(Reuters) -- The head of the Federal Communications Commission declined to investigate reports that phone companies turned over customer records to the National Security Agency, citing national security concerns, according to documents released on Friday.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin turned down a congressional request for an investigation because a top intelligence official concluded it would "pose an unnecessary risk of damage to the national security," according to a letter National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell sent to Martin on Tuesday.
Intelligence officials "support your determination not to initiate an investigation," McConnell wrote to Martin.
At issue are reports last year that some big telephone companies allowed the U.S. government access to millions of telephone records for an antiterrorism program.
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