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The subpoenas followed by a few days a USA Today report that the phone companies had complied with the security agency's request for the phone records of millions of ordinary Americans after the Sept. 11 attacks.

New Jersey Sued Over Wiretap Records

Associated Press June 15, 2006 11:28 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The federal government sued the New Jersey attorney general and other state officials Wednesday to stop them from seeking information about telephone companies' cooperation with the National Security Agency.

The unusual filing in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., is the latest effort by federal authorities to halt legal proceedings aimed at revealing whether and how often AT&T, Verizon Communications and other phone companies have provided customer records to the NSA without a court order.

New Jersey Attorney General Zulima Farber, a Democrat, and other officials sent subpoenas to five carriers on May 17, asking for documents that would explain whether they supplied customer records to the NSA, the lawsuit said.

The subpoenas followed by a few days a USA Today report that the phone companies had complied with the security agency's request for the phone records of millions of ordinary Americans after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The companies' deadline to respond to the subpoenas is Thursday, the federal lawsuit said.

Ms. Farber subpoenaed the phone companies for information because she suspected state consumer protection laws may have been violated if in fact the phone companies were turning over such records, her spokesman David Wald said.

"The phone companies were turning over information without any notice to consumers," Mr. Wald said. "We were seeking to protect the people of New Jersey."

The Justice Department said more than 20 lawsuits have been filed around the country alleging that the phone companies illegally assisted the NSA. The government says sensitive national security information would be revealed if judges allow those cases to proceed.

The American Civil Liberties Union also has filed complaints in more than 20 states, including New Jersey, asking state utility commissions and attorneys general to investigate.

In this matter, the federal government said the New Jersey officials are treading on federal turf and that the companies, if forced to comply with the subpoenas, would be confirming or denying the existence of the program. President Bush and other top federal officials have refused to do that.

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