The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a related suit against AT&T on January 31, 2006, alleging that the firm had given NSA access to its database, a charge reiterated in the USA Today article. Verizon and BellSouth have both claimed they were never contacted by the NSA, nor did they provide any information to the agency,Drinkard, Jim. " though US codes of lawTITLE 15, CHAPTER 2B, § 78m (b)(3)(A) permit companies to lie about their activities when the President believes that telling the truth would compromise national security.
