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Originally Posted by khchris(original)
You can't possibly think you could sue the gov't and win?
I thought you had a POLITICAL SCIENCE DEGREE???
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khchris, as posted above, the liability with regards to a lawsuit appears to be turning towards the telcos more than the federal gov't. Things are still developing of course, and word has it that a 3rd party to the telcos may have been more directly involved with releasing the american public's call info. Here is some more helpful info for u:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/19/...defends-story/
and here:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/17/...ecutive-order/
including:
"Ordinarily, a company that conceals their transactions and activities from the public would violate securities law. But
an presidential memorandum signed by the President on May 5 allows the Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, to authorize a company to conceal activities related to national security". (See 15 U.S.C. 78m(b)(3)(A))
Just trying to be helpful..
