larryhead
02-01-2006, 01:54 AM
Just adding more fuel to the already blazing inferno of bullshit that is our gov't.
Of course, nothing will actually be done about this once they start shouting "state secrets". :angry:
AT&T has been named a defendant in a class action lawsuit that claims the telecommunications company illegally cooperated with the National Security Agency's secret eavesdropping program.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in San Francisco's federal district court, charges that AT&T has opened its telecommunications facilities up to the NSA and continues to "to assist the government in its secret surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans."
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which filed the suit, says AT&T's alleged cooperation violates free speech and privacy rights found in the U.S. Constitution and also contravenes federal wiretapping law, which prohibits electronic surveillance "except as authorized by statute."
Full story:
http://news.com.com/AT38T+sued+over+NSA+spy+program/2100-1028_3-6033501.html?tag=nefd.top
Of course, nothing will actually be done about this once they start shouting "state secrets". :angry:
AT&T has been named a defendant in a class action lawsuit that claims the telecommunications company illegally cooperated with the National Security Agency's secret eavesdropping program.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in San Francisco's federal district court, charges that AT&T has opened its telecommunications facilities up to the NSA and continues to "to assist the government in its secret surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans."
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which filed the suit, says AT&T's alleged cooperation violates free speech and privacy rights found in the U.S. Constitution and also contravenes federal wiretapping law, which prohibits electronic surveillance "except as authorized by statute."
Full story:
http://news.com.com/AT38T+sued+over+NSA+spy+program/2100-1028_3-6033501.html?tag=nefd.top