Re: [privacy] NSA Suit Temporarily Halted

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 8/2/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> Via 27B Stroke 6.
>
> [snip]
>
> The Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit against AT&T for its
> alleged complicity in the government's warrantless wiretapping program
> came to a sharp, though possibly temporary halt Wednesday.
>
> Judge Vaughn Walker, who allowed the suit to go forward despite the
> government's claim that the lawsuit would endanger national security,
> called a temporary halt to the proceedings.
>
> AT&T, which had until Thursday to answer the allegations in the EFF's
> original complaint, told the judge it could not do so without revealing
> state secrets -- so the company wants not to have to answer until an
> appeals court hears the government's appeal (and possibly its own as well).
>
> Walker granted the stay, at least until the planned August 8 hearing,
> when the government and AT&T can argue to have the whole case stayed
> while both attempt to get the Ninth Circuit to hear their appeal of
> Walker's decision not to toss the case.


Sooo, the plan is to delay proceedings till the higher ups can die
peacefully in their beds at the cabin in aspen.

gotcha

-JP
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