EFF Sues AT&T Over NSA Wiretapping

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EFF Sues AT&T Over NSA Wiretapping

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday January 31, 2006 @11:04AM from the getting-caught-in-the-wrong-bed dept.

Omega1045 writes "Cory Doctorow over at BoingBoing is reporting that the Electronic Frontier Foundation has just filed a lawsuit against AT&T for helping the National Security Agency execute illegal warrant-less wiretaps against American citizens. From the article: 'The lawsuits alleges that AT&T Corp. has opened its key telecommunications facilities and databases to direct access by the NSA and/or other government agencies, thereby disclosing to the government the contents of its customers' communications as well as detailed communications records about millions of its customers, including the lawsuit's class members.'"

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TLA truck overturns on the turnpike by Thud457 · 2006-01-31 11:05 · Score: 5, Funny

thousands confused...

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1. Re:TLA truck overturns on the turnpike by tomhudson · 2006-01-31 11:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  How is this off topic? They couldn't have worked more alphabet-soup acronyms into the headline if they tried?
  Well, maybe they could. Let's try rewriting the story:
  YRO: EFF vs ATT re NSA FUBAR
  CD of BB SEZ EFF vs AT&T re: NSA USC H4X0R FTA: "SNAFU: ATT let NSA, other GAs p0wn NOCs, POTS, & DBs"
  
  19 acronyms, 5 abbreviations, etc.
  Well, its certainly Acronym 2.0 compliant.
Yes! by s0rbix · 2006-01-31 11:07 · Score: 5, Funny

EFF is my BFF.
1. Re:Yes! by micahfk · 2006-01-31 13:37 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  the EFFect of this will bring it to everyone's ATTention.
2. Re:Yes! by Eccles · 2006-01-31 15:16 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yeah, right.
  
  "But Osama, Osama, you said they had to go to FISA before they could wiretap our conversations! Now they're doing it without a warrant!"
  
  "What can I say, how can I get a lawyer when we won't deal with Jews?"
  
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What'd they say? by ackthpt · 2006-01-31 11:12 · Score: 5, Funny

"What'd they say?"
"Said they're gonna sue AT&T."
"Why?"
"Dunno, probably because AT&T let's us wiretap illegally."
"What're they saying now?"
"Something about their line is probably even now being bugged."
"Harsh!"

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TLAs... by The+Good+Reverend · 2006-01-31 11:12 · Score: 4, Funny

EFF Sues AT&T Over NSA Wiretapping

OMG!
Re:Not illegal. by ackthpt · 2006-01-31 11:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Who says it was US Citizens ? I've not seen that anywhere. The president was granted this power by congress and congress knew all along about it. Nothing to see here, move along.
Aren't you supposed to be preparing for your speech tonight?

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If AT&T is innocent, they have nothing to hide by bigtrike · 2006-01-31 11:29 · Score: 5, Funny

Just like a citizen who is not guilty of any crimes should welcome the friendly government agent asking for his papers, if AT&T is innocent they should welcome this. If they have not been breaking laws by complying with the NSA, then they have nothing to fear. Should AT&T attempt to fight this, it must be because they are definitely guilty of violating laws.
Re:Excuse me? by waynemcdougall · 2006-01-31 11:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Do nothing. Roll over. Keep quiet. Don't stick your neck out. Hunker down. Give up. Deal with it. Surrender. Comply.
Is that what you'd recommend in the face of arrogance and tyranny?

Uh, no, I'd recommend:
click...I, for one, welcome our warrantless, wire-tapping overlords...hello, hello, is this thing on, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I SAID I can be useful in rounding up fellow slashdotters to slave in your undeground Echelon data store....click

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Re:LOL! by Traa · 2006-01-31 13:44 · Score: 4, Funny

NSA==GWB
NSA>EFF
:-(
FU AT&T
Are you talking smack about US intelligence? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-31 15:14 · Score: 5, Funny

including the terrorists who were being tapped that have since found other means of communication
Like what, sport? Smoke signals? Wooo, the terrorists KNOW that US Signals Intelligence is trying to listen in on their phone calls/email/faxes and any other form of electronic communications they can get their 40 foot dishes on! Oh Noes!!1!ONE1!ELEVENTY1!
Do the words "No shit Sherlock" hold any meaning for you? Any terrorist that didn't already know this was already killed or captured long before 9/11 or any other major event. It's just common sense. Terrorist darwinism. If you are too f'in stupid to stego-encrypt your plans to blow up the White House in an apparent P3N15 enlargement spam, you were a dead terrorist already. The ones that aren't dead are the ones that know better. Either that, or you're saying the good men and women of our nation's intelligence agencies are incredibly stupid, endangering American lives with negligent job performance, and deserve to be fired.
Wait a minute... that's exactly what you're saying... That's it isn't asshole? You're talking shit about our CIA/DIA/FBI/KGB/SIGINT/STASI/NSA/NRO/DHS, aren't you, you mother fucking unpatriotic piece of horse shit!!! You're saying there are terrorist sending plain text email that haven't been captured! You mother fucker... Call in the jack boots and kick itsdave's ass. You're with us or against us you unpatriotic towel head son of a bitch. What's it gonna be 'dave' or should I say Akmed?!?!
... there, now you know how stupid you sound to the rest of the free world.