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The law [1] didn't make anything newly illegal or legal for the telecoms, it gave the AG the ability to short-circuit the suits by proving to the judge that the
by dialup_sounds 2y ago
The law [1] didn't make anything newly illegal or legal for the telecoms, it gave the AG the ability to short-circuit the suits by proving to the judge that they (the telecoms) were just complying with the law, without having the details aired out publicly.
[1] https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/hr6304/text https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/hr6304/text -- Title II
- rkagerer 2y ago...without having the details aired out publicly. In a case that was so intimately relevant to the population?
- dialup_sounds 2y agoWell, yeah. Having details of your classified foreign intelligence gathering operations exposed because somebody sued the phone company is for amateurs.