[privacy] Illinois: ACLU Sues AT&T Over Phone Records

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via The ACLU.

[snip]

Celebrated Chicago author Studs Terkel and prominent leaders in the medical, legal, political and faith communities 
today filed a federal lawsuit charging that telephone giant AT&T violated their privacy by secretly sharing the 
telephone records of millions of Americans with the National Security Agency. The secret program was revealed in a May 
11, 2006 article in USA Today. 

The prominent Chicago area professionals, who are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union if Illinois, noted 
their special concerns with the government's gathering of the phone records of innocent Americans. As a journalist, for 
example, Mr. Terkel wants the capacity to keep sources secret from government scrutiny. Lawyers, doctors and clergy 
members rely upon confidentiality in order to best serve their clients, patients and congregants. Elected officials 
rely on the ability to strategize and communicate with allies and others without the federal executive branch 
monitoring their activities. 

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More:
http://aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/25625prs20060522.html

- ferg


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