Feds ask judge in Utah to dismiss Olympic surveillance case
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
The National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation want a Salt Lake City federal judge to throw out a lawsuit that claims widespread government surveillance of phone and email communications during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
In court documents filed last week, the NSA and FBI asked U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming it offers no proof the spying occurred or that it affected the specific plaintiffs in the case.
In addition, the motion from Department of Justice attorneys says the government is immune from prosecution unless it commits "willful and intentional" privacy violations — a high standard.
"You'll notice, they don't deny having engaged in this misconduct," said attorney and former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, who filed the lawsuit in August on behalf of six plaintiffs.
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