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The subpoenas followed by a few days a USA Today report that the phone
companies had complied with the security agency's request for the phone
records of millions of ordinary Americans after the Sept. 11 attacks.



New Jersey Sued Over Wiretap Records

Associated Press
June 15, 2006 11:28 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The federal government sued the New Jersey attorney general
and other state officials Wednesday to stop them from seeking information
about telephone companies' cooperation with the National Security Agency.

The unusual filing in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., is the latest
effort by federal authorities to halt legal proceedings aimed at revealing
whether and how often AT&T, Verizon Communications and other phone companies
have provided customer records to the NSA without a court order.

New Jersey Attorney General Zulima Farber, a Democrat, and other officials
sent subpoenas to five carriers on May 17, asking for documents that would
explain whether they supplied customer records to the NSA, the lawsuit said.

The subpoenas followed by a few days a USA Today report that the phone
companies had complied with the security agency's request for the phone
records of millions of ordinary Americans after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The companies' deadline to respond to the subpoenas is Thursday, the federal
lawsuit said.

Ms. Farber subpoenaed the phone companies for information because she
suspected state consumer protection laws may have been violated if in fact
the phone companies were turning over such records, her spokesman David Wald
said.

"The phone companies were turning over information without any notice to
consumers," Mr. Wald said. "We were seeking to protect the people of New
Jersey."

The Justice Department said more than 20 lawsuits have been filed around the
country alleging that the phone companies illegally assisted the NSA. The
government says sensitive national security information would be revealed if
judges allow those cases to proceed.

The American Civil Liberties Union also has filed complaints in more than 20
states, including New Jersey, asking state utility commissions and attorneys
general to investigate.

In this matter, the federal government said the New Jersey officials are
treading on federal turf and that the companies, if forced to comply with
the subpoenas, would be confirming or denying the existence of the program.
President Bush and other top federal officials have refused to do that.