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atreides1

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Tue Jun 11, 2013, 03:58 PM Jun 2013

And so it begins [View all]

http://news.yahoo.com/parents-navy-seal-killed-afghan-crash-file-first-164807941.html

A couple in Philadelphia has filed a class-action lawsuit against the National Security Agency and Verizon, claiming they and their phone records were targeted for surveillance because of their outspoken criticism of Barack Obama and the U.S. military. This is believed to be the first official lawsuit filed against the government and the company, since it was revealed that Verizon had been ordered to turn over phone metadata for all of its customers.


The lawyer leading the way in both lawsuits is Larry Klayman, the founder of the controversial Judicial Watch, which sued President Bill Clinton 18 times when he was in office, and sued President George W. Bush and Dick Cheney over their secretive Energy Task Force in 2003. Klayman even sued Judicial Watch after an acrimonious split with the organization in 2006.


Our old friend Larry Klayman...the Glen Beck of the legal community.
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And so it begins [View all] atreides1 Jun 2013 OP
Pfftt. It'll be thrown out. nt Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #1
Larry the cable guy Klayman olddots Jun 2013 #2
Good for them! OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #3
This is where occupy comes in musiclawyer Jun 2013 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Catherina Jun 2013 #5
Yea, the NSA is listening to a couple crackpots. Ok. JoePhilly Jun 2013 #6
Lowell is a Navy guy JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #7
Rand Paul's 10 million non-standng class actors OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #8
k&r for the Plaintiffs' bar. Laelth Jun 2013 #9
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