Obama administration backs telecom immunity
By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle
The Obama administration has asked a federal judge in San Francisco to uphold a law aimed at dismissing suits against telecommunications companies that cooperated with President George W. Bush's wiretapping program...
Cindy Cohn, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation who represents AT&T customers in the lead case before Walker, said she was disappointed.
"It's unfortunate that the Obama administration has taken the position that it's OK for the president to decide whether millions of ordinary Americans get their day in court," Cohn said. "That's exactly the kind of presidential power that candidate Obama was critical of the Bush administration for."
Related Issues: NSA Spying
Related Cases: Hepting v. AT&T, NSA Multi-District Litigation
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