Feds appeal loss in NSA wiretap case

FEDS APPEAL LOSS IN NSA WIRETAP CASE
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh]
The Bush administration has asked a federal appeals court to halt a lawsuit alleging AT&T illegally opened its communication networks to surveillance by the National Security Agency. Permitting the lawsuit to proceed would endanger national security and possibly expose classified information, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a legal brief filed on Monday. The brief is a response to a July 20 ruling by U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco, who surprised lawsuit watchers by saying there are "sufficient" grounds to let the lawsuit continue.
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