Marshall on Telcos’ Non-Denial Denials
Interesting scuttlebutt lately regarding whether telephone companies have or haven’t been handing over customer calling data en masse to the government. I like Joshua Marshall’s take: TPM reader DV has an interesting and good point…
For all the shilly-shallying, Verizon does appear to come right out and deny they gave any customer records to the NSA.
So what gives?
I think I’ve got the answer: they’re lying.
No, I don’t have any inside information to confirm that claim. But common sense is a marvelous thing.
Isn’t it though?
More of Marshall’s thoughts are available in his earlier posting, A number of TPM readers…
One of the strongest arguments in favor of this interpretation, at least for me, is the coy language the Bush administration has been using. At this point, how gullible would we have to be to give them the benefit of the doubt on a matter like this?
A: More gullible than I am.
