AT&T Says Spying Is Too Secret For Courts

The Wired blog 26B Stroke 6 reports on the arguments AT&T and the US government made to an appeals court hearing motions in the case the EFF brought against the phone giant for their presumed part in the government's program(s) to spy on Americans. In essence AT&T seems to have argued that the case against the telecom for allegedly helping the government spy on Americans is too secret for any court, despite the Administration's admission it did spy on Americans without warrants.

Sssssh!

[Tesen]

Ssssh! This is to secret to report on! Ohhhh great! Now the terrorists have won! Thanks alot Slashdot!

AT&T's argument:

[physicsboy500]

"Spying is such a harsh word...

We like to call it passive call attendance.

Translation to Daily Speak :

[unity100]

"We are scared like hell for our butts"

Too secret to exists

[Anonymous Coward]

The judge should rule that AT&T is too secret to exist... and therefore should be dissolve

Re:It's a secret

[virtualsobriety]

The US needs to elect a morally corupt President who has an unknown morally sound doppelganger, hope the newly elected President has a heart attack, then insert the doppelganger into power. He can than have his CPA best buddy come in and balance the budget over dinner, as well as reform the whole government over the course of 3 or 4 weeks, until the First Lady realizes he is a different person. All the country's problems would be solved.

*In this instance we ignore the fact that the President doesn't have nearly as much power as all you wonderful posters' think and that congress is responsible for the majority of the problems in this country...

Re:How's that for logic

[Rhett's Dad]

They could tell us, but then they'd have to kill us...

Re:Sssssh!

[Anonymous Coward]

After a month, they'll be so deep in pork

But, pigs are unclean!

Re:Sssssh!

[HTTP Error 403 403.9]

But, pigs are unclean!

and delicious.