Too secret.

The Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. says it cannot investigate whether phone companies violated telecom privacy laws by providing information to the National Security Agency. The NSA NSA
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National Security Agency

Noun 1. NSA - the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign told the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. the topic is classified, so that's that.

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Title Annotation:	Federal Communications Commission denies investigations of phone companies' violations of telecom privacy laws
Author:	Taylor, Jeff A.
Publication:	Reason
Article Type:	Brief article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Aug 1, 2006
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