October 8th, 2009

Telephone Company Is Arm of Government, Feds Admit in Spy Suit

By Ryan Singel, Wired News

The Electronic Frontier Foundation wanted to see what role telecom lobbying of the Justice Department played when the government began its year-long, and ultimately successful, push to win retroactive immunity for AT&T and others being sued for unlawfully spying on American citizens.

The feds argued that the documents showing consultation over the controversial telecom immunity proposal weren’t subject to the Freedom of Information Act since they were protected as “intra-agency” records...

Related Issues: NSA Spying

Related Cases: FOIA: Telecom Lobbying Records

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