Studs Terkel and friends have sued AT&T over NSA wiretapping.
AP via CNN:
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — A lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of author Studs Terkel and others seeks to stop AT&T from giving customer phone records to the National Security Agency without a court order.
The plaintiffs, who also include a doctor and a state lawmaker, said they rely on confidentiality in their work and are worried their clients will be less likely to phone them if they think the government collects lists of the numbers they are calling….
…The plaintiffs besides Terkel are Democratic Illinois state lawmaker Barbara Flynn Currie; Rabbi Gary Gerson of Temple B’nai Abraham Zion in Oak Park; Diane Geraghty, a Loyola University law professor; attorney James Montgomery, former corporation counsel for the City of Chicago; and Dr. Quinten Young, a doctor and advocate for health care reform….