Re: [privacy] Illinois: ACLU Sues AT&T Over Phone Records

[Dan Renner <dan () losangelescomputerhelp com>]

"Lawyers, doctors and clergy members rely upon confidentiality in order 
to best serve their clients, patients and congregants."

Doesn't mention that when the NSA accesses a doctor's patient data it 
violates another U.S. law (HIPPA) as a third party - that could be fun 
in court...

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Sincerely,

Dan Renner
President
Los Angeles Computerhelp
http://losangelescomputerhelp.com
818.352.8700


privacy-request () whitestar linuxbox org wrote:

> Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 19:37:12 GMT
> From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
> Subject: [privacy] Illinois: ACLU Sues AT&T Over Phone Records
> To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org
> Message-ID: <20060522.123810.700.1207462 () webmail02 lax untd com>
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> Via The ACLU.
>
> [snip]
>
> Celebrated Chicago author Studs Terkel and prominent leaders in the medical, legal, political and faith communities 
> today filed a federal lawsuit charging that telephone giant AT&T violated their privacy by secretly sharing the 
> telephone records of millions of Americans with the National Security Agency. The secret program was revealed in a May 
> 11, 2006 article in USA Today. 
>
> The prominent Chicago area professionals, who are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union if Illinois, noted 
> their special concerns with the government's gathering of the phone records of innocent Americans. As a journalist, 
> for example, Mr. Terkel wants the capacity to keep sources secret from government scrutiny. Lawyers, doctors and 
> clergy members rely upon confidentiality in order to best serve their clients, patients and congregants. Elected 
> officials rely on the ability to strategize and communicate with allies and others without the federal executive 
> branch monitoring their activities. 
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/25625prs20060522.html
>
> - ferg
>
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> Engineering Architecture for the Internet
> fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
> ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
>
>
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