Domestic spying lawsuit targets Bush, Cheney, NSA

[kpete]

Domestic spying lawsuit targets Bush, Cheney, NSA
Nick Juliano
Published: Thursday September 18, 2008

Privacy advocates are trying to shut down the US government's "shadow network of surveillance devices" used to spy on its citizens with a lawsuit aimed at President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, the National Security Agency and dozens of current and former government officials.

Plaintiffs who had been pursuing a suit against AT&T have shifted their focus to the government officials to circumvent Congress's grant of immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. A class action lawsuit was filed Thursday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is continuing to pursue its case against AT&T.

"Today we've opened a second front in our battle to stop the NSA's illegal surveillance," EFF attorney Kevin Bankston told reporters during a conference call Thursday.

Based on news reports and information it obtained from former AT&T employee Mark Kline, EFF alleges a massive surveillance apparatus has been trained on Americans to vacuum up information on virtually every telephone call, e-mail and Internet search to feed a massive database maintained by the NSA.

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Domestic_spying_lawsuit_targets_Bush_Cheney_0918.html

[tblue]

1. So Palin's emails are 'private' but ours.......not so much.

[Mist]

2. Kudos to the EFF for continuing to pursue this. nt