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Foj
Citizen
Username: Foger
Post Number: 1336
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 - 8:29 pm: | 
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By BETH DeFALCO, Associated Press Writer
TRENTON, N.J. - Two New Jersey public interest lawyers sued Verizon Communications Inc. for $5 billion Friday, claiming the phone carrier violated privacy laws by turning over phone records to the National Security Agency for a secret government surveillance program.
Attorneys Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer filed the lawsuit Friday afternoon in federal district court in Manhattan, where Verizon is headquartered.
The lawsuit asks the court to stop Verizon from turning over any more records to the NSA without a warrant or consent of the subscriber.
"This is the largest and most vast intrusion of civil liberties we've ever seen in the United States," Afran said of the NSA program.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060512/ap_on_bi_ge/nsa_records_verizon
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Hoops
Citizen
Username: Hoops
Post Number: 1338
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 - 11:20 pm: |
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nice.
And I hope there is a huge award that cripples the will of these corporations to skirt the law. |
Dave
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 9407
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 - 11:31 pm: |
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Big mistake. They should have asked for $100 billion. They need to speak with Dr. Evil. |
Hoops
Citizen
Username: Hoops
Post Number: 1340
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 - 11:37 pm: |
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Dr. Evil is the one who bugged our phones in the first place.
but I love your thinking Dave |
Foj
Citizen
Username: Foger
Post Number: 1340
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 3:11 am: |
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Dave- yes, 100 billion was the number I thought of too. |
Nancy - LibraryLady
Supporter
Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3447
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 8:17 am: |
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Question? Did they turn over or did they SELL the information? I'm reading two different accounts. (Not that it matters cause either way it's repulsive but to make a profit on it>>>>>>) |
Foj
Citizen
Username: Foger
Post Number: 1344
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 4:09 pm: |
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The 3 telecoms turned over caller logs to the NSA. And that is the tip of the iceberg according to Russel Tice, who will testify @ the Senate Intell Hearings next week.
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