Telecom customers may sue government over wiretapping, court says

[McCamy Taylor]

11. This is the right way to deal with it. Telecoms have deep pockets

and so are the obvious targets to sue. And the ones lawyers would prefer to go after. However, they can argue that they were forced to participate by the executive branch which declared it a matter of national security. We all know what happened to the one company that refused. The feds investigated and indicted its head.

The proper folks to go after are the Bush people like Cheney who ordered it. Yes, there will be little money to split among the attorneys. But the verdict will mean more.

Addendum: by giving the telecoms monetary immunity, you make it easier for them to be forthcoming in the civil trials about what Cheney and Co. did. They have nothing to lose by being honest.