U.S. DoJ Asks Maine PUC to Halt Contempt Hearing for Verizon in NSA Spying Case - UPDATE
An AP newswire article by Francis X. Quinn, via Foster's Online (Dover, New Hampshire), reports that:
The Justice Department asked a judge Tuesday to bar the Maine Public Utilities Commission from proceeding with a contempt hearing for Verizon that stems from telephone customer complaints related to allegations about domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency.More here.
A multi-customer complaint filed with the Maine PUC last May effectively seeks to force Verizon to say whether it provided telephone call records to the government without a warrant.
The PUC has challenged the adequacy of Verizon responses to date and set a hearing for Friday.
In a federal court filing Tuesday, the Justice Department said PUC officials had been put on notice months ago that the federal government believes the information being sought about an alleged involvement of Verizon with the NSA ''cannot be disclosed.''
(Props, Pogo Was Right.)
UPDATE: 14:39 PST: Apparently, Verizon is asking the court to drop the suit, too.
posted by Fergie @ 2/07/2007 10:12:00 AM
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