The issue focused on an Obama administration effort to tap a single technology company for about a quarter of its international telecommunications operations, sources said. It also centered on the process and procedure for getting companies involved in what are generally viewed as national security programs. Companies can argue that giving the government so much control over the internet is dangerous and creates a self-perpetuating internet surveillance system, they said.


After there was debate and just a few hours of debate and no vote in the full committee, Chairman Sen