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U.S. Gov’t Seeks Dismissal of Domestic Spy Suit Against AT&T

HeadlineMay 01, 2006

The Bush administration has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against AT&T that accuses the telecom giant of helping the government carry out illegal domestic spy operations. The Bush administration said the lawsuit could jeopardize military and state secrets. An AT&T whistleblower has already revealed that the National Security Agency has set up a secret spy room in AT&T’s San Francisco office. The whistleblower, Mark Klein, claims the NSA has access to any Internet data passing through AT&T system. Klein said he believes that AT&T has also given the NSA access to its facilities in Atlanta, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle.

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