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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW 1 STIPULATION PERMITTING THE UNITED STATES 

TO INTERVENE; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

PETER D. KEISLER 

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division 

CARL J. NICHOLS 

Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

DOUGLAS N. LETTER 

Terrorism Litigation Counsel 

JOSEPH H. HUNT 

Director, Federal Programs Branch 

ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO 

Special Litigation Counsel 

ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM 

ALEXANDER K. HAAS (SBN 220932) 

Trial Attorneys 

Email: tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Rm. 6102 

Washington, D.C. 20001 

Phone: (202) 514-4782 

Fax: (202) 616-8460 

Attorneys for Federal Defendants Sued in their Official Capacities 

and the Federal Intervenor-Defendants (United States of America, 

National Security Agency, President George W. Bush) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE NATIONAL SECURITY 

AGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

RECORDS LITIGATION 

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW 

This Document Relates To: 

(1) All Actions Against the MCI and 

Verizon Defendants in the Master MCI 

and Verizon Consolidated Complaint, 

Dkt. 125; (2) Chulsky (MDL 06-06570) 

except: 

(3) Bready (MDL 06-06313) 

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STIPULATION PERMITTING THE UNITED 

STATES TO INTERVENE; AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 

Date: June 21, 2007 

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW 1 STIPULATION PERMITTING THE UNITED STATES 

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RECITALS

A. On January 16, 2007, pursuant to this Court’s case management order, the 

plaintiffs in suits against the Verizon and MCI defendants filed a Master Complaint [Dkt. 125]. 

In addition, there are several other cases against Verizon defendants not covered by the Master 

Complaint, such as Riordan (MDL 06-3574); Bready (MDL 06-06313); and Chulsky (MDL 06-

06570). 

B. This Court entered an Order [Dkt. 217] giving the United States until April 20, 

2007, to file a “motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment and any assertion 

of the state secrets privilege” in the MCI and Verizon cases. 

C. The United States intends to assert the state secrets privilege in each of these cases, 

and seeks intervention in order to seek the dismissal of these cases. 

D. The United States requested the stipulation of all plaintiffs in the MCI and Verizon 

cases where the United States had not yet intervened,1 as well as the stipulation of MCI’s counsel 

and Verizon’s counsel. With the exception of the Bready and Riordan plaintiffs, all MCI and 

Verizon parties have stipulated to the intervention of the United States. The United States’ 

intervention in Bready is dealt with in a separate motion filed concurrently herewith. 

STIPULATION

The MCI and Verizon Plaintiffs, with the exception of those in Bready and 

Riordan, counsel for MCI defendants and counsel for Verizon defendants, and the United States, 

through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and request that the Court make this stipulation 

an order of the Court: 

1. The United States shall be permitted to intervene in the above-referenced actions 

as a Defendant pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24. 

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 The United States moved to intervene in the Riordan case in August 2006, and that motion to 

intervene was granted on March 29, 2007, see Riordan, 05-cv-3574, Dkt. 64 (Mar. 29, 2007). 

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW - 2 - STIPULATION PERMITTING THE UNITED STATES 

TO INTERVENE; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

DATED: April 20, 2007 Respectfully Submitted, 

PETER D. KEISLER 

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division 

CARL J. NICHOLS 

Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

DOUGLAS N. LETTER 

Terrorism Litigation Counsel 

JOSEPH H. HUNT 

Director, Federal Programs Branch 

ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO 

Special Litigation Counsel 

ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM 

ALEXANDER K. HAAS (SBN 220932) 

Trial Attorneys 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW 

Washington, D.C. 20001 

Phone: (202) 514-4782 — Fax: (202) 616-8460 

Email: tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov

By: /s/ Alexander K. Haas 

Alexander K. Haas 

Attorneys for United States of America, National Security 

Agency, President George W. Bush 

Elizabeth J. Cabraser (State Bar No. 083151) 

Barry R. Himmelstein (State Bar No. 157736) 

Michael W. Sobol (State Bar No. 194857) 

Eric B. Fastiff (State Bar No. 182260) 

Allison S. Elgart (State Bar No. 241901) 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

By: /s/ Barry R. Himmelstein 

Barry R, Himmelstein 

Interim Class Counsel for MCI Class 

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW - 3 - STIPULATION PERMITTING THE UNITED STATES 

TO INTERVENE; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Ronald L. Motley 

Jodi W. Flowers 

Don Migliori 

Vincent Parrett (State Bar No. 237563) 

MOTLEY RICE, LLC 

28 Bridgeside Boulevard 

P.O. Box 1792 

Mount Pleasant, SC 29465 

Telephone: (843) 216-9000 

Facsimile: (843) 216-9027 

By: /s/ Jodi W. Flowers 

Jodi W. Flowers 

Interim Class Counsel for Verizon Class 

 

SHAPIRO & STERNLIEB, LLC 

DAVID H. STERNLIEB 

800 Tennent Rd. 

Manalapan, NJ 07726 

(732) 617-8050 

By: /s/ David H. Sternlieb 

David H. Sternlieb 

Attorney for Chulsky Plaintiffs 

WILMER, CUTLER, PICKERING, HALE & DORR LLP 

JOHN A. ROGOVIN 

RANDOLPH D. MOSS 

SAMIR C. JAIN 

BRIAN BOYNTON 

BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

202-663-6083 

Fax: 202-663-6363 

By: /s/ John Rogovin 

John Rogovin 

Attorneys for the MCI Defendants and Verizon Defendants 

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW 1 STIPULATION PERMITTING THE UNITED STATES 

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DECLARATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45, § X.B

I, ALEXANDER K. HAAS, hereby declare pursuant to General Order 45, § X.B, 

that I have obtained the concurrence in the filing of this document from each of the other 

signatories listed above and below. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing declaration is true and correct. 

Executed on April 20, 2007, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia. 

PETER D. KEISLER 

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division 

CARL J. NICHOLS 

Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

DOUGLAS N. LETTER 

Terrorism Litigation Counsel 

JOSEPH H. HUNT 

Director, Federal Programs Branch 

ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO 

Special Litigation Counsel 

ANDREW H. TANNENBAUM 

ALEXANDER K. HAAS (SBN 220932) 

Trial Attorneys 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW 

Washington, D.C. 20001 

Phone: (202) 514-4782 — Fax: (202) 616-8460 

Email: tony.coppolino@usdoj.gov

By: /s/ Alexander K. Haas 

Alexander K. Haas 

Attorneys for United States of America, National Security 

Agency, President George W. Bush 

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW - 2 - STIPULATION PERMITTING THE UNITED STATES 

TO INTERVENE; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Elizabeth J. Cabraser (State Bar No. 083151) 

Barry R. Himmelstein (State Bar No. 157736) 

Michael W. Sobol (State Bar No. 194857) 

Eric B. Fastiff (State Bar No. 182260) 

Allison S. Elgart (State Bar No. 241901) 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

By: /s/ Barry R. Himmelstein per G.O. 45 

Barry R, Himmelstein 

Interim Class Counsel for MCI Class 

Ronald L. Motley 

Jodi W. Flowers 

Don Migliori 

Vincent Parrett (State Bar No. 237563) 

MOTLEY RICE, LLC 

28 Bridgeside Boulevard 

P.O. Box 1792 

Mount Pleasant, SC 29465 

Telephone: (843) 216-9000 

Facsimile: (843) 216-9027 

By: /s/ Jodi W. Flowers per G.O. 45 

Jodi W. Flowers 

Interim Class Counsel for Verizon Class 

 

SHAPIRO & STERNLIEB, LLC 

DAVID H. STERNLIEB 

800 Tennent Rd. 

Manalapan, NJ 07726 

(732) 617-8050 

By: /s/ David H. Sternlieb per G.O. 45 

David H. Sternlieb 

Attorney for Chulsky Plaintiffs 

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW - 3 - STIPULATION PERMITTING THE UNITED STATES 

TO INTERVENE; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

WILMER, CUTLER, PICKERING, HALE & DORR LLP 

JOHN A. ROGOVIN 

RANDOLPH D. MOSS 

SAMIR C. JAIN 

BRIAN BOYNTON 

BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

202-663-6083 

Fax: 202-663-6363 

By: /s/ John Rogovin per G.O. 45 

John Rogovin 

Attorneys for the MCI Defendants and Verizon Defendants 

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No. M:06-cv-01791-VRW 1 STIPULATION PERMITTING THE UNITED STATES 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Having considered the above stipulation to permit intervention by the United 

States pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24, the United States is allowed to intervene in 

the actions covered by the stipulation as a defendant. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April __, 2007 

Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 

United States District Chief Judge

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