Bush admin. asks judge to toss states' domestic spying lawsuits

[cal04]

The Bush administration on Thursday asked a federal judge to toss out lawsuits seeking to unearth information about the U.S. telecommunications industry's alleged participation in a warrantless government eavesdropping program.

Five states want consumer records the telecommunications companies turned over to the National Security Administration as part of a domestic eavesdropping program President Bush authorized after Sept. 11, 2001.

Lawyers for New Jersey, Vermont, Maine, Missouri and Connecticut argued that they are simply pursuing complaints by consumers that their privacy rights may have been violated if phone records were turned over to the NSA without their consent.

Department of Justice lawyers argued Thursday that any such disclosures would harm national security and foreign affairs.


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/21/financial/f170807D00.DTL

[BattyDem]

1. How long before Bush claims the law doesn't apply because he's not part of the Executive Branch?

:eyes:

[Spazito]

2. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[Dollface]

3. I'd like to help him not be part of the Executive Branch

[Trillo]

4. They may just say, "We won't disclose our papers and effects." n/t

[madeline_con]

5. I wonder if another judge will be fired soon,

for not toeing the company line.