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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
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August 15, 2007
August 09, 2007
Appeals Court Battle Over NSA Surveillance on August 15
Government Aims to Block Accountability for Illegal Spying on Americans
San Francisco - In the wake of Congress approving a dramatic
expansion of U.S. warrantless wiretapping powers, the 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals will hear arguments on the future of two critical
lawsuits over illegal surveillance of Americans. The hearing is set for
August 15, at 2 p.m. in San Francisco.
The government is fighting to get the cases thrown out of court,
contending that the litigation jeopardizes state secrets. The
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing the plaintiffs in
Hepting v. AT&T, which accuses the telecom giant of collaborating
with the National Security Agency (NSA) in illegal electronic
surveillance of millions of AT&T's customers. The court will also
hear the arguments on the future of Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v.
Bush, a case alleging that the government illegally wiretapped calls
between the charity and its lawyers.
"At issue here is whether the courts have any meaningful role to
play in protecting Americans' privacy from Executive branch abuses of
its surveillance powers," said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "If the
claim of 'state secrets' is allowed to shut down litigation, then the
courts will never be able to exercise their Constitutional duty to hold
the White House accountable for illegal and even unconstitutional
abuses of power."
The court has scheduled one hour of arguments for Hepting v.
AT&T, and 40 minutes for Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Bush.
Because of the large number of attendees expected at Wednesday's
hearing, the court will provide an overflow room with audio and video
of the proceedings for spectators who cannot get a seat in the
courtroom itself.
For more information about attending the hearing, contact press@eff.org.
WHAT:
Hepting v. AT&T
Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Bush
WHEN:
2 p.m.
Wednesday, August 15
WHERE:
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Courtroom 1, 3rd Floor
95 Seventh Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
For more on EFF's case against AT&T:
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att
Contacts:
Rebecca Jeschke
Media Coordinator
Electronic Frontier Foundation
press@eff.org
Cindy Cohn
Legal Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation
cindy@eff.org
Lisa Jaskol
Attorney for the Al-Haramain plaintiffs
ljaskol@earthlink.net
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