AT&T and NSA eavesdropping/spying

[Mech]

IN VIOLATION OF THE 4th AMENDMENT

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All About NSA's and AT&T's Big Brother Machine, the Narus 6400
by bewert

Fri Apr 07, 2006 at 10:47:24 PM PDT

Earlier today we found out that the EFF had sued AT&T over their secret work with the NSA on surveillance of millions of US citizens without wiretaps. We learned that paragraph 65 of this complaint shows EFF is trying to turn it into a nationwide Class Action suit covering all current and former customers (any after 9/2001) of AT&T. And we learned that a retired AT&T technician had stepped forward and disclosed the installation of secret NSA spy equipment in the San Francisco trunk facility. As well as the belief that similar equipment is in place in Seattle, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego.

Read more here:

www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/8/14724/28476

[swampgas]

By two lawyers from good old New Jersey. We will be joining in this class action, and I would recommend anyone who uses Verizon

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060512/ap_on_bi_ge/nsa_records_verizon

Verizon Sued for Giving NSA Phone Records

By BETH DeFALCO, Associated Press Writer Fri May 12, 5:48 PM ET

TRENTON, N.J. - Two New Jersey public interest lawyers sued Verizon Communications Inc. for $5 billion Friday, claiming the phone carrier violated privacy laws by turning over phone records to the National Security Agency for a secret government surveillance program.


Attorneys Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer filed the lawsuit Friday afternoon in federal district court in Manhattan, where Verizon is headquartered.

The lawsuit asks the court to stop Verizon from turning over any more records to the NSA without a warrant or consent of the subscriber.

"This is the largest and most vast intrusion of civil liberties we've ever seen in the United States," Afran said of the NSA program.

USA Today reported on Thursday that the NSA has been building a database of millions of Americans' everyday telephone calls since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Verizon, along with AT&T Corp. and BellSouth Corp., complied, the newspaper reported.

The lawsuit claims that by turning over the records to the government, Verizon violated the Telecommunications Act and the Constitution.

"No warrants have been issued for the disclosure of such information, no suspicion of terrorist activity or other criminal activity has been alleged against the subscribers," the lawsuit said.

Verizon, the country's largest telecommunications company by revenue, said in a statement that the company had not yet seen the lawsuit and, because of that, believed it was premature to comment.

The lawsuit seeks $1,000 for each violation of the Telecommunications Act, or $5 billion if the case is certified as class-action.

Afran and Mayer have filed numerous lawsuits against New Jersey officials over such things as political appointments and finances.

Afran said that he and Mayer will also ask for documents dealing with the origination of the program and
President Bush's role in the program.

Verizon said that because the NSA program is highly classified, it wouldn't confirm or deny whether the company participated.

However, the company did suggest it limited access to customer records.

"Verizon does not, and will not, provide any government agency unfettered access to our customer records or provide information to the government under circumstances that would allow a fishing expedition," the company said

[madcowpolitics]

I have no doubt about this. Now AT&T and SBC have merged together again.

Look at Time Warner's own symbol. It's an eye with the golden spiral in the middle.

If you use RoadRunner pay your bill one time via the telephone. It tells you to "enter your value" AKA your account number lol.

Man, talk about indoctrination. It's scary to think that in 10 years this stuff is going to be commonplace. Hell, it already is.