[BGHater]

The beauty of our system is they are innocent until proven guilty. If a court of Law is good enough for me, it is good enough for a Telecom company.

Your implying that they would be found guilty of something. Why do you think that?

[Williams]

1 Civil suits do NOT use an "innocent until proven guilty" standard, nor is there a need to show guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. No such protection exists.

2 The telecom companies did nothing more than provide assistance in accordance with a law passed by Congress. They would never have done it otherwise.

3 I'm sure you don't like getting sued for cooperating with the government, the legal fees will be millions, and millions more of our tax dollars spent by court involvement.

4 This isn't a dispute over a tree branch hanging across your neighbor's property, this is a war, national security, life and death. You either want the telecom surveillance or you don't. Law suits are preposterous.

5 The telecoms won't cooperate anymore if they will be sued for their cooperation.

Other than that it's fine.