[privacy] NSA Sought U.S. Call Records Before 9/11, Lawyers Say

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

Via Bloomberg News.

[snip]

The U.S. National Security Agency asked AT&T Inc. to help it set up a
domestic call monitoring site seven months before the Sept. 11, 2001
attacks, lawyers claimed June 23 in court papers filed in New York
federal court.

The allegation is part of a court filing adding AT&T, the nation's
largest telephone company, as a defendant in a breach of privacy case
filed earlier this month on behalf of Verizon Communications Inc. and
BellSouth Corp. customers. The suit alleges that the three carriers,
the NSA and President George W. Bush violated the Telecommunications
Act of 1934 and the U.S. Constitution, and seeks money damages.

"The Bush Administration asserted this became necessary after 9/11,"
plaintiff's lawyer Carl Mayer said in a telephone interview. "This
undermines that assertion."

[snip]

More here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abIV0cO64zJE

- ferg


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