(June 8, 2013 at 4:15 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Given Verizon's willingness to turn over call metadata, it would not be without precedent.Metadata is still quite limited. That doesn't make the fact they gave it over any better, but still, it's far from what the PRISM program is claiming, which is effectively that the NSA have direct access to the infrastructure of these companies.
In fact, I'd say that the fact Verizon aren't (to our knowledge) giving over raw phone data, the PRISM program probably isn't as vast or as in depth as claimed.