ATT-NSA whistleblower Mark Klein, and EFF legal director

In 2005, Mark Klein, a former AT&T technician, brought to public attention documents which showed that the National Security Agency had obtained copies of Internet traffic flowing through an AT&T facility in San Francisco and through several other AT&T locations across the country.

This led to public outcry over the US government's warrantless wiretapping program, and a lawsuit against AT&T by the Electronic Frontier Foundation .

At the 2008 EFF Pioneer Awards ceremony during the O'Reilly ETech conference, the EFF honored Klein's whistleblowing efforts. In this interview at the awards ceremony, Klein and EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn speak to us about efforts to persuade lawmakers not to grant legal immunity to telecoms that may have broken the law while helping the government in anti-terrorism efforts.

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• NSA
• warrantless
• wiretaps
• dragnet
• spy
• operation
• FISA

[brianwesley28]

I have a slam dunk case against AT&T, as well as Yahoo!, that I am about to begin shopping attorneys for. It is going to be a slam dunk for two reasons. First, I am that good and I have had several documented conversations with AT&T employees, including case numbers and agen identification numbers, as well as juicy information. Second, I'm that good, that the attorney won't even have to do much work because I've already done it for them.

[Kalroth]

The real reason these people get re-elected is because the elections are rigged. Bush's "re-election" is glaring proof of this. Although the people's ignorance is partially to blame the real evil is organizations like Builderberg Group and the Bohemian Grove who use their money to control the government.

[centure7]

Absolutely shameful. All of congress wants a police state. Wiretapping everyone in the US... no problem... we are all guilty until proven innocent.

How dare Americans allow their this congress to do this? I blame it entirely on the American general population, who continue to re-elect their congress-people!