Verizon and AT&T Join the 'Transparency Report' Club 37
wiredmikey writes "Telecommunications giants Verizon and AT&T both announced (separately) this week that they would join a growing list of tech and telecom sector companies in publishing a 'transparency report' about demands for information from law enforcement agencies. Verizon said the first report would come in early 2014, with updates being published semi-annually. AT&T said it would also release a semiannual report starting in early 2014 with information 'to the extent permitted by laws and regulations.' The transparency reports will include things such as the total number of law enforcement agency requests in criminal cases, subpoenas, court orders and warrants. However, telecom and tech firms are still barred from releasing data on national security requests from the FBI and U.S. intelligence services."
Re: "still barred from releasing data on national (Score:4, Informative)
Yup. National Security Letters bar everyone involved from even acknowledging they exist. An order issued by a secret court, without any representation for the accused, that restrain free speech. Nothing unconstitutional about that.
What about Room 641A? (Score:5, Informative)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A [wikipedia.org]