For future references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepting_v._AT%26T http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepting_v._AT%26T is the lawsuit - it was pretty clear that t

For future references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepting_v._AT%26T http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepting_v._AT%26T is the lawsuit - it was pretty clear that they were wholesale tapping the backbones and recording everything. Even worse, The Supreme Court declined to review the case. All three branches of the federal government tried to sweep the gross abuse of power under the rug. They succeeded, at least for a while.