The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed briefs and evidenc...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed briefs and evidence in a motion for a preliminary injunction against AT&T for the company’s alleged cooperation with the National Security Agency in “dragnet” surveillance. DoJ initially opposed EFF’s filing of evidence in…
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the class-action suit, though the agency wasn’t a party in the case, but consented when EFF offered to file them under seal to prevent public access. “More than just threatening individuals’ privacy, AT&T’s apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans’ Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself,” EFF staff attorney Kevin Bankston said. Evidence submitted to the U.S. Dist. Court, San Francisco, under tentative seal includes internal AT&T documents and portions of supporting declarations from a retired AT&T telecom technician and former FCC Internet technical advisor. AT&T had 5 days to justify why the information should remain private. DoJ is still mulling whether to participate in the case, EFF said.