Hepting et al v. AT&T Corp. et al

Filing 19

Declaration of Cindy A. Cohn in Support of 16 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed byGregory Hicks, Erik Knutzen, Tash Hepting, Carolyn Jewel. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B# 3 Exhibit C# 4 Exhibit D# 5 Exhibit E# 6 Exhibit F# 7 Exhibit G# 8 Exhibit H# 9 Exhibit I# 10 Exhibit J)(Related document(s) 16 ) (Kathrein, Reed) (Filed on 3/31/2006)

Hepting et al v. AT&T Corp. et al

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ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION CINDY COHN (145997) [e-mail] LEE TIEN (148216) [e-mail] KURT OPSAHL (191303) [e-mail] KEVIN S. BANKSTON (217026) [e-mail] CORYNNE MCSHERRY (221504) [e-mail] JAMES S. TYRE (083117) [e-mail] 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Telephone: [phone] (fax) Attorneys for Plaintiffs

TRABER & VOORHEES BERT VOORHEES (137623) [e-mail] THERESA M. TRABER (116305) [e-mail] 128 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 204 Pasadena, CA 91103 Telephone: [phone] (fax)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TASH HEPTING, GREGORY HICKS, CAROLYN JEWEL and ERIK KNUTZEN, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, vs. AT&T CORP., et al. Defendants.

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No.C-06-0672-VRW CLASS ACTION DECLARATION OF CINDY A. COHN IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

DECLARATION OF CINDY COHN IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION - C-06-0672-VRW
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I am an attorney of record for plaintiffs in this action and a member of good

standing of the California State Bar, and am admitted to practice before this Court. I have personal knowledge of the matters stated in this declaration. If called upon to do so, I am competent to testify to all matters set forth herein. 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the following newspaper

article: Leslie Cauley and John Diamond, Telecoms Let NSA Spy On Calls, USA Today, Feb. 6, 2006, available at <http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-05-nsa-telecoms_x.htm>. 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the following newspaper

article: Dionne Searcey, Shawn Young and Amol Sharma, Wiretapping Flap Puts Phone Firms Under Fire, Wall St. Jour., Feb. 7, 2006, available at <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113927208033266657.html?mod=article-outset-box> (subscription required). 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of the following newspaper

article: Eric Lichtblau and James Risen, Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report, N.Y. Times, Dec. 24, 2005, available at <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html?ex=1293080400&en=016edb46b79bde 83&ei=5090>. 5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of the following article:

Shane Harris and Tim Naftali. Tinker, Tailor, Miner, Spy: Why the NSA's Snooping is Unprecedented in Scale and Scope, Slate.com, Jan. 3, 2006, available at <http://www.slate.com/id/2133564/>. 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from the

following book: JAMES RISEN, STATE OF WAR: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA AND THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION 46-51 (2006). 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of the following newspaper

article: Dafna Linzer and Carol D. Leonnig, Surveillance Net Yields Few Suspects: NSA's Hunt for Terrorists Scrutinizes Thousands of Americans, But Most Are Later Cleared, Washington Post,

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Feb. 5, 2006, at A01, available at <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2006/02/04/AR2006020401373.html>. 8. Attached hereto as Exhibit G is a true and correct copy of the following newspaper

article: Morton Kondracke, NSA Data Mining is Legal, Necessary, Chertoff Says, Roll Call Newspaper, Jan. 25, 2006, available at <http://www.reportertimes.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=30032&format=html>. 9. Attached hereto as Exhibit H is a true and correct copy of the following document:

"The AT&T Advantage, First Quarter 2004," available at <http://www.att.com/about/docs/052004_attadvantage.pdf>. 10. Attached hereto as Exhibit I is a true and correct copy of the following document:

"SBC Investor Briefing, January 31, 2005, No.246," available at <http://sbc.mergernews.com/downloads/sbc_att_IB.pdf>. 11. Attached hereto as Exhibit J is a true and correct copy of the following newspaper

article: James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, Bush Let U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts, New York Times, Dec. 15, 2006. See <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/politics/16program.html>.

I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct of my personal knowledge. Executed this 29th day of March, 2006, in San Francisco, California. /s/ Cindy Cohn

Pursuant to General Order 45(x) I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a "conformed" signature (/s/) within this e-filed document. Reed R. Kathrein

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on March 31, 2006, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have mailed the foregoing document or paper via FedEx to the non-CM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. /s/ REED R. KATHREIN REED R. KATHREIN LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 100 Pine Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] (fax) E-mail: [e-mail]

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