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Judges Dismisses One of Several AT&T Spying Suits

HeadlineJul 26, 2006

In other news, a federal judge in Illinois has dismissed a lawsuit over AT&T’s alleged involvement in the Bush administration’s domestic spying. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly said forcing AT&T to confirm or deny its collaboration with the National Security Agency could jeopardize national security. The suit is one of several cases brought against telecom companies and the US government over domestic spying. Just last week, a district judge in California ruled a similar lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation could proceed after rejecting the government’s argument the case would harm national security. Meanwhile in Missouri, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday to prevent two members of the Missouri Public Service Commission from looking into whether consumers’ telephone records were released to the National Security Agency.

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