EFF Sues AT&T Over Phone Surveillance |
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Matthew Fordahl (ap@telecom-digest.org) Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:57:01 -0600
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By MATTHEW FORDAHL, AP Technology Writer
A civil liberties group sued AT&T Inc. on Tuesday for its alleged role
The class-action lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San
The EFF claims the San Antonio-based telecommunications company not
"Our main goal is to stop this invasion of privacy, prevent it from
President Bush has acknowledged authorizing the super-secret NSA to
The White House has vigorously defended the program, saying the
Democrats and civil libertarians disagree with the program's
In its lawsuit, the EFF claims AT&T violated U.S. law and the privacy
"We are quite confident that discovery would reveal evidence proving
Michael Balmoris, an AT&T spokesman, said the company does not comment
The NSA also did not immediately return a phone message seeking
The EFF lawsuit will not just be fought by AT&T but also the
"I think we are going to definitely have a fight on state-secret
The lawsuit names both AT&T Inc. and its predecessor, AT&T Corp. Last
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