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FISA Violations and You
Author: Raine    Date: 03/06/2008 13:42:04

Your privacy is being bought and sold.
AT&T Could Owe You $146,000
FISA violation means $36,500 per claimant, per four years of wiretapping

The Legality Blog has an interesting read on just how much telecom providers like AT&T could owe their customers should the lawsuit against them for illegal wiretapping be allowed to proceed. While there are more than forty potential suits currently open against Sprint, Verizon and AT&T, the EFF's case against AT&T is the most highly visible, given it involved a 22-year former employee turned whistleblower. If the EFF case proceeds and it shows widespread violation of FISA laws, AT&T would be in some serious financial trouble:
Code provision 50 U.S.C. § 1810 imposes civil liability on any person (or entity) for each violation of FISA. Victims of illegal surveillance are entitled to recover $100 for each day they were wiretapped, or actual damages over $1000, whichever is greater. Additionally, FISA provides compensation for attorney’s fees and other costs of litigation. . . As you may imagine, one hundred dollars per day, per person adds up over four years. If the Hepting lawsuit is successful, AT&T could face damages of over $36,500 per claimant per year. Nearly every person with a computer or phone in the United States could be impacted.

AT&T serves 14.2 million broadband customers and roughly 70 million landline users. If they were forced to pay $146,000 to each landline customer, AT&T could be facing a total legal liability cost of $10,220,000,000,000.
This is what the Telco immunity is all about. NOT our Security. There is the dirty little secret.

Guess what Else? FISA and Telco Immunity isn't dead. The Vote could very well happen today, SO I urge everyone to go out there and make those phone calls. Tell your Representatives that you know the real deal. Tell them to say NO TO IMMUNITY.
Every one of these Telecom companies will end up singing like a Canary because they certainly won't want to be the ones that actually have to face these fines. The Federal Government under the Bush Administration MADE THEM DO IT.
(And please, do not forget the fact that this all started before 911™... )

It's Thursday. I am sure it will be another wild and wooly day of Kitchen Sinks Flying around, So watch out and don't be afraid to duck and cover.

:peace: and
 

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Comment by TriSec on 03/06/2008 14:05:45
Isn't AT $ T still collecting a fee that was established during the Spanish/American War? (circa 1895)





Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:15:36
:rofl: More Cowbell!

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:16:15
Ooooh... Tri, I don't know about that. Somehow I bet it's still is.

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:25:08
I will tell you what I want... I want this song to end...





:D

Comment by Will in Chicago on 03/06/2008 14:28:47
Quote by Raine: I will tell you what I want... I want this song to end...





:D




Good morning, bloggers.



Can we have H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu make a guest appearance at a Spice Girl's reunion concert and decide that it is dinner time?



The Unfiltered News Network Daily Headlines are up and being worked on. (Ah, what an exciting life I lead.)



Comment by TriSec on 03/06/2008 14:28:48
*grunt*



Is it wrong for me to dislike Sen. Clinton? I'm really starting to think she would be more of the same...in bed with big business, power hungry, megalomaniac, and now she's starting to play dirty just like the Repugs.



I keep hearing more and more that Bill Clinton was the best Republican president we've ever had, do we really want more of that with Hillary?



Obama has his flaws too, don't get me wrong....but if we really want something different, he's the one. Hillary represents the status quo to me, and we've all had enough of that.





Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:38:06
Still not finding anything about John McCain's February FEC filings.

Comment by TriSec on 03/06/2008 14:39:02
Hey Raine, are you going to call in with the story about Sen. Clinton sleeping through the in-flight emergency? (on the MB )



That's the kind of alert leader I want in the White House at 3 am, yeah!







Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:40:05
HEya Tri, I think we need a new poll. My mind is blank as to what, so since you are a good pollster, would you be up for the challenge?

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:42:16
It won't be racial, but I must say that I understand what is saying.





Comment by shelaghc on 03/06/2008 14:42:20
Good morning.



My older cat, Sandi, had a rough day yesterday. I accidentally shut her in a closet before I left for work. Usually they both are in the front room when I leave, but I was in a hurry and I didn't have time to investigate when I noticed they weren't there.



Poor Sandi! She was trapped there from 7:30AM until after 5:30PM. :(



I feel like such a bad mom.



And in the process, since of course she had to relieve her bladder, one silk dress and one silk kimono got "marked." I've found only one place locally that's willing to try to save them.



And just to put the icing on the cake, I was having some friends over for dinner and apartment decorating. Needless to say, dinner was late.....



Sandi was still so shook that she wouldn't even come to bed with me last night - the same room where the closet is.



I made damn sure I knew where both of them were before leaving today!

Comment by starling310 on 03/06/2008 14:42:47
Quote by TriSec: *grunt*



Is it wrong for me to dislike Sen. Clinton? I'm really starting to think she would be more of the same...in bed with big business, power hungry, megalomaniac, and now she's starting to play dirty just like the Repugs.







John Edwards said it months ago in regards to Hilary AND Barack; "We would be trading Corporate Republicans for Corporate Democrats."



AAAAyup!



Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:42:53
Quote by TriSec: Hey Raine, are you going to call in with the story about Sen. Clinton sleeping through the in-flight emergency? (on the MB )



That's the kind of alert leader I want in the White House at 3 am, yeah!





oooOOOOhhh... I might rabbit, I might....







Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:46:43
Quote by shelaghc: Good morning.



My older cat, Sandi, had a rough day yesterday. I accidentally shut her in a closet before I left for work. Usually they both are in the front room when I leave, but I was in a hurry and I didn't have time to investigate when I noticed they weren't there.



Poor Sandi! She was trapped there from 7:30AM until after 5:30PM. :(



I feel like such a bad mom.



And in the process, since of course she had to relieve her bladder, one silk dress and one silk kimono got "marked." I've found only one place locally that's willing to try to save them.



And just to put the icing on the cake, I was having some friends over for dinner and apartment decorating. Sandi was still so shook that she wouldn't even come to bed with me last night - the same room where the closet is.



I made damn sure I knew where both of them were before leaving today!
awww. You aren't a bad mom.



Funny that you mention this. Yesterday I noticed that Camille was outside for MUCH longer than usual. I try not to sweat it since she used to be outside for 12 hours or more at a time, back when I was in NY. But Bob and I decided to take a quick peek for her. She was in the neighbors yard, and she would come when called, altho I could hear her shuffling around (she doesn't really meow)



Turns out this silly feline somehow got her front paw stuck in her collar.... I don't know how long she was there, and yeah I felt bad.



She was so glad to be carried back home. She ate some Ice cream and went right to sleep.



Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:47:10
G' morning !

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:50:10
Quote by Raine:
Quote by TriSec: Hey Raine, are you going to call in with the story about Sen. Clinton sleeping through the in-flight emergency? (on the MB )



That's the kind of alert leader I want in the White House at 3 am, yeah!





oooOOOOhhh... I might rabbit, I might....







It's 3 am.... The plane is bouncing around...

Comment by Will in Chicago on 03/06/2008 14:51:20
Shelagh, Sandi will forgive you. Pets are very forgiving.

Comment by starling310 on 03/06/2008 14:53:21
Quote by Raine:
Quote by shelaghc: Good morning.



My older cat, Sandi, had a rough day yesterday. I accidentally shut her in a closet before I left for work. Usually they both are in the front room when I leave, but I was in a hurry and I didn't have time to investigate when I noticed they weren't there.



Poor Sandi! She was trapped there from 7:30AM until after 5:30PM. :(



I feel like such a bad mom.



And in the process, since of course she had to relieve her bladder, one silk dress and one silk kimono got "marked." I've found only one place locally that's willing to try to save them.



And just to put the icing on the cake, I was having some friends over for dinner and apartment decorating. Sandi was still so shook that she wouldn't even come to bed with me last night - the same room where the closet is.



I made damn sure I knew where both of them were before leaving today!
awww. You aren't a bad mom.



Funny that you mention this. Yesterday I noticed that Camille was outside for MUCH longer than usual. I try not to sweat it since she used to be outside for 12 hours or more at a time, back when I was in NY. But Bob and I decided to take a quick peek for her. She was in the neighbors yard, and she would come when called, altho I could hear her shuffling around (she doesn't really meow)



Turns out this silly feline somehow got her front paw stuck in her collar.... I don't know how long she was there, and yeah I felt bad.



She was so glad to be carried back home. She ate some Ice cream and went right to sleep.





A former girlfriend and I had a cat when we lived together; Parker Posey. Said former girlfriend used to keep some of her shirts in the spare bedroom armoire, and she often got dressed while it was still dark in the morning. Parker Posey, one morning, somehow slipped into the shirt drawer when former girlfriend wasn't looking.

I got home from work and after about 10 minutes, I said "Where's Parker?" Former girlfriend had not noticed that she hadn't seen her since she got home from work.

We looked everywhere and then we heard this faint "meow meow." She had been stuck IN A DRAWER all day!!!

:cry:

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:54:53
They are all evil!!! they have brown skin!!!!

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:55:08
Hello Jim,

Comment by starling310 on 03/06/2008 14:56:39
Cre8 the H8, y'all. Word.

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:57:00
Parker Posey! What a fab name! A toast to ParkerPosey, Sandi and Camille, they still loved us for our human foibles.

Comment by wickedpam on 03/06/2008 14:58:15
MOrning :hug:

Comment by TriSec on 03/06/2008 14:58:18
Ah, Bill, Bill, Bill...



His Medulla Oblongata must be working really hard at keeping the ol' heart and lungs working, since obviously none of the rest of his brain is connected to anything.





Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 14:59:46
Comment by starling310 on 03/06/2008 15:00:21
Quote by Raine: Parker Posey! What a fab name! A toast to ParkerPosey, Sandi and Camille, they still loved us for our human foibles.




Bless the pets y'all. Bless the pets.



Comment by BobR on 03/06/2008 15:04:27
Morning, folks... :coffee:

Comment by starling310 on 03/06/2008 15:08:21




Frank! F*ckin' Frank!



:star:ling does not like the Live Blog!

F*ckin' Frank!

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 15:09:32
OK, you know what? Our live Blog is able to have the time change according to your time zone...



So code monkeys...

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 15:10:09
Quote by starling310:



Frank! F*ckin' Frank!



:star:ling does not like the Live Blog!

F*ckin' Frank!
ooops. Sorry I got the F name wrong!!



Comment by wickedpam on 03/06/2008 15:10:15
I think I'm wish on that, it needs to calm down over there.

Comment by shelaghc on 03/06/2008 15:10:28
Quote by starling310:

A former girlfriend and I had a cat when we lived together; Parker Posey. Said former girlfriend used to keep some of her shirts in the spare bedroom armoire, and she often got dressed while it was still dark in the morning. Parker Posey, one morning, somehow slipped into the shirt drawer when former girlfriend wasn't looking.

I got home from work and after about 10 minutes, I said "Where's Parker?" Former girlfriend had not noticed that she hadn't seen her since she got home from work.

We looked everywhere and then we heard this faint "meow meow." She had been stuck IN A DRAWER all day!!!

:cry:




Poor kitty! Part of the reason I couldn't find Sandi right away after work is that her meow is *so* quiet and high-pitched. I went into the bedroom several times, scouring every corner to see if she was hurt or sick or (we won't say that bad word right now....). I was terrified she'd somehow slipped out when I left for work.



Flashback to Christmas 2002 - Sandi and I were heading back to Pittsburgh for the holiday. I wasn't in the habit of putting her in a carrier - she had a harness, but I tended to let her roam around the car.

The first pitstop, I came back to the car and she was nowhere to be found. I still can't even talk or write about it without tears in my eyes. Long and short - she had managed to squeeze from the back seat into the trunk (it was a hatchback). It was at least twenty minutes before I'd calmed down enough to drive again.



I always flash back to that time when I can't find her - the thought of losing her without knowing where she is or what's happened to her gives me the most paralyzing feeling I've ever known.

Comment by TriSec on 03/06/2008 15:10:32




Oh, I think that's a bad linky there...





Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 15:11:48
Quote by BobR: Morning, folks... :coffee:
Morning Bob!



Heya Bob, can you back me up on this, Does our blog allow for members to see things in thier own Time zone?







Comment by BobR on 03/06/2008 15:12:59
Comment by starling310 on 03/06/2008 15:13:24
Quote by Raine:
Quote by starling310:



Frank! F*ckin' Frank!



:star:ling does not like the Live Blog!

F*ckin' Frank!
ooops. Sorry I got the F name wrong!!





s'ok. if Fred works for ya!



Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 15:13:35
Quote by TriSec:



Oh, I think that's a bad linky there...



:redface:

Fixity. I also posted it on the MB.

Comment by BobR on 03/06/2008 15:14:15
Quote by Raine: orning Bob!



Heya Bob, can you back me up on this, Does our blog allow for members to see things in thier own Time zone?





Yup - it uses javascript to convert the DB records' GMT values to local time after the page loads in the client browser.

Comment by BobR on 03/06/2008 15:15:08
Mama's talking about the story I posted in my blog yesterday...

Comment by TriSec on 03/06/2008 15:15:28
A weak poll at best...but it is new!



<----look!

Comment by Will in Chicago on 03/06/2008 15:19:09
Snortschwanegger - is that a distant relative of Arnold and George W. Bush?

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 15:21:30
Quote by will in chicago: Snortschwanegger - is that a distant relative of Arnold and George W. Bush?


gesundheit! All three make me sneeze!

Comment by BobR on 03/06/2008 15:21:34
Quote by will in chicago: Snortschwanegger - is that a distant relative of Arnold and George W. Bush?


Schweinscheisse would be better...

Comment by IzzyBitz on 03/06/2008 15:24:55
Good morning all! And Starling! I've been wondering where you were.



We had a Maine Coon cat that used to hang out in the back yard only. She was a big time hunter and would stalk a gopher or mole for hours. She also went after baby black birds because their parents were always bothering her. That was the icky part. Any hoo, one day she did leave the back yard and we searched for her for three days. It was the saddest three days. Late on the third day, she came home covered in pine tree sap and skinny as a rail. Evidently she had run up a tree and couldn't get down. She was quite the talker and we heard about it for days, especially when we were trying to de-sap her. Sweet kitty except when she was in a mood.

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 15:25:39
She was FOR releasing the Tax records before she was agaisnt it.



Hillary NEEDS to release her Tax records. I can't imagine she has more *cattle Futures*



(I know that was a blast from the past... but the last time she refused to do so, it was revealed she earned an AWFUL lot of money in beef.)

Comment by IzzyBitz on 03/06/2008 15:26:48
It's 15 o'clock in LA! I'm going back to bed. Harumpf.

Comment by starling310 on 03/06/2008 15:26:56
Quote by IzzyBitz: Good morning all! And Starling! I've been wondering where you were.



We had a Maine Coon cat that used to hang out in the back yard only. She was a big time hunter and would stalk a gopher or mole for hours. She also went after baby black birds because their parents were always bothering her. That was the icky part. Any hoo, one day she did leave the back yard and we searched for her for three days. It was the saddest three days. Late on the third day, she came home covered in pine tree sap and skinny as a rail. Evidently she had run up a tree and couldn't get down. She was quite the talker and we heard about it for days, especially when we were trying to de-sap her. Sweet kitty except when she was in a mood.




Ugh...it's the WORST when you can't find them.





Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 15:27:39
G'mornin Izzy!

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 15:28:36
Ok, tell y'all what, as long as ANY primary's are OPEN, republicans WILL f*ck with our elections.

Comment by Raine on 03/06/2008 15:29:37
SMS blog has crashed. Perhaps the code monkeys took the advice about being able to fix those time stamps. (yes BobR, I posted your info over there)