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DESCRIPTION:For Immediate Release: August 29, 2007\n\n*** Media Advisory ***\n\nWHAT: 
 Verizon Communications Inc. and the Bush administration are asking the 
 Court to dismiss the lawsuits filed against the telecommunications giant in 
 a set of motions being argued on Thursday, August 30. Following revelations 
 in an article in USA Today in May of last year, the three California 
 affiliates of the ACLU sued Verizon to stop the company from continuing to 
 provide the National Security Agency (NSA) with the personal phone records 
 of millions of California customers. Numerous private suits were also 
 filed, all of which have been consolidated for pretrial purposes before 
 Judge Vaughn Walker of the United States District Court for the Northern 
 District of California.\n\nThe various complaints allege that since 
 September 11, 2001, Verizon has been providing the NSA with customers' 
 phone records and access to the contents of customers' electronic 
 communications without their consent and without a warrant, court order or 
 any other legal process.\n\nThe Bush Administration is asking the Court to 
 dismiss all of the cases filed against Verizon on the ground that the 
 lawsuits are barred by the state secrets privilege. Verizon seeks dismissal 
 of the suits on numerous grounds, including the novel claim that its action 
 in turning over customer records to the government is protected by the 
 First Amendment.\nWHO: 	\n\nACLU-NC Staff Attorney Ann Brick\n\nACLU 
 Cooperating Attorney Laurence F. Pulgram, Fenwick & West\n\nInterim Class 
 Counsel for MCI Class, Barry R. Himmelstein, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann and 
 Bernstein, LLP\n\nInterim Class Counsel for Verizon Class, Vincent I. 
 Parrett, Motley, Rice LLC\nWHEN: 	Thursday, August 30, 2007\n2:00 
 p.m.\nWHERE: 	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of 
 California\nU.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker\n450 Golden Gate 
 Ave.\n17th Floor\nSan Francisco\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/30/18444827.php
SUMMARY:Government and Verizon Ask Court to Dismiss Spy Suits Against Verizon Citing State Secrets Privilege, First Amendment
LOCATION:U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California\nU.S. District 
 Judge Vaughn R. Walker\n450 Golden Gate Ave.\n17th Floor\nSan Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/30/18444827.php
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