Wireless now liarless
by Suzanne
While AT&T Wireless is pimping the new iphone, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has permission to release previously sealed and redacted documents that describe a secret, secure room in AT&T's facilities that gave the National Security Agency (NSA) direct access to customers' e-mails and other Internet communications. EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn says that the evidence presented is critical in supporting EFF's claim that AT&T is cooperating with the NSA in "the illegal dragnet surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans."
EFF filed a class action lawsuit in 2006 accusing the telecom conglomerate of illegally helping the NSA to spy on millions of average Americans. A lower court allowed the case to go forward while the Government is asking the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals for a dismissal due to the possible exposure of state secrets. EFF's newly released brief explains why the case should go forward in respect to liberty and security. The official press release offers links to the various documents that are now fully available. Their release is a real victory in an age when our leadership does everything they can to avoid full disclosure via documents and electronic communications.
Posted on June 14, 2007
