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Court Orders White House to Disclose Telecom Ties

rgiskard01 writes "Glenn Greenwald is reporting at Salon.com on a win for the EFF, in the battle for clarity regarding the telecom surveillance scandal. A federal judge ordered the Bush administration yesterday to accede to the EFF's Freedom of Information Act request. Assuming the White House follows the court order, they would have to make public their lobbying ties to the telecoms industry. 'These disclosures will reveal ... which members of Congress McConnell and other Bush officials privately lobbied. As an argument of last resort, the administration even proposed disclosing these documents on December 31 so that -- as EFF pointed out -- the information would be available only after Congress passed the new FISA bill. The court rejected every administration claim as to why it should not have to disclose these records.'" Greenwald goes on to argue that the order should be leveled against Senators as well, to get a sense of who else is in Ma Bell's pocket.

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  1. creators suggest corepirate nazis leave us alone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    as we know, that's not likely to happen right away.

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    we the peepoles?

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  2. Who orders who? by Besna · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The court and the WH are different entities. Two. I will write about "two".

    1. The self was the beginning. All things happen here, as long as they only involve one sentient.
    2. The self became two, and there was love. All things happen here, as long as they only involve two sentients.
    3. Time begins, a universe starts.
    4. An infinite amount of sentients go along their threads.
    a. They enter a universe.
    b. They go back to the time of the self. Time is not unlimited, though.
    c. They go back to the time of the two. Time is not unlimited, though.
    e. Back to a universe.

    Comments? Questions? Note the supreme importance of one and two. Are there any interactions between three or more that are interesting? In Quake, there's a lot of kill stealing.