Verizon Also Denies NSA Spying Role

Following a denial by BellSouth, Verizon on Tuesday said it had no involvement in providing call records of millions of Americans to the National Security Agency. The denials came a week after a USA Today report claimed both companies, along with AT&T, were working with the NSA.

Verizon said it could neither confirm nor deny whether it has a relationship with NSA, only commenting on the specific claim of providing records. "Verizon was not asked by NSA to provide, nor did Verizon provide, customer phone records from any of these businesses, or any call data from those records. None of these companies -- wireless or wireline -- provided customer records or call data," the company said.