New York Comptroller questions AT&T surveillance report plan


BOSTON: A plan by AT&T Inc to explain how it shares some customer information with government agencies may not be enough to restore public trust, an attorney for New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli told securities regulators in a letter provided to Reuters on Wednesday.

The attorney's letter dated January 6 keeps alive a surveillance debate the telecommunications giant had aimed to settle in December - part of a growing national discussion of privacy rights fueled by the revelations of former government security contractor Edward Snowden.

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