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Re: [privacy] Maine Asks Court to Dismiss Suit Over Phone Company Records
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:43:30 -0400
I for one agree with Maine. One branch of the government shouldnt be able to invoke "state secrets" when it is being questioned by another branch of the government who was endowed with powers to keep the former in check -JP<its so secret, I can't even tell myself about it> On 9/21/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
Via The Boston Globe (AP). [snip] Maine's attorney general asked a federal court Thursday to throw out the government's lawsuit against Maine officials over whether a phone company should release information about its handling of confidential records. Attorney General G. Steven Rowe said the state's request, filed on behalf of the Public Utilities Commission, asserts the federal government has no jurisdiction in the case. The state also contends that the government is wrong to invoke "state secrets" arguments. "There are no state secrets at issue here," Rowe said at a news briefing after the motion to dismiss was filed in U.S. District Court in Bangor. The litigation stems from a press release issued by Verizon and information it provided to the PUC, in which the telecommunications company claims it did not provide phone records to the government for its domestic surveillance program. The company also said in a May news release that it would not discuss any relationship with the National Security Agency program. [snip] More: http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/09/21/state_asks_court_to_dismiss_suit_over_phone_company_records/ - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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- [privacy] Maine Asks Court to Dismiss Suit Over Phone Company Records Fergie (Sep 21)
- Re: [privacy] Maine Asks Court to Dismiss Suit Over Phone Company Records Dude VanWinkle (Sep 22)
- Re: [privacy] Maine Asks Court to Dismiss Suit Over Phone Company Records Brian Loe (Sep 22)
- Re: [privacy] Maine Asks Court to Dismiss Suit Over Phone Company Records Dude VanWinkle (Sep 22)