p2pnet - rss feed: Preserve ’surveillance’ evidence, telecoms told
p2pnet news | Security:- Telecommunications companies must preserve any evidence of collaborating with the government in illegal spying on ordinary Americans, say a US federal judge.
Ruling on a preservation motion filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), US district court judge Vaughn Walker ordered the companies to halt any routine destruction of documents, or to arrange for the preservation of accurate copies.
“On December 14, each party must provide the court with confirmation that the court’s order has been carried out,” says the EFF, adding:
“The court order did not require the government or the carriers to reveal whether or not they had any relevant evidence.”
The Bush government and carriers were claiming the government’s invocation of the state secrets privilege made it impossible to proceed with a preservation order, says the post.
Also See:
EFF - Ruling Advances EFF’s Class-action Lawsuit Against AT&T, November 6, 2007
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November 7th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Treat them like torrentspy and say that from here on out they must begin logging all infomation stored in RAM…
November 7th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
“Preserve ’surveillance’ evidence, telecoms told”
Ya right! they are going to do just that!
Will they got to prison if they destroy the evidence? it is a proff of guilt is nt it?
They are really fucked because according to the constitution a law can not be retroactive even if this law is constitutional.
Moreover a law that alow an abusive search and seizure will not be constitutional.
It will teach them a lesson to have their lawers read the constitution before following a
criminal governement.
Sorry AT&T!
Other unconstitional laws:
1) The Patriot act.
2) The DMCA.
3) Laws that alow torture in the US or in places under the control of the US (Iraq, Afghanistan, Gatanamo Bay. . . )
3) Laws that authorize the rendition to country that alow torture and assasination.
3) Laws that require people for a permit to bear a weapon.
4) Laws that put people in jail for tax evasion or debts.
5) Laws the require people to ask for a permit to demonstrate.
6) Laws that prevent people from congregating in public place.
7) Expropriation not for a public and governement business (Corruption of the eminent domain statut).
We have a lot of clean up to do folks!