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Verizon Gave Up Hundreds of Phone Records

Federal investigators requested, received data without warrants

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 16, 2007 10:47 AM CDT

(Newser) – Verizon gave consumer phone records to the feds without court orders more than 700 times in the past 2 years, the telecom giant has told House investigators. In response to emergency requests, the company also passed along IP addresses, shedding light on the scope of... Read full story »

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