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EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and VP Cheney

Posted by timothy on from the aw-heck-why-not dept.

VisualE writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will file a lawsuit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and other government agencies today on behalf of AT&T customers to stop the illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications records. The five individual plaintiffs are also suing President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney's chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and other individuals who ordered or participated in the warrantless domestic surveillance."

11 of 267 comments (clear)

  1. Bush needs to hire by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ray Beckerman!

    *DUCKS* :)

  2. Almost Got It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was going to get the first post, but the extra surveillance on my connection slowed me down.

  3. NSA? by sanosuke001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    NSA Press Conference: We have decided to take over the EFF in hopes that their participation with our goals will aid in furthering the United States' interests in National Security. We have assessed their allegations and decided that they were unwarranted and unfounded. Thank you for all your cooperation and we appreciate all the help from the leaders of the EFF.

    EFF @ Gitmo: Fuck, I don't want a cock-meat sandwich...

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  4. It will be interesting by Weaselmancer · · Score: 3, Funny

    To see exactly how this administration completely blows this off.

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  5. woot! by TXG1112 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The NSA is EFF'd.

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  6. Black bag time... by glindsey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Friday:

    All Members of EFF Mysteriously Vanish

  7. Re:DONUT??? by geekoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, you trick me! You said Donut in the title.

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  8. Re:Big by Aphoxema · · Score: 4, Funny

    It'll be SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Check out this tag team battle of the century as the EFF and the ACLU take on the NSA and The Bush Administration in this BATTLE TO THE DEATHHHHHHHHH! EXTREME action! Blood, violence, lawyers TO THE MAX!

    ONLY ON PAY PER VIEW!

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  9. Re:Big by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 5, Funny

    "ONLY ON PAY PER VIEW!"

    Nah. I'll just wait until someone puts up the DivX torrent on Pirate Bay.

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  10. Re:Reintroduce what the ancient Greeks did. by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we did this, where could we banish Bush?

    Well, that's so astoundingly obvious I'm surprised you needed to ask the question.

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  11. Re:Big by darkvizier · · Score: 3, Funny

    Very presumptuous of you, you assume I'm a boy, you assume I don't leave the house, you assume the people I talk to haven't heard of the EFF, you assume the people I talk to either do not know what open source is or the knowledge is prerequisite to knowing the EFF exists and what they do, and worst of all, you assumed I don't already have a tan!

    There's an "insensitive clod" lurking somewhere in there!