Two New Jersey lawyers have filed a lawsuit on behalf of all Verizon subscribers, contending that the phone records collection violates the Constitutional right to privacy and federal law. The government reportedly collects information every time a call is made on a Verizon phone line. Plaintiff Carl Mayer said. "You can't turn over the records of your customers and if you do so it's $1,000 per violation. The Constitution is very clear."
At $1,000 for each of Verizon's 50 million customers, the company and government could be made to pay $50 billion dollars in a class action suit, Mayer said. The lawsuit is asking a federal court to order President Bush, the National Security Agency and Verizon to end a secret snooping program.
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