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EFF Engages Veteran Lobbyists to Take Fight Against Warrantless Wiretapping to Capitol Hill
From: David Farber <dfarber () cs cmu edu>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 17:30:22 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: EFF Press <press () eff org> Date: October 5, 2007 5:23:04 PM EDT To: presslist () eff orgSubject: [E-B] EFF Engages Veteran Lobbyists to Take Fight Against Warrantless Wiretapping to Capitol Hill
Reply-To: press () eff org Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release For Immediate Release: Friday, October 05, 2007 Contact: Rebecca Jeschke Media Coordinator Electronic Frontier Foundation press () eff org +1 415 436-9333 x125 EFF Engages Veteran Lobbyists to Take Fight Against Warrantless Wiretapping to Capitol Hill Thomas J. Downey and Adam M. Eisgrau Will Work to Block Amnesty for Telecoms San Francisco - As Congress debates letting the telecom industry off the hook for its compliance with illegal government surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has enlisted two veteran lobbyists to try to block amnesty for companies collaborating with the warrantless spying. EFF is lead counsel for the plaintiffs in Hepting v. AT&T, one of many lawsuits aimed at holding telecommunications companies accountable for violating their customers' rights by illegally assisting the National Security Agency in domestic surveillance. The opportunity for this critical case to be decided by a judge is under serious threat as the White House calls for Congress to provide these companies with immunity for their role in the illegal program. In an effort to preserve the courts' crucial role in protecting the privacy of all Americans, EFF will now take its fight against warrantless spying to Capitol Hill. Thomas J. Downey and Adam M. Eisgrau, both with decades of experience in Washington, have been retained by EFF to work to block amnesty for companies who break the law. "While EFF generally does not engage in Washington-style lobbying, we need to make Congress understand the importance of letting our case against AT&T go forward," said EFF Executive Director Shari Steele. "By releasing the telecoms from liability, Congress would be permitting the widespread flouting of our laws by private companies entrusted with our most personal communications." To help with EFF's "Stop the Spying" campaign: http://www.stopthespying.org For this release: http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_10.php#005474 About EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to support free expression and privacy online. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the most linked-to websites in the world at http://www.eff.org/ -end- _______________________________________________ presslist mailing list https://falcon.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/presslist ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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