Court Deals AT&T a Setback ( on whisleblower case YEAH)

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge Wednesday shot down telecom giant AT&T's efforts to recover and suppress internal documents that a former AT&T technician says demonstrate the company's collusion in illegal government surveillance.

The documents, portions of which were published Wednesday by Wired News, are Exhibit A in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's class-action lawsuit against AT&T. The EFF alleges that the company illegally turned over vast troves of phone-record data to the National Security Agency, and has wired its internet backbone to secret NSA surveillance equipment.

Last week the government formally asked U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker to throw out the case for alleged national security reasons, a motion now scheduled to be heard June 23.

In the standing-room-only hearing Wednesday, the judge rejected the EFF's request that the documents provided to the organization by former company technician Mark Klein be unsealed in court records, and ordered EFF not to share the papers with anyone.>>>>snip

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70916-0.html?tw=rss.technology


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but even an issue that might not seem to effect you directly can have a big impact. If you can't afford to donate at least drop them a note of support. EFF is up against some people who have a lot of money and the government is assisting them against our interest. Thank you one and all.