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WIRED runs ATT whistleblower's documents despite court order

In a message dated 5/22/06 7:00:52 AM, kylehence writes:

<< "A file detailing aspects of AT&T's alleged participation in the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic wiretap operation is sitting in a San Francisco courthouse. But the public cannot see it because, at AT&T's insistence, it remains under seal in court records.

The judge in the case has so far denied

http://wired.com/news/technology/0,70916-0.html requests from the Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.eff.org , or EFF, and several news organizations to unseal the documents and make them public.

AT&T claims information in the file is proprietary and that it would suffer severe harm if it were released.

Based on what we've seen, Wired News disagrees. In addition, we believe the public's right to know the full facts in this case outweighs AT&T's claims to secrecy."

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70947-0.html


*Evidence:*

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70621-0.html
http://blog.wired.com/klein_evidence/
http://blog.wired.com/klein_evidence2/
http://blog.wired.com/klein_evidence3/
http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/att_klein_wired.pdf >>


Informant: Hopedance

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Wired Publishes NSA Spying Documents

May, 22, 2006

A file detailing aspects of AT&T's alleged participation in the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic wiretap operation is sitting in a San Francisco courthouse. But the public cannot see it because, at AT&T's insistence, it remains under seal in court records. The judge in the case has so far denied requests from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or EFF, and several news organizations to unseal the documents and make them public. Continued, includes the documents:

http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/8763928.html


Informant: ranger116