[privacy] U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Companies Should Be Allowed To Break Law if Helping Government

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

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Via Threat Level.

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is arguing to a federal appeals court that
laws shouldn't apply to companies that help the government in the name of
homeland security and that the court should dismiss a suit against AT&T for
allegedly violating federal privacy laws in helping the government spy on
Americans without warrants.

The group contends that companies can't defend themselves from such suits
since doing so would require disclosing classified information -- which is
banned by federal law -- and that allowing such suits would dissuade
companies from helping the government.

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More:
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/04/us_chamber_of_c.html

- - ferg

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