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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."

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  1. Re:All raise their had for turning this into a ... by I'm+not+really+here · · Score: 1, Troll

    Of course I was harmed by this: Emotional distress. Paranoia. I don't feel safe to talk on the phone. I'm afraid to buy any scientific or pyrotechnics books because I'll be sent to Gitmo without any trial... I can think of a number of things that can bring this situation to the point where it is clearly a serious detriment to my health and well being to have the government spying on all of my communications. (Not that I actually currently feel that way, but they are all legitimate reasons to sue.)

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  2. Re:"News for Nerds" vs "Editorial for Nerds" by Hyppy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, so you think that someone has to wait until they're detained in Gitmo under false pretenses before they can get a lawyer and sue? We've seen how well that works out, haven't we?