Bushies Try to Dismiss Domestic Spying Lawsuit

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Another reason to get rid of AT&T as your carrier, however, this lawsuit will expose specific parties tapped illegally that they can turn around and sue the government.

DOJ Seeks to Dismiss Domestic Spying Suit

By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The Justice Department said Friday it was moving to dismiss a federal lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's secretive domestic wiretapping program.

The lawsuit, brought by the Internet privacy group, Electronic Frontier Foundation, does not include the government.

Instead, it names AT&T, which the San Francisco-based group accuses of colluding with the National Security Agency to make communications on AT&T networks available to the spy agency without warrants.

The government, in a filing here late Friday, said the lawsuit threatens to expose government and military secrets and therefore should be tossed. The administration added that its bid to intervene in the case should not be viewed as a concession that the allegations are true.

more at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060429/ap_on_re_us/domestic_spying_lawsuit