This diary will be breif, I have limited info.
An associate at my current job used to work for Verizon Corporate. She confirmed for me that Verizon has been tapping US domestic calls for years for the NSA. She advised that they have special rooms in their offices setup just to monitor so called "chatter" to detect code words for possible investigations by what I call the "letter boys" FBI, NSA, CIA, ATF etc.
She said the practice has been going on since before 911 and that she has always known that American calls of all types are monitored for potential crimes and threats.
We need more whistleblowers to out these types of practices.
Sorry I don't have anymore info yet, she just told me this the other day. Just thought I'd share so people will understand that spying on American citizens is no new phenomenon, it is just sooooooo wrong.