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By Evan Hansen
Monday 22 May 2006
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A file detailing aspects of AT's alleged participation in the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic wiretap operation is sitting in a San
Francisco courthouse. But the public cannot see it because, at AT's insistence, it remains under seal in court records.
The judge in the case has so far denied requests from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or EFF, and several news
organizations to unseal the documents and make them public.
AT claims information in the file is proprietary and that it would suffer severe harm if it were released.
Based on what we've seen, Wired News disagrees. In addition, we believe the public's right to know the full facts in
this case outweighs AT's claims to secrecy.
As a result, we are publishing the complete text of a set of documents from the EFF's primary witness in the case,
former AT employee and whistle-blower Mark Klein - information obtained by investigative reporter Ryan Singel through an
anonymous source close to the litigation. The documents, available on Wired News as of Monday, consist of 30 pages, with
an affidavit attributed to Klein, eight pages of AT documents marked "proprietary," and several pages of news clippings and other public information related to
government-surveillance issues.
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