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U.S. Government Seeks To Halt Telecom Spying Suits

Ryan Singel writes on 27B Stroke 6:

Attorneys targeting the nation's largest telecommunications for their alleged participation in the government's warrantless wiretapping program argued today that their cases should also be subject to a landmark ruling in a related case against AT&T, allowing the case to proceed despite the government's protest that it would expose national security secrets.

That July ruling by Northern California District court judge, currently awaiting an appeal hearing in the Ninth Circuit, found that since the Bush Administration admitted the wiretapping program exists, the case can't simply be thrown out.

posted by Fergie @ 2/10/2007 08:58:00 AM