Re: [privacy] Wired News Publishes AT&T Whistle-Blowers Uncut Evidence

["StyleWar" <stylewar () cox net>]

Read it ... his *evidence* is largely speculative. Not saying it isn't true
-- just that what he writes he admits he doesn't fully know to be true...

-

StyleWar

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to 
have for lunch. LIBERTY is a well-armed lamb contesting 
the vote!" 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fergie [mailto:fergdawg () netzero net] 
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 8:33 AM
> To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org
> Subject: [privacy] Wired News Publishes AT&T Whistle-Blowers 
> Uncut Evidence
>
> In a gutsy move, Wired News has published, uncut, Mark 
> Klein's evidence which has been filed in U.S. Federal Court, 
> and which has also been sealed as a result of a motion filed 
> by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
>
> Evan Hansen writes on Wired News:
>
> [snip]
>
> A file detailing aspects of AT&T's alleged participation in 
> the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic wiretap 
> operation is sitting in a San Francisco courthouse. But the 
> public cannot see it because, at AT&T's insistence, it 
> remains under seal in court records.
>
> The judge in the case has so far denied requests from the 
> Electronic Frontier Foundation, or EFF, and several news 
> organizations to unseal the documents and make them public.
>
> AT&T claims information in the file is proprietary and that 
> it would suffer severe harm if it were released.
>
> Based on what we've seen, Wired News disagrees. In addition, 
> we believe the public's right to know the full facts in this 
> case outweighs AT&T's claims to secrecy.
>
> [snip]
>
> Hansen's statement is here:
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70947-0.html
>
> The evidence statement is here:
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70944-0.html
>
> - ferg
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet  
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