EFF: EFF's Spying Case Moves Forward... (AT&T/NSA)

[Eugene]

July 20, 2006
EFF's Spying Case Moves Forward - Judge Denies Government's Motion to Dismiss AT&T Case

San Francisco - A federal judge today denied the government's motion to dismiss the Electronic
Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) case against AT&T for collaborating with the NSA in illegal spying
of millions of ordinary Americans. This allows the case to go forward in the courts.

EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston, EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn, and Robert Fram of Heller Ehrman
LLP will analyze the ruling and answer questions in a conference call at 1:30pm.

EFF filed the class-action suit against AT&T in January, alleging that the telecommunications
company has given the National Security Agency (NSA) secret, direct access to the phone calls and
emails going over its network and has been handing over communications logs detailing the activities
of millions of ordinary Americans.

For the judge's decision:
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/308_order_on_mtns_to_dismiss.pdf

For more on the AT&T lawsuit:
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att

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http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_07.php#004832