[privacy] Judge Orders Telcos to Preserve Evidence in Government Surveillance Ca ses

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via EFF.org.

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A federal judge today ruled on a preservation motion filed by the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), ordering that telecommunications
companies must preserve any evidence of collaborating with the government
in illegal spying on ordinary Americans.

In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ordered the
telecommunications companies to halt any routine destruction of documents
or to arrange for the preservation of accurate copies. On December 14, each
party must provide the court with confirmation that the court's order has
been carried out. The court order did not require the government or the
carriers to reveal whether or not they had any relevant evidence.

The government and the carriers had opposed the preservation motion,
claiming that the government's invocation of the state secrets privilege
made it impossible to proceed with a preservation order. In litigation,
parties are typically required to preserve all relevant evidence.

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More:
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/11/06

- - ferg

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