Wiretapping Lawsuit Against AT&T Dismissed

BalanceOfJudgement writes "A major victory by the federal government was won today when a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit against AT&T for providing phone records to the federal government. From the article: 'The court is persuaded that requiring AT&T to confirm or deny whether it has disclosed large quantities of telephone records to the federal government could give adversaries of this country valuable insight into the government's intelligence activities'" Not to be confused with the EFF case, this case was filed by the ACLU on behalf of author Studs Terkel and other activists who argued that their constitutional rights had been violated by the actions of AT&T and the NSA.

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Re:Hi, my name is Pat Riot

[megaditto]

Well, while the absolute majority of people have done nothing wrong, most do have 'something to hide'.

Would YOU like to have a video of your explosive diarrhea shown during Evening News, for example. Or applying sanitary pads? Or pictures of you scratching where it itches?

Or pictures of your kids sent to every pedo in the Land?

Or your SSN, credit cards, etc. posted online?

Re:Grrr

[Lord Kano]

The government's concerns were a part of the judge's decision. That would make the constitution applicable.

LK

Re:RIP America

[guruevi]

And why should that be so bad:

Guaranteed jobs, 12.50 min wage There are a bunch of people working at Wal-Mart for $6. Try paying $500 rent, $100 taxes and food from that not to mention transportation to get to work
30 hour work week paid as 40 hours (ie: give everyone an extra 125/min per week) Has been working in Europe for a long time, I don't have a problem with it, the workaholics can keep working longer.
Life long public education -- there goes Americas private colleges: Harvard, Yale, etc. And do you really think it is necessary for those elitist schools to exist? Everybody is equal and should have the same access to education
Shut down all nuclear plants Ok, maybe not do that, nuclear is currently our primary future resource unless heavily investing is done in alternative methods
Break up corporate agribusiness -- there goes several billion-dollar businesses That is a good thing, have more people working to do the same, earning good instead of a single group of 10 persons creaming off the top 75% of a billion-dollar business income.
Every 20 years a company's charter must be reviewed to see if the government agrees with it -- no abuse could happen there Yeah, abuse happens now too. Look at Sarbanes-Oxley, it's a unnecessary expensive mess
Break up every company with more than 10% market share Break up Microsoft would be a good thing. We don't like monopolies local (Wal-Mart) or global.
Every worker should be able to elect their managers -- I always wanted to slack off at work.. this is sure to help the American economy I have always been working close to managers. Some of them get the job because they or their family is good friends with some higher manager. Most higher managers don't do a whole lot anyway and some are completely redundant.
Break up the 500 largest businesses in America Same as the point before the last one. Big businesses are bad for economy as they tend toward monopolies
6 weeks vacation time for everyone + the 10 federal holidays People NEED breaks. It is a shame that in the USA you don't get paid or get laid off for taking even a paid holiday or not showing up on federal holidays.
1 year paid educational leave every 7 years -- we'll just fire everyone every 6 years.. how does that sound? How about you can't fire someone for that reason then. It is all over in Europe, they usually put it together with their work schedules and it is totally voluntary. Pay is also not 100% anymore
1 year parental leave for each child Mothers in Europe have the right to do this in most countries. Even fathers can take quite some time off. Or you want your kids raised by their babysitter/grandparents/daycare
End all free trade treaties, and withdrawl from WTO WTO is not doing anything good anyway (see MPAA involvement). Free trade should be free and not governed by some body representing the interest of the richest countries.

Military:
Cut spending by 75%, and eventually by 99% Do we really need that much military? As you know the current types of wars are not fought on the battlefield anymore (terrorism)
withdraw all international forces and close all bases outside the U.S.Why are we there anyway? We need to focus on our own problems. Not start new ones or fix someone elses. American's have fought their own revolts, thrown over governments by themselves, defended and fought foreign and internal wars, other nations are capable of it themselves. If Iraqi's don't like Saddam, let them kill him themselves.
disarm all chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons Because I'm sure you would like to be accidentaly bombed by one of these ABC weapons
get rid of all offensive forces -- because apparently we can defend ourselves with just the national guard, and the coast guard Again, what are we defending ourselves against on own soil?
Disband NATO Because the UN, NATO or any other organization will do

Re:RIP America

[dfjghsk]

WTF??? Someone removed the 'Karma-Bonus Modifier' from my post.. what's the point of having it if an admin can just come by and remove it if they disagree. Fucking Bullshit.