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What phone-record information did Edward Snowden reveal that Verizon had been required to provide to the government?
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USA PATRIOT Act
Pres. George W. Bush signing the USA PATRIOT Act in the East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., October 26, 2001.
In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked a court order revealing that the telecommunications company Verizon had been compelled by the government to provide metadata for millions of its subscribers.1
This information included details such as the phone numbers dialed and the duration of the calls, but it did not include the actual content of the conversations.21