• Charles and Mary Anne Strange, from Philadelphia, said they heard strange tapping on the line in the months after son Michael’s death
• Mr Strange said: ‘When I started asking questions, that’s when my phone got tapped’

By Daily Mail Reporter

A couple whose Navy SEAL son was killed in Afghanistan have joined a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. government over the National Security Agency’s collection of Verizon phone records.

Charles and Mary Anne Strange joined the suit, which seeks billions in damages, after it was filed in federal court in D.C. on Sunday, accusing Obama’s administration of breaching the privacy of millions of Americans.

The couple, from Philadelphia, lost their 25-year-old son Michael in a helicopter crash on August 6, 2011 while he served in Afghanistan.

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Mr Strange told CBS: ‘Somebody has to be held accountable for my son’s death. Thirty brave Americans, the biggest loss in the Afghan war.

‘And that’s when I started asking questions, that’s when my phone got tapped.’

The grieving father, from Torresdale, said he heard strange tapping noises during calls and received text messages from unknown numbers in the months after his son died. 

Mr Strange believes that he was among the millions of Verizon customers being monitored by the NSA because he has been highly critical of the Obama administration. 

The couple believe that their son’s helicopter could have been shot down by insurgents in retaliation for the killing of Osama Bin Laden three months earlier, ABC reported.

Mr Strange claims that when he reported the odd tapping to Verizon and the messages, an employee told him that someone was listening in the U.S. and Afghanistan.

The couple are outraged at being monitored by the government, having done nothing wrong.

The Stranges were part of group of families who previously filed a lawsuit against the government over the helicopter crash where 38 died including members of their son’s SEAL Team and other U.S. and Afghan troops. 

The families of the deceased servicemen have claimed there was a cover-up and questioned the official report, according to CNN.

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