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U.S. Government Argues Verizon Spy Suit Must Dismissed

Ryan Singel writes on Threat Level:

The government told a federal judge on Friday that he must dismiss another set of lawsuits against a telecom -- this time Verizon -- for allegedly illegally helping the government spy on Americans because the lawsuits involve secrets that could put the nation at risk.

The suit is one of five main anti-spying suits against telecoms now in front of a San Francisco judge, who last summer bucked similiar government arguments and allowed a case against AT&T's alleged spying to continue. The ruling in that case, known as Hepting vs. AT&T, is currently on appeal to the Ninth Circuit, and the government asked the judge to put a hold on the suits against the other telecoms until that appeal has been finished.

posted by Fergie @ 4/25/2007 03:04:00 PM