The Honorable Harry Pregerson The Honorable Michael Daly Hawkins The Honorable Margaret McKeown
Judicial Proceeding Domestice Surveillance Program U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit San Francisco, California (United States) ID: 200464 - 08/15/2007
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U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard oral arguments in two cases on the government's warrantless wiretapping program. The Court will decide whether or not to dismiss the two cases under the "state secrets" privilege, which bars the presentation of evidence in court that could threaten national security. Lower court judges in both cases rejected the government's attempts to get the cases dismissed.
The plaintiffs in Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. v. Bush are an Oregon branch of a Saudi charity that has been investigated for alleged terrorist ties. They argue that they have a top-secret document proving they were a direct target of National Security Agency surveillance.
Hepting v. AT&T is a class action on behalf of a group of AT&T customers who allege that the company intercepted their phone calls and electronic mail, then disclosed the information to the NSA.
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Shotlist
00:00:00 Hepting v. AT&T
00:00:47 Gregory Garre, Deputy Solicitor General
00:39:38 Michael Kellog, AT&T
00:57:12 Robert Fram, On Behalf of AT&T Customers
01:31:01 Gregory Garre
01:34:33 Intermission
01:35:02 Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. v. Bush
01:35:53 Thomas Bondy, Justice Department Attorney
01:56:09 Jon Eisenberg, For the Plaintiffs
02:19:07 Thomas Bondy
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