U.S. Government Intervenes in EFF vs. AT&T

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday May 13, 2006 @09:45AM from the stepping-into-the-fight dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Reuters is reporting that the US government has 'filed a motion on Saturday to intervene and seek dismissal of a lawsuit by a civil liberties group against AT&T Inc. over a federal program to monitor U.S. communications.' More from the article: " In its motion seeking intervention, posted on the court's Web site, the government said the interests of the parties in the lawsuit "may well be in the disclosure of state secrets" in their effort to present their claims or defenses ... A hearing is scheduled for June 21 before federal Judge Vaughn Walker." You may recall a few weeks ago when the DOJ asked the judge to dismiss the case. They've now taken the next step required to quash this legal action.

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Re:Entire case can be summarized in one expletive. by Manip · 2006-05-13 09:58 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Tag: Bullshit

Then people will be able to search all these rubbish that goes on day to day by one convenient tag.

I did see this coming... But frankly am unhappy about it none the less. The funny thing is that this wouldn't reveal anything we don't already know.. All it would do is confirm facts and everyone who knows anything about politics and law should be aware that confirmed facts are a dangerous weapon.