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To: longnshort who wrote (740873)	5/17/2006 3:40:41 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

No they didn't. (VZ implied that the records they turned over were long distance records, from their now wholly owned MCI division.) Believe story will be similar with AT&T operations (bought by SBC, which then adopted the AT&T name). I further point: why should we --- the public --- believe ANYTHING some press flack for these guys says? They KNOWN it's their bacon in the fire --- they are trying to tamp down the fire and SAVE PROFITS. When their EXECUTIVES are placed UNDER OATH in a federal court room, and so testify, THEN we may have some assurances as to truthfulness.

To: longnshort who wrote (740873)	5/17/2006 3:42:43 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Judge Keeps Papers Sealed in AT&T Spy Suit By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 17, 2006 Filed at 2:26 p.m. ET nytimes.com SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Secret documents that allegedly detail the surveillance of AT&T Inc. phone and e-mail lines under the Bush administration's domestic spying program can be used in a lawsuit against the telephone giant, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, but the records will remain sealed. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker rejected a bid by AT&T to return the records given to the privacy advocate Electronic Frontier Foundation by a former AT&T technician. But Walker said the records would remain under seal until it can be determined whether they reveal trade secrets. ''The best course of action is to preserve the status quo,'' Walker said. The hearing is the first in a lawsuit challenging the administration's secretive domestic surveillance program. Copyright 2006 The Associated Press