Verizon denies data sharing with NSA after hefty lawsuit

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theo @ May 17th 2006 7:45AM

Did it really take the company almost a week to realize that it might be a good idea to deny a false allegation? Seems hard to believe.

Or did it take their their lawyers a week to craft a sentence which is true under some twisted interpretation, and sounds like a denial...but isn't?

Verizon says: "One of the most glaring and repeated falsehoods in the media reporting is the assertion that, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, Verizon was approached by NSA and entered into an arrangement to provide the NSA with data from its customers' domestic calls"

What does this sentence even mean? If Verizon was approached before 9/11, it's technically still a falsehood, even if they agreed to provide the NSA with data. etc., etc., ad nauseam with the weasel words.

And Paul, before you write that the USA Today article is in question, you might have noticed the following:

"Tuesday's denial did not apply to MCI, the long-distance carrier Verizon acquired in January."

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