Damn spooks showing at the doorstep, traipsing inside and getting their dirty data-miner boots all over the wall-to-wall shag carpet. Now you can remind them to wipe AND obtain a warrant before entering, with this fetching doormat from Target.
Verizon Sued $5 Billion for Phone Record Sale to NSA
By May 15, 2006
Leaving nary a moment to spare, two public interest lawyers filed suit against Verizon on Friday for $5 billion, for gross violation of citizen’s privacy in the telcos’ sale of phone records to the NSA.
Qwest CEO Nacchio to NSA: “Go Screw.”
By May 15, 2006
Although doubtlessly guilty of insider trading, former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio has one moral feather tucked beneath the diamond-encrusted ribbon of his Mr. Moneybags-style top hat: when the NSA approached Nacchio and demanded Qwest phone records to stave off the terrorist threat, Nacchio told them to go fuck themselves. This is while executives at companies like Verizon, AT&T and Bell South gleefully capitulated to what amounts to an illegal and unconstitutional request.
DoJ Files To Dismiss AT&T Lawsuit… It’s Top Secret!
By May 15, 2006
Bad news for those of us who don’t want the long-distance sex calls we made to our Canadian girlfriends shouted mockingly at us when we’re tied to a chair with a burlap sack over our face in between a knee-thwacking with a length of hose. The Department of Justice has filed a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit by the EFF against AT&T for illegally complying with NSA wire-tapping of citizens’ lines.
A Million Little Phone Records
By May 12, 2006
Finally! Something else to be mad about besides gas.
BREAKING: NSA Has Massive Database of Americans’ Phone Calls
By May 11, 2006
Good thing we installed that intricate secret network of tin cans and string. Reports USA TODAY:
