Chlorophyll

Studs Turkel, among others repsented by the ACLU, filed a lawsuit against AT&T, saying that it had violated his privacy by turning over massive amounts of telephone data to the NSA. The court ruled all news reports saying the corporation had done so "speculation," and dismissed the case.

The implications for media criticism of creeping fascism are left to the reader.

Happily, the EFF's case on the same matter was still alive, at least at press time.