Kevin Bankston Quotations
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Asks Quotes
Our goal is to go after the people who are making the government's illegal surveillance possible. They could not do what they are doing without the help of companies like AT&T. We want to make it clear to AT&T that it is not in their legal or economic interests to violate the law whenever the president asks them to.
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Access Quotes
We're alleging the violation of multiple federal statutes regarding wiretapping and privacy of communications records. We're saying that by giving direct access to key telecom facilities in the U.S., AT&T gave the NSA access to nearly all of the communications going over the AT&T network.
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Against Quotes
Certainly this would be an important case. The fact that they may appeal this one would be of great note and I think would be a victory (for privacy advocates). Based on so many decisions against them, the Justice Department is finally bowing to pressure and submitting its theory to appellate scrutiny.
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Amount Quotes
This is a great victory for personal privacy rights; our cell phones reveal an enormous amount about us and can reveal everywhere we go, who we associate with and even what we believe in many ways. The government should need to get probable cause before being able to track that information.