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Read information on Room 641A to understand this article. This isn't conspiracy, it's fact.

Quick Summery: AT&T created secret facilities to monitor, log, and analyze all information passing through its data-centers. When a former AT&T employee came forward with this information, EFF launched a class-action lawsuit against AT&T for privacy violations. The Federal Government stepped in to intimidate, refute, and object the case, but was denied its success. When the NSA failed to control the case, a Bill was passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush that granted AT&T immunity to these violations. The case was swiftly dismissed.

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Often times when big companies are taken to court, efforts are taken to keep as much information from the media and press as possible. An excellent tactic is to prolong the case as long as possible so a definitive verdict isn't found by the time the media becomes bored with the coverage and very little information provided over the course of several years. So by the time a verdict is found, the case is old news and often times isn't covered. Today I present to you the verdict of Hepting v. AT&T. I find this particular case interesting because AT&T as well as the NSA were both caught up in an obvious lie and when push came to shove, cheated there way out. While the Federal Government was not specifically assigned a role nor were they included as a party in the case, they still attempted to invoke State Secrets Privilege to have the case barred from court in fear it could compromise national security. AT&T also objected on the terms that this case could compromise the security of its network. So here we have the NSA, a federally backed force to be reckoned with, and AT&T, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, working together in perfect unity. Although, Judge Walker took the side of privacy and the people when he decided to ignore both groundless objections.  It's nice to see a non-profit organization (Electronic Frontier Foundation - EFF) bring 2 God's of the modern world to their knees. If you've read any of the details of the case, you'll know this wasn't quite enough to stop them... Congress and President George W. Bush allowed a bill to slide into play granting immunity to those who blatantly violated an Act that had already been into play to control situations like this (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act). In September 2008, Attorney General Michael Mukasey filed a certification pursuant to Section 802 of the FISAAA and the government moved to dismiss the Hepting litigation. While Hepting plaintiffs opposed the motion to dismiss, it was inevitably dismissed on June 3, 2009 by Judge Walker, citing retroactive legislation (section 802 of FISA), freeing AT&T of all charges.