The U.S. govt. asked a federal court in San Francisco to dismiss a suit over AT&T抯 alleged cooperation with a govt. domestic phone surveillance program because a trial would expose secret information that would help terrorists. The U.S. Dept. of Justice (DoJ) told Judge Vaughn Walker of the U.S. Dist. Court, San Francisco, that even a simple confirmation or denial would aid terrorists by letting them know if the U.S. is actually monitoring domestic telephone communications. The hearing Fri. on a motion for dismissal involved a suit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), alleging AT&T supplied the National Security Agency (NSA) with customer call records and ongoing call information without permission or lawful authority. The DoJ was not a defendant but joined in AT&T抯 defense.
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