AT&T Accused of Giving  Your AT&T Internet Information To National Security Agency Without Warrant, Violating The 4th Amendment Rights of Millions.

UPDATE: April 1, 2010
'Court Rejects Government's Executive Power Claims and Rules That Warrantless Wiretapping Violated Law'  The court has again ruled that warrantless spying violates citizens.

June 12, 2007: Secret Surveillance Evidence Unsealed in AT&T Spying Case
UPDATE: Electronic Frontier Foundation Sues Again - September 18, 2008
UPDATE: EFF Wins Release of Telecom Lobbying Records  Sept. 24, 2009
UPDATE: Judge Tosses Telecom Spy Suits - June 3, 2009
 
Original article here was when suit began.

AT&T is being sued in a class action lawsuit charging they illegally cooperated with the National Security
Agency secret spy program essentially eavesdropping illegally on all information over the internet of "millions of ordinary Americans".
      The  suit was filed by  the Electronic Frontier Foundation stating AT&T's cooperation  violates the right to free speech and privacy in  the  U.S. Constitution  and also violates  federal  wiretapping  law which prohibits electronic surveillance except as prescribed by law.
       According  to Kevin Bankston, EFF  staff attorney, it's possible the Bush Administration will intervene for AT&T in the case and expects a definite "fight with the government and AT&T".  (1.)

       As  most of us  who  have stayed  up  on  the  Bush-Cheney Regime  already know,  Bush likes Emergency War Powers Act type of  power and invoking the "state secrets" doctrine,  so  it would come  as little surprise if Bush  invokes  some of these  classified top secret laws to help  a corporation  wriggle out  of  this mess.  AT&T, apparently  afraid  of non-compliance with a veritable  dictatorship,  has certainly gotten its  fat butt into  a fine mess this time which is certain to cost AT&T  stockholders  millions,  if not billions of dollars  in lawyers fees and court costs and possibly even in  big settlements.  If you have unwisely invested in such a company who violates the rights of American Citizens in order to make a profit I'd say the  message is clear: GET OUT NOW and SELL THAT  AT&T  STOCK NOW !!!!!   DON'T INVEST  IN  COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS WHICH DEPEND ON VIOLATING THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS TO MAKE A  PROFIT.  DON'T INVEST IN COMPANIES THAT ARE AFRAID OF BIG BULLY GOVERNMENT.

      Naturally the Bush Regime Department of Justice only consented to Electronic Frontier Foundation's filing the lawsuit documents under seal, which  is  an established  method which  prevents  public  access and allows only  the  judge  and litigants  to  see  the evidence.  While  this may  be considered  an established practice you must admit  this  practice  is similar to the same modus operandi of the  legal  quagmire  in  the  Sibel Edmonds case where  the rich  republican  lawyers  get to  "fix it  up behind closed doors" thus protecting the criminals in U.S.  Government  at  the  highest levels.   See  this  article,  "Bush  May Face Impeachment Hearings",  by Joe Martin,  Tues.,  Jan. 24th,  2006, from pages at "www.informamerica.net/".  The  rich certainly have their cozy clubs  and  alliances  to keep  themselves,  their CEO's,  and  lacky's  and  corporations  from  falling through the cracks, and they use your tax payer dollars, of course,  to pay for their lawyers when honest citizens and groups stand up against their tyranny.  
        Assisting  in this  suit  by the  EFF,  filed  recently,  which  represents, basically, all the AT&T customers of America,  are  the  law  firms  of  Traber & Voorhees,  Lerach,  Coughlin,  Stoia,  Geller, Rudman & Robbins LLP, and the Law Office of Richard R. Wiebe.  (2)

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FOOTNOTES:

( 1.)        C/netNews.com

( 2.)        LinuxElectrons.com, and rense.com

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