The FCC has stuck its head in the sand over the NSA wiretapping.
The Federal Communications Commission, tasked with regulating communications companies and investigating violations of relevant laws, has declined to look into the allegations that three large telcos cooperated with the National Security Agency to wiretap domestic phone calls and Internet communications.
In a letter to Rep. Edward J. Markey dated Monday, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission stated that any investigation of the National Security Agency’s alleged domestic wiretapping program would have to be able to force the military agency to produce classified documents–a power the chairman believes the FCC does not have. The refusal did not play well with Rep. Markey, a ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Interesting read.
[tags]FCC, NSA, Wiretap, Edward J. Markey[/tags]