Re: Update #2 - Re: Google Bobbles NSA wiretap searches

responder wrote:

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Hello Group. I will post some links that seem related, along with a line
or two about the nature, source or significance of each source.

eff.org, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit vs. AT&T in
January, for illegally handing over its customers' telephone and Internet
records and communications to the National Security Agency. Current links
re: the legal process, from EFF, are here:

http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_05.php#004662

Some excerpts:

May 15, 2006
Government Files Secret Motion to Dismiss AT&T Surveillance Case

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"The government is trying to lock out any judicial inquiry into AT&T and
the NSA's illegal spying operation," said EFF Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl.
"It is illegal for major telecommunications companies to simply hand over
private customer information to the government. They should not be allowed
to hide their illegal activity behind government assertions of 'state
secrets' to prevent the judiciary from stepping in to expose and punish
the illegal behavior. If the government's motion is granted, it will have
undermined the freedoms our country has fought so hard to protect."

[...]

"The press has already widely reported on the illegal domestic
surveillance that is the basis for our case. Allowing a court to determine
whether AT&T broke the law would in no way harm national security. Indeed,
our case is meant to protect Americans -- by requiring that the AT&T
follow the law and protect its customers from unchecked spying into their
personal communications," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston.

On Wednesday, May 17, at 10 a.m., a U.S. District Court judge in San
Francisco will hear oral arguments about the unsealing of critical
documents in the lawsuit. The sealed evidence at issue includes a
declaration by Mark Klein, a retired AT&T telecommunications technician,
and several internal AT&T documents that support EFF's allegations. AT&T
wants the documents returned and argues that they should not be used as
evidence in the case. For more information about attending the hearing,
please email press@xxxxxxxx
.

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