NEW: Senator Wyden just exposed which companies keep silent about government surveillance.

No = doesn't respect Americans' privacy rights.

Choose accordingly.

But Wyden didn't stop there.

He highlighted troubling evidence that when government-ordered surveillance of Senators took place, companies failed to notify Senators.

This is a bad, scary look for these companies. And it drives home the fact that Americans are often running blind when it comes to potential surveillance overreach.

Sources:

Wyden Letter to colleagues: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_dear_colleague_on_senate_cyber_and_surveillance_surveillancepdf.pdf

Wyden press release: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-reveals-which-phone-companies-protect-privacy-by-telling-customers-about-government-surveillance

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um...boo hoo Wyden. I wonder where he stood regarding Snowden? Did he vote to make illegal surveillance into legal surveillance retroactively to save the government's ass?

I wonder how Wyden's "petard" feels today.

The asterisk is important.