National Security Agency to surrender call records for a domestic anti-terrorism surveillance program.
BellSouth claims the story's assertion that it was under contract to provide massive call record data to the NSA is untrue. BellSouth sent a letter to the president and publisher of USA Today, and the general counsel of Gannett Co., USA Today's parent, insisting on a retraction.
"We have no contract with the NSA, never had a contract with the NSA, and have never provided the NSA with any information, ever," BellSouth spokesman Jeff Battcher said.
USA Today said it received the BellSouth letter and is reviewing it. The paper said it will respond.
-- Jim Duffy
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