Illinois: ACLU Sues AT&T Over Phone Records
Michael Higgins writes in The Chicago Tribune:
The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed suit against AT&T today alleging the company invaded the privacy of its customers in the state by providing phone records to the federal government without a court order.More here.
Several prominent local residents, including author Studs Terkel, agreed to serve as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which targets controversial domestic surveillance practices. The ACLU seeks no money damages, only a court order to block AT&T from providing phone records to the National Security Agency without a judge's approval.
"When government uses the telephone companies to create massive databases of all our phone calls, it has gone too far," Terkel said in a prepared statement provided by the ACLU.
posted by Fergie @ 5/22/2006 12:37:00 PM
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