{"id":13144,"date":"2008-07-10T09:40:31","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T16:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/07\/10\/continuing-the-fight.html"},"modified":"2008-07-10T09:40:31","modified_gmt":"2008-07-10T16:40:31","slug":"continuing_the_fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/10\/continuing_the_fight.html","title":{"rendered":"Continuing the fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spy vs. Spy\" style=\"WIDTH: 123px; HEIGHT: 120px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/spy-vs-spy.jpg\" \/> <\/div>\n<p>While the approval of the FISA bill is a significant blow, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), who have been at the forefront of law suits against the telcos just granted immunity, is not giving up. From their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eff.org\/press\/archives\/2008\/07\/09\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> this morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We thank those senators who courageously opposed telecom immunity and vow to them, and to the American people, that the fight for accountability over the president&#8217;s illegal surveillance is not over,&#8221; said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl. &#8220;Even though Congress has failed to protect the privacy of Americans and uphold the rule of law, we will not abandon our defense of liberty. We will fight this unconstitutional grant of immunity in the courtroom and in the Congress, requesting repeal of the immunity in the next session, while seeking justice from the Judiciary. Nor can the lawless officials who approved this massive violation of Americans&#8217; rights rest easy, for we will file a new suit against the government and challenge warrantless wiretapping, past, present and future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>EFF is representing the plaintiffs in Hepting v. AT&amp;T, a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of millions of AT&amp;T customers whose private domestic communications and communications records were illegally handed over to the National Security Agency (NSA). EFF has been appointed co-coordinating counsel for all 47 of the outstanding lawsuits concerning the government&#8217;s warrantless surveillance program.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you believe in the cause, consider <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.eff.org\/site\/Donation?ACTION=SHOW_DONATION_OPTIONS&amp;CAMPAIGN_ID=1741&amp;JServSessionIdr009=tw74tfdgx5.app2a\" target=\"_blank\">a donation to the EFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the approval of the FISA bill is a significant blow, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), who have been at the forefront of law suits against the telcos just&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeland-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12222,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/i_have_a_note_from_my_mom.html","url_meta":{"origin":13144,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;I have a note from my mom&#8221;","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 20-Jun-08 6:39pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm far too peeved by Congressional caving in on the \"FISA Amendments Act of 2008\" to write intelligently about it.\u00a0\u00a0I will note that a majority of the Democrats voted against...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Homeland Security&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Homeland Security","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/homeland-security"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13146,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/09\/yeah_deeply_disappointed.html","url_meta":{"origin":13144,"position":1},"title":"Yeah &#8212; deeply disappointed","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 9-Jul-08 10:03pm","format":false,"excerpt":"First off, the Senate voted to approve the FISA bill, including all the telco immunity provisions. 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