Apple, Facebook, Civil Liberties Groups Demand More NSA Transparency

A wide coalition of major tech companies — including giants like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple and Microsoft — along with advocy groups and trade associations — has sent a letter to President Obama demanding more transparency from the United States government about the scope of the NSA surveillance of Internet and telephone communications

The letter, published on Thursday, asks the U.S. government to allow tech, phone and web-based companies to be more transparent and publish national security-related requests. These would include requests based on the laws that allow the NSA to collect a vast amount of phone and Internet records. Additionally, the letter demands the U.S. government publish a "transparency report" on its surveillance practices