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Admin Ordered to Release Telecom Lobbying Docs

HeadlineNov 30, 2007

Back in the United States, the Bush administration has been ordered to release all information on lobbying attempts from the nation’s major telecom companies to protect from prosecution over their involvement in domestic spying. The District Court ruling came in a case brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation against AT&T. It’s one of several firms accused of illegally handing over customer communications without court warrants.

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