Action Alert! Tell WUTC to investigate NSA Spying

If Washington (DC) won't protect our Rights, perhaps Washington (Our State) will. It's not quite investigating the NSA, but it would be an investigation of whether Washington State telecom's have been violating our privacy rights by turning over records to the fed's. The ACLU of WA has a webpage set up to send an email to the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission urging them to investigate.
Please - ACT NOW - the WUTC has an open meeting today (Wed. 5/31/06)

Published: Wednesday, May 31, 2006

NSA call requests may get a review

By Eric Fetters
Herald Writer

State telecommunications regulators will talk today about opening an investigation into whether Verizon and other companies illegally disclosed phone records or other customer information to the National Security Agency.

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission is meeting in Olympia this morning to discuss the American Civil Liberties Union's request to consider the issue...

...In a May 23 letter to the utilities commission, the ACLU's statewide director said the commission should examine the actions of all companies providing telecommunications services within Washington.

"The seriousness of the allegations, the inconsistency of the telecommunications company statements and the varied reports all underscore the need for an independent review by the Utilities and Transportation Commission to uncover the truth," wrote the ACLU's Kathleen Taylor.

Representatives with the ACLU, Verizon and AT&T are expected to be at today's hearing, along with the Attorney General Office's Public Counsel Section, which advocates for consumers.

Reporter Eric Fetters: 425-339-3453 or fetters@heraldnet.com.

Give your comment Anyone who would like to register an opinion on whether the state should investigate alleged sharing of consumer telephone records with federal officials can comment on the Washington Utilities and Transportation CommissionÂ’s Web site at www.wutc.wa.gov/comment. Comments also can be sent by mail to the WUTC at P.O. Box 47250, Olympia, WA 98504.

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