U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Hepting v. AT&T Corporation, No. 06-17132 (9th Cir.)
Court docket · written 8 November 2006 · released 8 November 2006
Why this matters
The appeal in the EFF class action alleging that AT&T let the NSA copy internet traffic through a secret room in its San Francisco facility. Congress then granted telecoms retroactive immunity in 2008. The filings preserve a whistleblower-driven record of bulk surveillance years before Snowden.
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https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/2910140/hepting-v-att-corporation/
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Part of a collection · step 8 of 9
Cold War Signals Intelligence
The courtroom record of a fiber splitter in San Francisco.
Cite
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. "Hepting v. AT&T Corporation, No. 06-17132 (9th Cir.)." 8 November 2006. Released 8 November 2006. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/2910140/hepting-v-att-corporation/ (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0092).
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