The Truth About Telecom Amnesty
Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com
Today I interviewed Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the lead counsel in the pending litigation against AT&T, alleging that AT&T violated multiple federal laws by providing (without warrants) unfettered access for the Bush administration to all telephone and Internet data concerning its customers...
I found this interview extremely illuminating, and it reveals just how much misinformation is being disseminated by amnesty advocates.I don't think it takes a lot of thought to wonder: "huh, the FISA law says that the exclusive means by which the Government can get information is either by a warrant or a short-term certification from the Attorney General in an emergency situation. Huh - do either of these two things justify ongoing wholesale surveillance of all of our customers for five years and counting?"
The answer to that has to be "no." I don't think you even need a law degree to figure that one out.
Related Issues: NSA Spying, Privacy, Transparency
Related Cases: Hepting v. AT&T
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