American Civil Liberties Union : The ACLU Fights Illegal Phone Spying in Colorado

There has never been a more urgent need to preserve fundamental privacy protections and our system of checks and balances than the need we face today, as illegal government spying, provisions of the Patriot Act and government-sponsored torture programs transcend the bounds of law and our most treasured values in the name of national security.

The ACLU Fights Illegal Phone Spying in Colorado (1/16/2007)

The ACLU of Colorado called upon the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and Colorado Attorney General to investigate reports (first made public in a May 11, 2006 USA Today article) that telephone companies were voluntarily divulging private phone records to the National Security Agency without a warrant or other court process. The ACLU of Colorado joined over twenty other states that requested an investigation or filed a complaint with their state agencies. In addition, the ACLU of Colorado went to a Colorado Public Utilities Commission public hearing and gave a statement upon delivering over 1800 petitions calling for an immediate investigation into the warrantless surveillance program.

LEGAL DOCUMENTS
> Letter to the Public Utilities Commission (05/24/2006)
> Letter to the Attorney General (05/24/2006)

PRESS RELEASES
> ACLU of Colorado Calls for Investigation (05/24/2006)

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