EFF Sues over Domestic Spying Program
Roy Mark - 2008-09-19 -
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With telco immunity approved by Congress, Electronic Frontier Foundation opens a second front in its long-running battle with the National Security Agency over the White House's warrantless domestic spying program. The new lawsuit targets the NSA and other government agencies in addition to the individuals responsible for creating, authorizing and implementing the program, including President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
With Congress granting what amounts to retroactive immunity for telephone companies that participated in the White House's warrantless domestic spying program, the Electronic Frontier Foundation turned to the courts Sept. 18 to stop the continuing surveillance of Americans' e-mails and telephone calls.
The EFF has already sued AT&T in a 2006 class action lawsuit to stop the telecommunications giant's participation in the surveillance program. The new legal action targets the NSA (National Security Agency) and other government agencies in addition to the individuals responsible for creating, authorizing and implementing the spying program, including President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Other individuals named in the lawsuit include former Attorney General and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and Cheney's chief of staff David Addington. ......................