NSA, Bush, Cheney Faces Charges for Warrantless Wiretaps

NSA, Bush, Cheney Faces Charges for Warrantless Wiretaps

The National Security Agency, American President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and a number of other administration officials were sued by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for its warrantless wiretapping program. The case was filed on behalf of AT&T customers.


EFF's lawsuit seeks to cease NSA's net surveillance on millions of ordinary Americans and to penalize those who unlawfully approved it. The American government, particulary the NSA, is alleged to be monitoring regular American citizens in its effort to find potential terrorists in the US. The NSA gained access to networks of telecommunication companies without any court intercession.



The EFF argues that the wiretapping program should be terminated as it violates AT&T customers' first and fourth amendment rights. The lawsuit was was filed by the EFF and five other AT&T customers namely Carolyn Jewel, Tash Hepting, Gregory Hicks, Erik Knutzen and Joice Walton.



The Electronic Frontier Foundation  is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States dedicated to preserving free speech rights such as those protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in the context of today's digital age. Its main objective is to edify the press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues related to technology; and to act as a defender of those liberties.