AT&T: Spying Too Secret for Court

March 13th, 2007

Via: Wired:

AT&T told an appeals court in a written brief Monday that the case against it for allegedly helping the government spy on its customers should be thrown out, because it cannot defend itself — even by showing a signed order from the government — without endangering national security.

A government brief filed simultaneously backed AT&T’s claims and said a lower court judge had exceeded his authority by not dismissing the suit outright.

Because plaintiffs’ entire action rests upon alleged secret espionage activities, including an alleged secret espionage relationship between AT&T and the Government concerning the alleged activities, this suit must be dismissed now as a matter of law,” the government argued in its brief.

2 Responses to “AT&T: Spying Too Secret for Court”

  1. tmb says:

    Yes . . . trust us we’re “the government” . . . uh, and who might that be? The Bush Crime Family (BCF) . . . what a farce . . .

  2. Mark Felt says:

    Spying, and surveilence procedures are great, That is untill one of two things occur.
    1. counter techniques, or magical illustions.
    2. Most obvious, when it happens to you.
    * Ask a female Judge who approved so many so easily, how she felt when it happened to hear, in
    the privacy of her home. People deserve privacy in the home that is a right of living in a free
    country. I love the F.B.I. But my God when they
    start diverting from the policies they full well know are not, or should not be authorized or implemented, in that of the ways and variations of the P.A. or NetStar monitoring and surveillence capabilities. watch out. !!!

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