1.0 link 20832 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deanne-stillman/surveillance-closeout-why_b_20832.html I've wondered for months why the major phone carriers keep lowering their rates. Why did AT&T just mount a full-court press for new customers, offering what amounts to nearly free service? Hold your powder, econ trolls -- I get the market forces argument. But now comes news that Verizon, Pac Bell, and AT&T have been handing over customer files by the millions to the NSA. Are they being paid a bounty on the taxpayer's dime? Are there escalating fees for...

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