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News Sites Fight to Keep Spying Hearing Open

Declan McCullagh writes on C|Net News:

News organizations are planning to oppose any request from AT&T on Wednesday to keep the public out of a hearing that could explore whether the company illegally cooperated with the National Security Agency.

CNET Networks (publisher of News.com), Wired News, and the California First Amendment Coalition are sending a letter to U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, saying the hearing should remain open because the "surveillance at the heart of the case presents issues of enormous public interest and importance."

posted by Fergie @ 5/17/2006 09:10:00 AM