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AnotherMcIntosh

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1. Thank you Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, and OWS

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 01:22 PM

Dec 2011

But note,
(1) "Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice, said the Administration had no comment ...", and
(2) "The government is expected to seek to assert the state-secrets privilege again before or during trial."

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Telecom customers may sue government over wiretapping, court says [View all] kpete Dec 2011 OP

Thank you Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, and OWS AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2011 #1

Where's the..... DeSwiss Dec 2011 #6

For the answer to that, you'll have to ask Obama, Eric Holder, et al. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2011 #8

They don't want me asking them any questions. Seriously. DeSwiss Dec 2011 #16

Unfortunately the last paragraph of the article says it all OregonBlue Dec 2011 #2

I wonder how were these people specifically harmed? Uncle Joe Dec 2011 #3

I don't understand that part. EFerrari Dec 2011 #5

k/r Solly Mack Dec 2011 #4

K&R n/t DeSwiss Dec 2011 #7

But what about suing the telecom providers themselves since they aided in cstanleytech Dec 2011 #9

The court said they were retroactively immunized by Congress. JDPriestly Dec 2011 #13

We gotta keep on keepin' on. Vattel Dec 2011 #10

This is the right way to deal with it. Telecoms have deep pockets McCamy Taylor Dec 2011 #11

Read the article. The telecoms cannot be sued because Congress JDPriestly Dec 2011 #14

K & R pmorlan1 Dec 2011 #12

K&R. midnight Dec 2011 #15