Sprint to pay $15.5M to settle case over wiretapping costs

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sprint Communications has agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the telephone carrier overcharged the U.S. government to collect and deliver information gathered under court-ordered wiretaps.

The settlement announced late Thursday revolves around a dispute about how Sprint Communications Inc. billed the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and several other federal agencies for its wiretapping expenses.

The government alleged that Sprint had included its financing costs and other items that didn't qualify for reimbursement under Federal Communications Commission regulations.

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[billhicks76]

1. They Are UnAmerican Scum For Selling Recordings Of Our Conversations

Boycott whoever wiretaps the most...send a free-market message.

[Downwinder]

2. $40 million worth of wiretapping, that's a lot of tapping.

Shouldn't the users be reimbursed for the sale of their material?With a third party paying line costs, the subscribers' costs should be reduced by a third.

The article fails to say which court ordered the taps. It must not have been FISA, NSA says they only collect meta data.