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Thursday did not bring all bad news for plaintiffs challenging the government's surveillance efforts. In a separate opinion on Thursday, a three-judge panel of the court revived two other lawsuits that seek redress for telecom customers whose information may have been compromised by the warrantless surveillance program. Two groups of telecom customers sued the NSA for violating their privacy by collecting Internet data from AT&T and other major telecom companies in the surveillance program authorized by President George W. Bush. Government lawyers have moved to stop such cases, arguing that defending the program in court would jeopardize national security and expose state secrets. The suits will be sent back to U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Emails seeking comment from AT&T and the U.S. Department of Justice weren't immediately returned.
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