Telecom Giant Wants to Keep Public Away from Document Debate

San Francisco - Lawyers for AT&ampT alerted the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today that it intends to ask the judge to close the courtroom in Wednesday's hearing in EFF's class-action lawsuit. EFF will oppose the request.

EFF's suit accuses AT&ampT of illegally handing over its customers' telephone and Internet records and communications to the National Security Agency (NSA). In Wednesday's hearing at U.S. District Court in San Francisco, the judge will hear oral arguments about the unsealing of critical documents in the lawsuit -- including a declaration by Mark Klein, a retired AT&ampT telecommunications technician, and several internal AT&ampT documents that support EFF's allegations.

For AT&ampT's letter to the judge:
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/AndersontoWalkerreHearingLogistics.pdf

For more on the AT&ampT case:
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/

Contact:

Rebecca Jeschke
Media Coordinator
Electronic Frontier Foundation
press@eff.org

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