article_snippet.sent: There was push back from some of the telephone companies at the time, but never to the point that any of some of the telephone companies challenged the subpoenas in court.
article_snippet.sent: some of the telephone companies may have also seen no point in challenging these subpoenas in a court when those companies that did show hesitation received a letter from the Justice Departmenturging some of the telephone companies to comply.' a letter from the Justice Department 'urging them to comply was an example of these notes sent to the phone companies, and given the fact that six years later there was still unease about turning over these records it would seem this was a constant battle throughout the years the program was active.
article_snippet.sent: a letter from the Justice Department 'urging them to comply provides another look at why going to court may have seemed pointless, as the Justice Department wrote that the program was 'legally appropriate' in the note, penned by then deputy assistant attorney general Mary Lee Warren.