EFF Sues over Domestic Spying Program

With telco immunity approved by Congress, Electronic Frontier Foundation opens a second front in its long-running battle with the National Security Agency over the White House's warrantless domestic spying program. The new lawsuit targets the NSA and other government agencies in addition to the individuals responsible for creating, authorizing and implementing the program, including President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. - With Congress granting what amounts to retroactive immunity for telephone companies that participated in the White House's warrantless domestic spying program, the Electronic Frontier Foundation turned to the courts Sept. 18 to stop the continuing surveillance of Americans' e-mails and telephone ...