U.S. to Ask Courts to Toss Phone Suits

US TO ASK COURTS TO TOSS PHONE SUITS
[SOURCE: Bloomberg News, AUTHOR: Andrew Harris]
The government will seek dismissal of 20 lawsuits accusing the biggest telecommunications companies of providing customer call data to the National Security Agency, claiming that "military and state secrets" might be divulged were the lawsuits to proceed. The Justice Department said it will not ask for the dismissal until all the lawsuits are consolidated before a single judge, according to papers filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, where a complaint is pending against AT&T Inc.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060800048.html
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