In other words, break the law all you want, and cry 'national security' if you get caught. Fuck SBC.
Phone records lawsuit dismissed | Chicago Tribune
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against AT&T Inc. that accused the phone company of turning over customer records to the government without a court order, siding with Justice Department lawyers who invoked the “state secrets” privilege. The attorneys had argued this month that if the suit went ahead the government would be forced to confirm or deny the existence of such a relationship with AT&T, and that disclosure would compromise national security and potentially aid terrorists.U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly found that the government's invoking of the privilege leaves too little information for the plaintiffs, led by the American Civil Liberties Union and Chicago author Studs Terkel, to establish that they have suffered harm through data disclosures.
Tags: civil_liberties, /surveillance
