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EFF's Spying Case Moves Forward - Judge Denies Government's Motion to Dismiss AT&T Case
Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 20, 2006 Contact: Rebecca Jeschke Media Coordinator Electronic Frontier Foundation press@eff.org +1 415 436-9333 x125 John J. Buchanan Director of Communications Heller Ehrman LLP john.buchanan@hellerehrman.com +1 415-772-6715 EFF's Spying Case Moves Forward - Judge Denies Government's Motion to Dismiss AT&T Case Conference Call for Reporters at 1:30pm: 1-866-295-5950, code 3527213# San Francisco - A federal judge today denied the government's motion to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) case against AT&T for collaborating with the NSA in illegal spying of millions of ordinary Americans. This allows the case to go forward in the courts. EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston, EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn, and Robert Fram of Heller Ehrman LLP will analyze the ruling and answer questions in a conference call at 1:30pm. EFF filed the class-action suit against AT&T in January, alleging that the telecommunications company has given the National Security Agency (NSA) secret, direct access to the phone calls and emails going over its network and has been handing over communications logs detailing the activities of millions of ordinary Americans. WHAT: Teleconference about AT&T surveillance ruling WHO: EFF attorneys Kevin Bankson and Cindy Cohn, Robert Fram of Heller Ehrman LLP WHEN: 1:30pm NUMBER: 1-866-295-5950, code 3527213# For the judge's decision: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/308_order_on_mtns_to_d... For more on the AT&T lawsuit: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/ For this release: http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_07.php#004832 About EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to support free expression and privacy online. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the most linked-to websites in the world at http://www.eff.org/ -end- _______________________________________________ presslist mailing list https://falcon.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/presslist (Log in to post comments)
EFF's Spying Case Moves Forward - Judge Denies Government's Motion to Dismiss AT&T Case Posted Jul 27, 2006 1:47 UTC (Thu) by freemars (subscriber, #4235) [Link] Read the judge's ruling. It cites a depressing number of other cases where it was ruled the government could do just about anything it pleased. I expect this was to show all these adverse cases were considered and rejected. Still, it seems sooner or later a superior court will step in and say the government doesn't have to, you know, technically, follow the law. You could say it's a sort of judicial activism.
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