EFF Sues AT&T Over NSA Wiretapping

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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I think it's more of the

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"if you're doing nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about" mentality. I have heard this come out some relatively educated people's (college) mouths. Unfortunately, a lot of people have complete trust in the Government (US Citizens) and they don't remember the abuses of Gov. power in the past: McCarthy (sp?), Hoover and the FBI, Nixon, etc... Nor do they remember abuses of Government power by other Governments.

It's kind of sad. I once had a Biz Law class and when the prof (JD) asked the class if the folks who are arrested for "terrorism" deserve due process, the only people who raised their hands were the Naturalized citizens and me - born 'N raised AMerican - Fuck Yeah! The prof asked the few who raised their hands what their background was - that's how we knew they were naturalized. Sad.