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DESCRIPTION:San Francisco - In the wake of Congress approving a dramatic expansion of 
 U.S. warrantless wiretapping powers, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 
 will hear arguments on the future of two critical lawsuits over illegal 
 surveillance of Americans. The hearing is set for August 15, at 2 p.m. in 
 San Francisco.\n\nThe government is fighting to get the cases thrown out of 
 court, contending that the litigation jeopardizes state secrets. The 
 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing the plaintiffs in 
 Hepting v. AT&T, which accuses the telecom giant of collaborating with the 
 National Security Agency (NSA) in illegal electronic surveillance of 
 millions of AT&T's customers. The court will also hear the arguments on the 
 future of Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Bush, a case alleging that the 
 government illegally wiretapped calls between the charity and its 
 lawyers.\n\n"At issue here is whether the courts have any meaningful role 
 to play in protecting Americans' privacy from Executive branch abuses of 
 its surveillance powers," said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "If the claim 
 of 'state secrets' is allowed to shut down litigation, then the courts will 
 never be able to exercise their Constitutional duty to hold the White House 
 accountable for illegal and even unconstitutional abuses of power."\n\nThe 
 court has scheduled one hour of arguments for Hepting v. AT&T, and 40 
 minutes for Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Bush. Because of the large 
 number of attendees expected at Wednesday's hearing, the court will provide 
 an overflow room with audio and video of the proceedings for spectators who 
 cannot get a seat in the courtroom itself.\n\nFor more information about 
 attending the hearing, contact press@eff.org.\n\nWHAT:\nHepting v. 
 AT&T\nAl-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Bush\n\nWHEN:\n2 p.m.\nWednesday, 
 August 15\n\nWHERE:\n9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals\nCourtroom 1, 3rd 
 Floor\n95 Seventh Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\n\nFor more on EFF's case 
 against AT&T:\nhttp://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att\n\nContacts:\n\nRebecca 
 Jeschke\nMedia Coordinator\nElectronic Frontier 
 Foundation\npress@eff.org\n\nCindy Cohn\nLegal Director\nElectronic 
 Frontier Foundation\ncindy@eff.org\n\nLisa Jaskol\nAttorney for the 
 Al-Haramain plaintiffs\nljaskol@earthlink.net\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/10/18439927.php
SUMMARY:Appeals Court Battle Over NSA Surveillance on August 15
LOCATION:9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals\nCourtroom 1, 3rd Floor\n95 Seventh 
 Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94103
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/10/18439927.php
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