FRANKNOTE

"City officials are investigating AT&T's alleged cooperation with the National Security Agency and considering possible 'consequences' the company could face in its extensive municipal contracts here if it is violating civil liberties, Mayor Gavin Newsom said Tuesday.

'If what I'm reading is true, I've got some serious problems as a San Franciscan, as a taxpayer and as mayor,' Newsom said in interview with The Associated Press. 'And I don't like it.'"