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Wired has released Mark Klein’s statement in its entirety just as a U.S. federal judge gags the EFF. Sploid sums it up.

“Wired” says the judge’s gag order regarding the documents was very specific, barring only the EFF and its employees from releasing the information. Their editors also dispute AT&T’s claim that the information was proprietary and would reveal valuable company secrets.

“Based on what we’ve seen, Wired News disagrees. In addition, we believe the public’s right to know the full facts in this case outweighs AT&T’s claims to secrecy,” read the magazine’s statement.

To make matters worse, AT&T is making a profit on the whole thing. The company that makes the devices that are being used to spy on you, Narus, is a joint venture of AT&T, JP Morgan and Intel, among others.

“Anything that comes through (an internet protocol network), we can record,” Steve Bannerman, marketing vice president of Narus, told Wired. “We can reconstruct all of their e-mails along with attachments, see what web pages they clicked on, we can reconstruct their (voice over internet protocol) calls.”

Government misconduct, lies, secrecy and the misuse of immaterial law. What a mess.