Electronic Frontier Foundation stalks telcos. In a good way.
by T. Colin Dodd
EFF Moving to Uncover Telco Immunity Lobbying on Threat Level
The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Wednesday, alleging the agency is dragging its feet on producing documents the group requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
The group is asking a federal court to force Director Mike McConnell’s office to expeditiously produce documents “concerning briefings, discussions, or other exchanges” McConnell and other agency officials have had with telcos regarding “immunizing telecommunications companies or holding them otherwise unaccountable for their role in government surveillance activities.”
The lawsuit (.pdf), filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, comes as lawmakers are considering granting telcos immunity for participating in the government’s spy program. The EFF is suing AT&T on allegations it unlawfully granted the Bush administration access to its customers’ communications.
